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216 if he had propoed the quetion to me, I hould certainly have anwered—They cannot.' Thus is the fair book of knowledge to be hut with an everlating eal! On reading imilar paages I have reverentially lifted up my eyes and heart to Him who liveth for ever and ever, and aid, O my Father, hat Thou by the very contitution of her nature forbid Thy child to eek Thee in the fair forms of truth? And, can her oul be ullied by the knowledge that awfully calls her to Thee?

I have then philoophically purued thee reflections till I inferred that thoe women who have mot improved their reaon mut have the mot modety—though a dignified edatenes of deportment may have ucceeded the playful, bewitching bahfulnes of youth.

And thus have I argued. To render chatity the virtue from which unophiticated modety will naturally flow, the attention hould be called away from employments which only exercie the enibility; and the heart made to beat time to humanity, rather than to throb with love. The woman who has dedicated a coniderable portion of her time to puruits purely intellectual, and whoe affections have been exercied by humane plans of uefulnes, mut have more purity of mind, as a natural conequence, than the ignorant beings whoe time and thoughts have been occupied by gay pleaures or chemes to conquer hearts.&ensp;