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Rh ſuffers the inconveniences which attack the one to overwhelm the other. The ſoul would always ſupport the body, if its ſuperiority was felt, and invigorated by exerciſe. The Almighty, who never afflicts but to produce ſome good end, firſt ſends diſeaſes to children to teach them patience and fortitude; and when by degrees they have learned to bear them, they have acquired ſome virtue.

In the ſame manner, cold or hunger, when accidentally encountered, are not evils; they make us feel what wretches feel, and teach us to be tender-hearted. Many of your fellow-creatures daily bear what you cannot for a moment endure without complaint. Besides, another advantage ariſes from it; after you have felt hunger, you will not be very anxious to chooſe the particular kind of food that is to ſatisfy it. You will then be freed from a frivolous care.

When it is neceſſary to take a nauſeous draught, ſwallow it at once, and do not make others ſick whilſt you are heſitating, Rh