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306 celetial innocent. Nay, in the bitternes of his heart, he himelf laments, that when his bodily infirmities made him no longer treat her like a woman, he ceaed to have an affection for him. And it was very natural that he hould, for having o few entiments in common, when the exual tie was broken, what was to hold her? To hold her affection whoe enibility was confined to one ex, nay, to one man, it requires ene to turn enibility into the broad channel of humanity; many women have not mind enough to have an affection for a woman, or a friendhip for a man. But the exual weaknes that makes woman depend on man for a ubitence, produces a kind of cattih affection which leads a wife to purr about her huband as he would about any man who fed and careed her.

Men are, however, often gratified by this kind of fondnes, which is confined in a beatly manner to themelves; but hould they ever become more virtuous, they will wih to convere at their fire-ide with a friend, after they ceae to play with a mitres.

Beides, undertanding is neceary to give variety and interet to enual enjoyments, for low, indeed, in the intellectual cale, is the mind that can continue to love when neither virtue nor ene give a human appearance to an animal appetite. But ene will always preponderate; and if women are not, in general, brought more on a level with men, ome uperiour women, like the Greek courtezans, will aemble the men of abilities around them, and draw from their families many citizens, who would have tayed at home had&ensp;