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Rh benevolence that comes within their phere of action, and it hould not be uffered to leep. Some part of the money that is allowed them for pocket-money, they hould be encouraged to lay out this way, and the hort-lived emotions of pity continually retraced 'till they grow into habits.

I knew a child that would, when very young, it down and cry if it met a poor peron, after it had laid out its money in cakes; this occurred once or twice, and the tears were hed with additional ditres every time; till at lat it reited the temptation, and aved the money. I think