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62 The governing of our temper is truly the buines of our whole lives; but urely it would very much ait us if we were early put into the right road. As it is, when reaon gains ome trength, he has mountains of rubbih to remove, or perhaps exerts all her powers to jutify the errors of folly and paion, rather than root them out.

A contant attention to the management of the temper produces gentlenes and humility, and is practied on all occaions, as it is not done "to be een of men." This meek pirit aries from good ene and reolution, and hould not be confounded with lence