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Benevolence.
rity, ought to attend us in our paſſage through this world; but the two firſt leave us when we die, while the other is to be the conſtant inmate of our breaſt through all eternity. We ought not to ſuffer the heavenly ſpark to be quenched by ſelfiſhneſs; if we do, how can we expect it to revive, when the ſoul is diſentangled from the body, and ſhould be prepared for the realms of love? Forbearance and liberality of ſentiment are the virtues of maturity. Children ſhould be taught every thing in a poſitive way; and their own experience can only teach them afterwards to make diſtinctions and allowances. It is then the inferior part of
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