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50. It is not the quantity read, but the tannner of reading, and the acquisition of correct and efficient rules, with the ability to apply them, accurately, gracefully, and involuntarily, that indicate progress in these arts: therefore, take one principle, or combination of principles, at a time, and practice it till the object is accomplished: in this way, you may obtain a perfect mastery over your vocal powers, and all the elements of language.

Proverbs. 1. Away goes the devil, whenthe door is shut against him. 2. A liar is not to be believed when he speaks the truth. 3. Never, speak ill of your neighbors. 4. Constant occupation, prevents temptation. 5. Courage-ought to have eyes, as well as ears. 6. Experience→ keeps a dear school; but fools will learn in no other. 7. Follow the wise few, rather than the foolish many. 8. Good actions are the best sacrifice. 9. He who avoids the temptation, avoids the sin. 10. Knowledge-directs practice, yet

51. The third sound of U is Pull practice increases knowledge. FULL; cru-el Bru-tus rued the crude fruit bruised for the pudding; the pru-dent ru-ler wounded this youth-ful cuck-oo, because he would, could, or should not im-brue his hands in Ruth's gru-el, pre-par'd for a faith-fu! [U in FULL] dru-id; the butch-er's bul-let push-ed poor puss on the sin-ful cush-ion, and graceful-ly put this tru-ant Prus-sian into the pul-pit for cru-ci-fia-ion.

Duties. Never cease to aval rourself of information: you must observe closelyread attentively, and digest what you read,― converse extensively with high and low, rich and poor, noble and ignoble, bond and free,— meditate closely and intensely on all the knowledge you acquire, and have it at perfect command. Obtain just conceptions of all you utter and communicate every thing in its proper order, and clothe it in the most 52. Avoid rapidity and indistinctness agreeable and effective language. Avoid all of utterance; also, a drawling, mincing, redundancy of expression; be neither too harsh, mouthing, artificial, rumbling, mo- close, nor too diffuse,-and, especially, be as notonous, whining, stately, pompous, un-perfect as possible, in that branch of oratory, varied, wavering, sleepy, boisterous, labored, formal, faltering, trembling, heavy, theatrical, affected, and self-complacent manner; and read, speak, sing, in such a clear, strong, melodious, flexible, winning, bold, sonorous, forcible, round, full, open. brilliant, natural, agreeable, or mellow tone, as the sentiment requires; which contains in itself so sweet a charm, that it almost atones for the absence of argument, sense, and fancy.

which Demosthenes declared to be the first, second, and third parts of the science,-ac tion,-god-like ACTION,-which relates to every thing seen and heard in the orator. Elocution,enables you, at all times, to command attention: its effect will be electric, and strike from heart to heart; and he must be a mere declaimer, who does not feel himself inspired-by the fostering meed of such approbation as mute attention,-and the re turn of his sentiments, fraught with the sym

53. Irregulars. Ew, 0, and Oo. occasionally have this sound: the shrewd wo-pathy of his audience. man es-chewed the wolf, which stood pulling Ruth's wol-sey, and shook Tru-man Wor-ces-ter's crook, while the brew-er and his bul-ly crew huz-za'd for all; you say it is your truth, and I say it is my truth; you may take care of your-self, and I will take care of my-self.

Varieties. 1. Have steamboats-been the occasion of more evil, than good? 2. Those that are idle, are generally troublesome to such as are industrious. 3. Plato saysGod is truth, and light—is his shadow. 4. Mul-information-is more hopeless than noninformation; for error-is always more difficult to overcome than ignorance. 5. He, that will not reason, is a bigot; he, that can not reason, is a fool; and he, who dares not, reason, is a slave. 6. There is a great differ ence between a well-spoken man and an orofor. 7. The Word of God-is divine, and, in its principles, infinile: no part can really contradict another part, or have a meaning Anecdote. Stupidity. Said a testy law-opposite-to what it asserts as true; although yer,-"I believe the jury have been inocula-it may appear so in the letter: for the letter ted for stupidity." "That may be," replied killeth; but the spirit-giveth life.

