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On the Misfortune
ſometimes in the company of young women, to make them wonder at their ſuperior wiſdom! There cannot be any thing more dangerous to a mind, not accuſtomed to think, than doubts delivered in a ridiculing way. They never go deep enough to ſolve them, of courſe they ſtick by them; and though they might not influence their conduct, if a fear of the world prevents their being guilty of vices, yet their thoughts are not reſtrained, and they ſhould be obſerved diligently, "For out of them are the iſſues of life." A nice ſenſe of right and wrong ought to be acquired, and then not only great vices will be avoided, but every little meanneſs; truth will reign
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