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TilE VALUJ: OF GOOD PlllJliCIPJ.F.B. 187
Shall f:uch cxnmple~ be lost upon the youth
of the In.nd? rrhcy can here learn what power
thcru is in 11. good charat:tcl. to carry men f:.nfdy
ovcr the rough voyage of life; whill': a wallt
of such character i~sure to send thtJ. urightcst
and mo::!t hrilliaut to a Jishonoreu tomb.
\\"bat training then can be compared with
that of preparing men to be [L la' ....to them-
~h'cs? You may put a Bible into th~ hand:;
of1l. youn~ mnn and charge him to fl':uJ. it, J'ou
may lay down ruleg for the government of hi..:>
conuud amI beg him to ohscrvc tllom, .you
lUay f:ct before him the example of goat! men,
and exhort. him t.o follow it j hut all will Hot
auswer unlc&"ithe principle of right.doing is
imbibed. There will be hours of forgetfulne...--.s
when t.hat nible will nut be read i there will
be a~,.;ault.'~of temptatiou, when those rules will
he neglected; and there will be allurement~ to
c\ il, when the example of othen; will he pow-
crlc.=;s. Nothing, HoOting, will serve the pur-
po."c, short of fixeu and !'.Cttleu principlc:::c.
The eye of friendship cannot follow )'0 11 ,
as you go out to embark in bU8illes.~l ~
in ships, and travel in c.1.rs, everywhere in