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 Children are taught revenge and lies in their very cradles. If they fall down, or trike their heads againt any thing, to quiet them they are bid return the injury, and their little hands held out to do it. When they cry, or are troubleome, the cat or dog is chatied, or ome bugbear called to take them away; which only terrifies them at firt, for they oon find out that the nure means nothing by thee dreadful threatenings. Indeed, o well do they dicover the fallacy, that I have een little creatures, who could carcely peak, play over the ame tricks with their doll or the cat. How,