Notes. 1. Beware of omitting vowels occurring between consonan's in unaccented syllables: as histry, for his-to-ry; litral for lit-e-ral; votry, for vo-ta-ry; pastra!, for paste ral; numb'ring, for num-ber-ing; corp'ral, for orporal; gen'ral, for gen-e-ral; men'ry, for mem-o-ry, &c. Do not pronounce this sound of u like oo in boon, nor like u in mute; bit like u in fuit: as, chew, not chon, &c. 2. The design of the practice on the forty-four sounds of our letters, each in its turn, is, besides developing and training the voice and ear for all their duties, to exhibit the general laws and analogies of pronunciation, showing how a large number of words should be pronounced, which are often spoken incorrectly.

is opponent; "but the bar, and the court, are of opinion, that you had it the natural way."

O there are hours, aye moments, that contain
Feelings, that years may pass, and never bring.
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd, and decay'd.
Still lets in light.thro' chinks, that time has made.

They are sleeping! Who are sleeping 1
Pause a moment, softly tread;
Anxious friends-are fondly keeping
Vigils-by the sleeper's bed!
Other hopes have all forsaken,-

One remains, that slumber deep ↑
Speak not, lest the slumberer waken
From that sweet, that saving sleep.

34. A Diphthong, or double sound, is the union of two vowel sounds in one syllable, pronounced by a single continuous effort of the voice. There are four diphthongal sounds, in our language; long i as in isle; oi, in oil; the pure, or long sound of a in lure, and ou in our; which include the same sounds under the forms of long y in rhyme; of oy in cay; of ew in pew; and ow in how. These diphthongs are called pure, because they are all heard; and in speaking and singing, only the radical, (or opening full ness of the sound,) should be prolonged, or

sung.

[OI in OIL.]

55. Diphthongs. Oi and Oy broil the joint of loin in poi-son and oint-ment; spoil not the oysters for the hoy-den; the boy pitch-es quoits a-droit-ly on the soil, and sub-joins the joists to the pur-loins, and em-ploys the de-stroy'd toi-let to soil the reser-voir, lest he be cloy'd with his ma-moirs. 56. The late Mr. Pitt, (Lord Chatham,) was taught to declaim, when a mere boy; and was, even then, much admired for his talent in recitation: the result of which was, that his ease, grace, power, self-possession, and imposing dignity, on his first appearance in the British Parliament, "drew audience and attention, still as night;" and the irresistible force of his action, and the power of his eye, carrried conviction with nis arguments.

Proverbs. 1. Home is home, if it be erer so homely. 2. It is too late to complain when a thing is done. 3. In a thousand pounds of law, there is not an ounce of love. 4. Many a true word is spoken in jest. 5. One man's meat is another man's poison. 6. Pride, perceiving humility – HONORABLE, often borrows her cloke. 7 Saywell-is good; but do-well-is better. 8. The eye, that sees all things, sees not itself. 9 The crow-thinks her own birds the whitest. 10. The tears of the congregation are the praises of the minister. 11. Evil to him that evil thinks. Do good, if you expect to receive good.

Our Food. The laws of man's constitu OIL;tion and relation evidently show us, that the plainer, simpler and more natural our food is, the more pefectly these laws will be ful-, filled, and the more healthy, vigorous, and Long-lived our bodies will be, and consequently the more perfect our senses will be, and the more active and powerful may the intelLectual and moral faculties be rendered by cultivation. By this, is not meant that we should eat grass, like the ox, or confine ourselves to any one article of food: by simple food, is meant that which is not compounded, and complicated, and dressed with pungent stimulants, seasoning, or condiments; such kind of food as the Creator designed for us, and in such condition as is best adapted to our anatomical and physiological powers. Some kinds of food are better than others, and adapted to sustain us in every condition; Notes. 1. The radical, or root of this diphthong, com- and such, whatever they may be, (and we niences nearly with 31 a, as in all, and its vanish, or terminating should ascertain what they are,) should conpaint, with the name sound of e, as in cel; the first of which is institute our sustenance: thus shall we the dicated by the engraving above. 2 Avoid the vulgar pronuncia. non of tle, for oil; jice, for joist; pint, for point; bile, for boil; jint, for joint; kést, for hoist; spile, for spoil; quate, for quoit; pur-line, for pur-loin; pi-zen, for poi-son; brile, for broil; clyde, for cloyed, &c.: this sound, especially, when given with the jaw much droppet, and rounded lijs, has in it a captivating nobleness; bat beware of extremes. 3. The general rule for pronouncing the vowels is they are open, continuous, or long, when final in ac

cented words and syllables; as a-ble, father, aw-ful, me-tre, bi-ble,

no-ble, moo-ted, tu mult, leu-tal, poi-son, ou-ter-most; but they are shut, discrete, or short, when followed in the same syllable by

a commonant ; as, ap-ple, sev-er, lit-tle, pot-ter, but-ton, sym-pa-thy. Examples of exceptions-ale, are, all, Ele, note, tune, &c. 4. Anather general rule is-a vowel followed by two consonants, that are repeated in the pronunciation, is short: as, mal-ter, ped-lar,

iter, but-ler, &c.

