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84 ; we hould then habitually practie forbearance, and the many petty diputes which interrupt dometic peace would be avoided. A woman cannot reaonably be unhappy, if he is attached to a man of ene and goodnes, though he may not be all he could wih.

I am very far from thinking love irreitible, and not to be conquered. "If weak women go atray," it is they, and not the tars, that are to be blamed. A reolute endeavour will almot always overcome difficulties. I knew a woman very early in life warmly attached to an agreeable man, yet