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 of characters, minds, and hearts, to make up a tolerably respectable world; that every man has his "mission;" that consequently Mrs. Grundy, with all her imperfections on her head, has been intrusted with one of the most important "missions," and that the garrulous old lady, who exerts such unbounded power in regulating the affairs of the universe, instead of being denounced and hunted out of "good society," ought to be canonized as a public benefactress.