more perfectly fulfil the laws of our being, and secure our best interests.

Varieties. 1. Was Eve, literally, made Out of Adam's rib? 2. He is doubly a conqueror, who, when a conqueror, can con quer himself. 3. People may be borne down by oppression for a time; but, in the end, vengeance will surely overtake their oppres sors. 4. It is a great misfortune-not to be able to speak well; and a stil greater one. not to know when to be silent. 5. In the hours of study, acquire knowledge that will be useful in after life. 6. Nature-reflects the light of revelation, as the moon does that of the sun. 7. Religion-is to be as much like God, as men can be like him: hence, there is nothing more contrary to

Anecdote. The king's evil. A student of medicine, while attending medical lectures in London, and the subject of this evil being on hand, observed that the king's evil had been but little known in the Unit-religion, than angry disputes and conten ed States, since the Revolution.

They are sleeping! Who are sleeping 1
Misers, by their hoarded gold;
And, in fancy-now are heaping

Gems and pearls-of price untold.
Golden chains-their limbs encumber,
Diamonds-seem before them strown;
But they waken from their slumber,
And the splendid dream—is flown.
Compare each phrase, examine every line,
Weigh every word, and every thought refine.

tions about it.

The pilgrim fathers-where are they?
The waves, that brought them o'er,
Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray,
As they break along the shore:-
Still roll in the bay, as they roll'd that day,
When the May Flower moor'd below;
When the sea around, was black with storms,
And white the shore-with snow.

By reason, man-n Godhead can discern:
But how he should be worship'd, cannot learn

6. Zeal

57. There are no impure diphthongs or Proverbs. 1. As you make your bed, so must riphthongs, in which two or three vowels you lie in it. 2. Be the character you would be present, or unite, in one sound; for all are called. 3. Choose a calling, th❜t is adapted to your silent except one; as in air, aunt, awl, piaid, inclination, and natural abilities. 4. Live-and teal, lead, curtain, soar, good, your, cough, let live; i. e. do as you would be done by. 5. fu-dal, dun-geon, beau-ty, a-dieu, view-ing. Character-is the measure of the man. These silent letters, in connection with the ously keep down little expenses, and you will vocals, should be called di-graphs and trinot be likely to incur large ones. 7. Every one graphs; that is, doubly and triply written: knows how to find fault. 8. Fair words and they sometimes merely indicate the sound foul play cheat both young and old. 9. Give a of the accompanying vowel, and the deriva-dog an ill name, and he will soon be shot 11. de tion of the word. Let me beware of believ-knows best what is good, who has endured eru. ing anything, unless I can see that it is true: 11. Great pains and little gains, soon make mar and for the evidence of truth, I will look at the truth itself. weary. 12. The fairest rose will wither at last. Cause and Effect. The evils, which

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of all parties and all classes. They have been produced by over-banking, over-trad ing, over-spending, over-dashing, over-dri ving, over-reaching, over-borrowing, overcating, over-drinking, over-thinking, overplaying, over-riding, and over-acting of every kind and description, except over. working. Industry is the foundation of soicty, and the corner-stone of civilization.

38. Diphthongs; Ou, and Ow: OUR; afflict the country, are the joint productions Mr. Brown wound an ounce of sound a-round a cloud, and drowned a mouse in a pound of drow-sy mouse de-vour'd a house and howl'd a pow-wow a-bout the moun-tains; the gou-ty owl erouched in his tow-er, and the scowl-ing cow bowed down de-vout-ly in her bow-er; the giour (jower) en-shroud-ed in pow-er, en-dow-ed the count's prow-ess with a retown'd trow-el, and found him with a stout gown in the coun-ty town.

