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34 and that the prettines of the thing is thought of. Let the manners arie from the mind, and let there be no diguie for the genuine emotions of the heart.

Things merely ornamental are oon diregarded, and diregard can carcely be borne when there is no internal upport.

To have in this uncertain world ome tay, which cannot be undermined, is of the utmot conequence; and this tay it is, which gives that dignity to the manners, which hews that a peron does not depend on mere human applaue for comfort and atisfaction.