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Rh when, as life advances, he mixes with happy art, jarring elements. I never knew a weak or ignorant peron who had a good temper, though that contitutional good humour, and that docility, which fear tamps on the behaviour, often obtains the name. I ay behaviour, for genuine meeknes never reached the heart or mind, unles as the effect of reflection; and that imple retraint produces a number of peccant humours in dometic life, many enible men will allow, who find ome of thee gentle irritable creatures, very troubleome companions.

'Each ex,' he further argues, 'hould preerve its peculiar tone and manner; a meek huband may have a wife impertinent; but mildnes of dipoition on the woman's ide will always bring a man back to reaon, at leat if he be not abolutely a brute, and will ooner or later triumph over him.' True, the mildnes of reaon; but abject fear always inpires contempt; and tears are only eloquent when they flow down fair cheeks.

Of what materials can that heart be compoed, which can melt when inulted, and intead of revolting at injutice, kis the rod? Is it unfair to infer that her virtue is built on narrow views and elfihnes, who can cares a man, with true feminine oftnes, the very moment when he treats her tyrannically? Nature never dictated uch inincerity;—and though prudence of this ort be termed a virtue, morality becomes vague when any part is uppoed to ret on falehood. Thee are mere expedients, and expedients are only ueful for the moment. Rh