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mitteu, be carefuillot to collclUlltl that you car
1Je cold, nuJ distant, anJ overbearing, with illl4
punity. ThiR woulJ. not only gre-atly lessen
)'our influence oyer friend::;, amI ncigh\.)(..m~,
and Jc~n(lt'nts, but would be sure to }>roJuoo
Lad effects on Jour own mind::;;.
You k\.Ye already seen enough of the world
to know that IUany good and tru~twol"tby men
fllit sadly at thi8 very point . .:\0 one douut.~
the ~inccritJ of t1l0.irreligious PnlfC3sion . .so
one feels 11want of (.'ojlfidencc in the upright.
neM of their dealings. But l!u\ ing said tllis,
there is nothing more tbat we can ~'\y. There
is Rueh a want of kiIHlncRs in thl~irtclDlJcr, and
co!1ciliation in their d('portment, that the good
which they really have, is in danger of being
eyil spoken ot: Such chaructcrs IlJil) be likened
to n lliamond in it.~TlmgL, nnwrought Rtate. It.
ha:, valnc even then! but you mu::