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290 of behaviour. Not indeed, put on for viitors like the courtly robe of politenes, but the ober effect of cleanlines of mind. Would not this imple elegance of incerity be a chate homage paid to dometic affections, far urpaing the meretricious compliments that hine with fale lutre in the heartles intercoure of fahionable life? But, till more undertanding preponderate in ociety, there will ever be a want of heart and tate, and the harlot's rouge will upply the place of that celetial uffuion which only virtuous affections can give to the face. Gallantry, and what is called love, may ubit without implicity of character; but the main pillars of friendhip, are repect and confidence—eteem is never founded on it cannot tell what!

A tate for the fine arts requires great cultivation; but not more than a tate for the virtuous affections; and both uppoe that enlargement of mind which opens o many ources of mental pleaure. Why do people hurry to noiy cenes, and crowded circles? I hould anwer, becaue they want activity of mind, becaue they have not cherihed the virtues of the heart. They only, therefore, ee and feel in the gros, and continually pine after variety, finding every thing that is imple inipid.

This argument may be carried further than philoophers are aware of, for if nature detined woman, in particular, for the dicharge of dometic duties, he made her uceptible of the attached affections in a great degree. Now women are notoriouly fond of pleaure; and, naturally mut be o according to my definition, becaue they cannot&ensp;