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Recipients. We receive according to our states of mind and life: if we are in the love and practice of goodness and truth, we be59. Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, come the receivers of them in that propor paid many thousands to a teacher in Elocution; but if otherwise, we form receptacles tion; and Cicero, the Roman orator, after of their opposites,--falsity and evil. When having completed his education, in other we are under heavenly influences, we know respects, spent two whole years in recitation, under one of the most celebrated tragedi that all things shall work together for our ans of antiquity. Brutus declared, that he happiness; and when under infernal influwould prefer the honor, of being esteemedences, they will work together for our misthe master of Roman eloquence, to the glo-ery. Let us then choose, this day, whom we ry of many triumphs. will serve; and then shall we know-where in consists the art of happiness, and the art of misery.

60. Notes. 1. Ou and ow are the only representatives of this diphthongal sound; the former generally in the middle words, and the latter at the end: in low, show, and low, w silent. 2. There are 12 mono-thongal vowels, or single voice sounds, and 4 diphthongal vowels, or double voice sounds: these e heard in isle, tune, oil and out. 5. There is a very incorrect and offoisive sound given by some to this diphthong, particularly

the Northern states, in consequence of drawing the corners of

the mouth back, and keeping the teeth too close, while pronouncing ; it may be called a flat, naral sound: in song it is worse Fun is speech. It may be represented as follows-kcou, neou, n. peur, doun, kcounty, areover, &c. Good natured,

ausing people, living in coil climates, where they wish to keep The mouth nearly closed, when talking, are often guilty of this valarity. It may be avoided by opening the mouth wide projecting

be mider jaw and making the sound deep in the threat.

Anecdote. Woman as she should be. A young woman went into a public library, in a certain fown, and asked for "Mam as he is." "That is out, Miss," said the librarian; "but

we have 'Woman as she should be.”
took the book and the hint too.
Where are the heroes of the ages past:

She

[ones Where the brave chieftains-where the mighty

Who flourish'd in the infancy of days?
All to the grave gone down! On their fall'n fame,
Exultant, mocking at the pride of man,
Sits grim Forgetfulness. The warrior's arm
Lies nerreless on the pillow of its shame:
rush'd is his stormy coice, and quenched the blaze
of his red eye-ball.

Varieties. 1. Is not the single fact, that the human mind has thought of another world, good proof that there is one? 2. Toleration-is good for all, or it is good for none. 3. He who swallows up the substance of the poor, will, in the end, find that it contains a bone, which will choke him. 4. The greatest share of happiness is enjoyed by those, who possess affluence, without superfluity, and can command the comforts of life, without plunging into its luxuries. 5. Do not suppose that every thing is gold, which glitters; build not your hopes on a sandy into two great classes, agitators and the nonfoundation. 6. The world seems divided agitators: why should those, who are estab lished on the immutable rock of truth, fear agitation? 7. True humiliation--is a pearl of great price; for where there is no resistance, or obstacle, there,-heaven, and its influences must enter, enlighten, teach, purify, create and support.

The only prison, th't enslaves the soul,
Is the dark habitation, where she dwells,
As in a noisome dungeon.

39. Reading-by vowel sounds only, is Proverbs. 1. A man is no better for liking analagous to singing by note, instead of by himseif, if nobody else likes him. 2. A white word. This is an exceedingly interesting | glove often conceals a dirty hand. 3. Better pass and important exercise: it is done, simply, at once, than to be always in danger. 4. Misunby omitting the consonants, and pronounc-derstandings-are often best prevented, by pen ing the vowels, the same as in their respec- and ink. 5. Knowledge is treasure, and memory tive words. First, pronounce one or more is the treasury. 6. Crosses-are ladders, leadwords, and then re-pronounce them, and ing to heaven. 7. Faint praise, is disparagement 8. Deliver me from a person, who can talk only on one subject. 9. He who peeps throgh a keyhole may see what will ver him. 10. If shrewd men play the fooi, they do it with vengeance. 11. Physicians rarely take medicines. 12. Curses, like chickens, generally come home to roost.

leave off the consonants. The VOWELS Constitute the ESSENCE of words, and the coNSONANTS give that material the proper FORM.

