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 them up at length in the high ſeat of memory, by gathering them together; So that having taſted their ſweetneſs, I may leſs perceive the bitterneſs of Life."

Titus, the Roman Emperour, throughout the whole courſe of his life, called himſelf to account every night for the actions of the paſt day: and as often as he found he had ſlipped any one day without doing good, he entered upon his dary this memorial, "I have loſt a day. This may every man ſay who ſuffers a day to paſs without doing ſomething for God for his foul, or for his fellow creature.

An Italian Philoſopher, ſays Dr. Johnſtone, expreſſed in his motto that time was his eſtate; an eſtate, indeed, which will produce nothing without cultivation. but will always abundantly repay the labours of induſtry, and ſatisfy the moſt extenſive deſires if no part of it be ſuffered to be waited by negligence, to be overrun with naſeous plants, or laid out for ſhew rather than for uſe.

How little do we reflect on the uſe and value of time! it is in every body's mouth