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 6 The Letter-Writer. you would a mad man; for notwithſtanding, I ſtill think you ſtrictly virtuous, yet your good name may be irr, parably loft, by ſuch open acts of im- pru'erce As I have no other motive but an un- aft ctedi zeal for your intereſt and welfare, I flatter myſelf you'll put a favourable conſtruction on the liberty here taken by Your affectionate Friend, and affectionate Aunt.

Advice from a Father to a young Beginner, what Com- pany to chuſe, and how to behave in it.

Dear Robin, Aſ you are now entering into the world, and will probably have conſiderable dealings in your buſineſs, the frequent occaſion you will have for advice from others, will make you deſirous of figling out, among your m ft intimate acquiin- tance, one or two, whom you would view in the light of friends, In the choice of theſe, your utmoſt care and cau- tion will be neceſſary; for, by a miſtake here you can ſcarcely conceive the fatal' affects you may here- after experience. Wherefore it will be proper for you to make a judgment of thoſe who are fit to be your ac viſers, by the concret they have ob er ved in their own affors, and the reputation they hear in the world. For he who has by his own indiſcre- tions undone himself, is much fitter to be ſet up as a landmark for a prudent mariner to ſhun his cour- fes, tan an example to follow. Old age is generally flow and heavy, youth head- ſtrong and precipitant; but there are old men who ar full of vivacity, and young men replete with dílcetior ; which makes me rather point out the conduct than the age of the perſons with whom your ſhould