60 All the vowel sounds, thrice told, James Parr; Hall Mann; Eve Prest; Ike Sill; O'd Pool Forbs; Luke Munn Bull; Hoyle Prout-ate palms walnuts apples, peaches melons, ripe figs, cocoas goosberries hops, cucumbers prunes, and boiled sour-crout, to their entire satisfaction. Ale, ah, all, at; eel, ell; isle, ill; old, ooze, on; mute, up, full; oil, ounce. Now repeat all these vowel sounds consecutively,: A, A, A, A; E, E; I, I; 0, 0, 0; U, U, U; Oi. Ou.

61. Elocution-comprehends Expulsion of Sound, Articulation, Force, Time, Pronunciation, Accent, Pauses, Measure and Melody of Speech, Rhythm, Emphasis, the Eight Notes, Intonation, Pitch, Inflexions, Circumflexes. Cadences, Dynamics, Modulation, Style, the Passions, and Rhetorical Action. Reading and Speaking are inseparably connected with music; hence, every step taken in the former, according to this system, will advance one equally in the latter for Music is but an elegant and refined species of Elo

cution.

62. CERTAIN VOWELS TO BE PRONOUNCED SEPARATELY. In reading the following, be very deliberate, so as to shape the sounds perfectly, and give each syllable clearly and distinetly; and in all the ex-am-ples, here and elsewhere, make those sounds, that are objects of attention, very prominent. Ba-al, the o-ri-ent a-e-ro-naut and cham-pi-on of fier-y scor-pi-ons, took his a-e-ri-al flight into the ge-o-met-ri-cal em-py-re-an, and dropped a beau-ti-ful ri-o-let into the 4p-pi-i Forum, where they sung hy-me-ne-al re-quiems; Be-cl-ze-bub vi-o-lent-ly rent the va-rie-ga-ted di-a-dem from his zo-o-log-i-cal crani-um, and placed it on the Eu-ro-pe-an geni-i, to me-li-o-rate their in-cho-ate i-de-a of cu-ring the pil-e-ous in-val-ids of Man-tu-a and Pom-pe-i, with the tri-en-ni-al pan-a-ce-a of no-ol-o-gy, or the lin-e-a-ment of a-ri-es. Notes. 1. The constituent diphthongal sounds of I are near. I-81 a, and Iste; those of u, approach to 21 e, and 21 or those of er, to 31 a, and 24 i: and those of ou to 31 o, and 21 o: make and aralyze then, and observe the funnel simpe of the lips, which i elange with the changing sounds in passing from the radicals to

was instigated to propose war against the Anecdote. A get-off. Henry the Fourth Protestants, by the importunity of his Parliament; whereupon, he declared that he would make every member a captain of a company in the army: the proposal was then unanimously negatived.

Contrasts. Our fair ladies laugh at the Chinese ladies, for depriving themselves of the use of their feet, by tight shoes and bandages, and whose character would be ruined in the estimation of their associates, if they were even suspected of being able to walk while they, by the more danger. ous and destructive habits of tight-lacing, destroy functions of the body far more im. portant, not only to themselves, but to their offspring; and whole troops of dandies, quite as taper-waisted, and almost as masculine as their mothers, are the natural results of such a gross absurdity. If to be admired-is the motive of such a custom, it is a most paradoxical mode of accomplishing this end; for that which is destructive of health, must be more destructive of beau ty-that beauty, in a vain effort to preserve which, the victims of this fashion have devoted themselves to a joyless youth, and a premature decrepitude,

Varieties. 1. Is it best to divulge the truth to all, whatever may be their state of mind and life? 2. A good tale-is never the worse for being twice told. 3. Those who do not love any thing, rarely experience great enjoyments; those who do love, often suffer deep griefs. 4. The way to heaven is delightful to those who love to walk in it; and the difficulties we meet with in endeavoring to keep it, do not spring from the nature of the way, but from the state of the traveler. 5. He, who wishes nothing, will gain nothing. 6. It is good to know a great deal; but it is better to make a good use of what we do know. 7. Every day-brings forth something for the mind to be exercised on, either of a mental, or external character; and to be fathful in

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derived thereby, is both wisdom and duty.

Whether he knew things, or no,
His tongue eternally would go;
For he had impudence-at will.

Notes. 1. In Song, as well as in Speech, the Articulation Pitch, Force, and Time, must be attended to; i. e. in both arta, rias ter the right form of the elements, the degree of elevation and se

and their duration: there is nothing in singing that may not t found in speaking.

