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uſual tone, falls into apathy. And yet we were made to be happy! But our paſſions will not contribute much to our bliſs, till they are under the dominion of reaſon, and till that reaſon is enlightened and improved. Then ſighing will ceaſe, and all tears will be wiped away by that Being, in whoſe preſence there is fulneſs of joy.
A perſon of tenderneſs muſt ever have particular attachments, and ever be diſappointed; yet ſtill they muſt be attached, in ſpite of human frailty; for if the mind is not kept in motion by either hope or fear, it ſinks into the dreadful ſtate before-mentioned.
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