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HE point of life at which you are now arrived, is a very intereſting one; and I truſt you feel that it is ſo. I ſhould have a much lower opinion, both of your underſtanding and your heart, than I am inclined to entertain, if I could ſuppoſe you felt no emotions on leaving a father's houſe, endeared to you by ſo many pleaſing recollections, and entering upon a new ſcene of life, in which you have ſo many important intereſts depending.

The preſent, my dear ſon, is to you a ſerious moment. It calls upon you to reflect, to deliberate, & to reſolve. Launching forth, as you are, into the wide ocean of the world, where you muſt rely for ſafety