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The Temper.
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there is not a temper in the world which does not need correction, and of courſe attention. Thoſe who are termed good-humored, are frequently giddy, indolent, and inſenſible; yet becauſe the ſociety they mix with appear ſeldom diſpleaſed with a perſon who does not conteſt, and will laugh off an affront, they imagine themſelves pleaſing, when they are only not diſagreeable. Warm tempers are too eaſily irritated. The one requires a ſpur, the other a rein. Health of mind, as well as body, muſt in general be obtained by patient ſubmiſſion to ſelf-denial, and diſagreeable operations.
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