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HE forming of the temper ought to be the continual thought, and the firt tak of a parent or teacher. For to peak moderately, half the mieries of life arie from peevihnes, or a tyrannical domineering temper. The tender, who are o by nature, or thoe whom religion has moulded with o heavenly a dipoition, give way for the ake of peace—yet till this giving way undermines their dometic comfort, and tops the current of affection, they labor for patience, and labor is ever painful. The