63. Elocution and Music being inseparable in their nature, every one, of common organization, whether aware of it, or not, uses all the elements of Music in his daily pression of the voice, the kind and degree of loudness of sociais. intercourse with society. When we call to one at a distance, we raise the voice to the upper pitches: when to one near by, we Anecdote. Musical Pun. A young Mudrop it to the lower pitches; and when at a sician, remarkable fr his modesty and sinmedium distance, we raise it to the middle cerity, on his first appearance before the pubpitches: that is, in the first case, the voice lic, finding that he could not give the trils, is on, or about the eighth note: in the sec-effectively, assured the audience, by way of ond, on, or about the first note: and in the apology, "that he trembled so, that he could last place, on, or about the third or fifth not shake. note. In commencing to read or speak in public, one should never commence above his fifth note, or below his third note: and, to ascertain on what particular pitch the lowest natural note of the voice is, pronounce the word awe, by prolonging it, without feeling; and to get the upper one, sound eel, strongly.

Proverbs. 1. A word-is enough to the wise. 2. It is easier to resist our bad passions at first, than after indulgence. 3. Jokes-are had coin to all but the jocular. 4. You may find your worst enemy, or best friend-in yourself. 5. Exery one has his hobby. 6. Fools-have liberty to say what they please. 7. Give every one his due. 64. Vocal Music. In the vowel sounds 8. He who wants content, cannot find it in an of our language, are involved all the ele-easy chair. 9. Ill-will never spoke well. 10. ments of music; hence, every one who Lawyer's gowns are lined with the wilfulness of wishes, can learn to sing. These eight their clients. 11. Hunger-is an excellent sauce. wowels, when naturally sounded, by a de-12. I confide, and am at rest. veloped voice, will give the intonations of the notes in the scale, as follows, commencing at the bottom.

1ste in eel, 8 -0- C note 0-8-la-High.

Haif tone.

1st i in Isle, 7-0-B note

2do in ooze, 6

Tone.
O-A note-

Tone.

1st o in old, 5

0-Gnote 0-5-la-Medium.

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Half tone.

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True Wisdom. All have the faculty given them of growing wise, but not equally wise by which faculty is not meant the ability to reason about truth and goodness from the sciences, and thus of confirming whatever any one pleases; but that of discerning what is true, choosing what is suitable, and applying it to the various uses of life. He is not the richest man, who is able to comprehend all about making money, and can count millions of dollars; but he who is in possession of millions, and makes a proper use of them.

Varieties. 1. Does not life-beget life, and death generate death? 2. The man, who is always complaining, and bewailing Enote 0-3-la-Medium. his misfortunes, not only feeds his own mis

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65. This Diatonic Scale of eight notes,
(though there are but seven, the eighth being
a repetition of the first,) comprehends five
whole tones, and two semi, or half tones.
An erect ladder, with seven rounds, is a
good representation of it; it stands on the
ground, or floor, which is the tonic, or first
note; the first round is the second note, or
supertonic; the second round is the third
note, or mediant; the third round, is the
fourth note, or subdominant; between
which, and the second round, there is a
semitone; the fourth round is the fifth note,
or dominant; the fifth round is the sixth
note, or submediant; the sixth round is the
seventh note, or subtonic; and the seventh
round is the eighth note, or octave,

Keep one consistent plan-from end-to end.

4.

ery, but wearies and disgusts others. 3.
We are apt to regulate our mode of living-
more by the example of others, than by the
dictates of reason and common sense.
Frequent recourse to artifice and cunning-
is a proof of a want of capacity, as well as
does not grow better, as he grows older, is a
of an illiberal mind. 5. Every 'one, who
spendthrift of that time, which is more pre-
cious than gold. 6. Do what you know,
and you will know what to do. 7. As is
the reception of truths, such is the percej ·
tion of them in all minds. 8. Do
more than your brother? then be more
humble and thankful; hurt not him with
thy meat, and strong food: when a man, he
will be as able to eat it as yourself, and,
perhaps, more so.

you see

Walk with thy fellow creatures: note the hush
And whisperings amongst them. Not a spring
Or leaf-but hath his morning hymn; each bush
And oak-doth know I AM. Carst thou not sing 1
O leave thy cares and follies! go this way,
And thou art sure to prosper- all the day.

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