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8 genius in company has burſt out upon them with ſuch obſervations, as have ſtruck conſciouſneſs and ſhame into the forward ſpeaker, if he has not been quite inſenſible of inward reproach.

I have thrown together, as they occurred, a few thoughts which may ſuffice for the preſent, to ſhew my care and concern for your welfare I hope you will conſtantly, from time to time, communicate to me whatever you ſhall think worthy of my notice, or in which my advice may be of uſe to you; for I have no pleaſure in this life equal to that which the happineſs of my children gives me And of this, you may be aſſured; for am, and ever muſt be,

Your affectionate Father

From a Father to a Son on his negligence in his affairs.

Dear Jemmy

YOU cannot imagine what a concern your careleſſneſs and indiffrent management of your affairs gives me Remiſſneſs is inexcuſable in all men, in none ſo much as a man of buſineſs, the ſoul of which is induſtry, diligence, and punctuality

Let me beg of you to ſhake off the idle habits you have contracted quit unprofitable company, and unſeaſonable recreation, and apply to your comping houſe with diligence, it may not yet be too late to retrieve your affairs Inſpect, therefore, your gains, and caſt up what proportion they bear to your expences, and then ſee which of the latter you can and which you cannot contract Conſider, that when once a man ſuffers himſelf to go backward in the world, it muſt be an uncommon ſpirit of induſtry that retrives him, and puts him forward again.

Reflect