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Rh wiſe will not condeſcend to accept of fame at ſecond-hand, replied Anna. We ought to be proud of our original, but we ſhould trace it to our Heavenly Father, who breathed into us the breath of life.—We are His children when we try to reſemble Him, when we are convinced that truth and goodneſs muſt conſtitute the very eſſence of the ſoul; and that the purſuit of them will produce happineſs, when the vain diſtinctions of mortals will fade away, and their pompous eſcutcheons moulder with more vulgar duſt! But remember, my young friends, virtue is immortal; and goodneſs arises from a quick perception of truth, and actions conformable to the conviction.

Different ſubjects beguiled the time, till the cloſing evening admoniſhed them to return home; and they departed reluctantly, filled with reſpect. Rh