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ON THE MISFORTUNE OF FLUCTUATING PRINCIPLES.
If we look for any comfort in friendſhip or ſociety, we muſt aſſociate with thoſe who have fixed principles with reſpect to religion; for without them, repeated experience convinces me, the moſt ſhining qualities are unſtable, and not to be depended on.
It has often been a matter of ſurpriſe to me, that so few people examine the tenets of the religion they profeſs, or are chriſtians through conviction. They have no anchor to reſt on, nor any fixed chart to direct them
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