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Rh of loving a peron whom their reaon does not approve. This, I am peruaded, has often been the cae; and the paion mut either be rooted out, or the continual allowances and excues that are made will hurt the mind, and leen the repect for virtue. Love, unupported by eteem, mut oon expire, or lead to depravity; as, on the contrary, when a worthy peron is the object, it is the greatet incentive to improvement, and has the bet effect on the manners and temper. We hould always try to fix in our minds the rational grounds we have for loving a peron, that we may be able to recollect them when we feel digut or ent-