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174 playing your good ene. It will be thought you aume a uperiority over the ret of the company—But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound ecret, epecially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated undertanding.' If men of real merit, as he afterwards oberves, are uperiour to this meannes, where is the neceity that the behaviour of the whole ex hould be modulated to pleae fools, or men, who having little claim to repect as individuals, chooe to keep cloe in their phalanx. Men, indeed, who init on their common uperiority, having only this exual uperiority, are certainly very excuable.

There would be no end to rules for behaviour, if it be proper always to adopt the tone of the company; for thus, for ever varying the key, a flat would often pas for a natural note.

Surely it would have been wier to have advied women to improve themelves till they roe above the fumes of vanity; and then to let the public opinion come round—for where are rules of accommodation to top? The narrow path of truth and virtue inclines neither to the right nor left–it is a traight-forward buines, and they who are earnetly puruing their road, may bound over many decorous prejudices, without leaving modety behind. Make the heart clean, and give the head employment, and I will venture to predict that there will be nothing offenive in the behaviour. The&ensp;