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him off the walk beca.use he chooses n particular
!Ollie. rl'lw very f:lct that we aro fureyer
suspecting m'il, will go far to create the evil
which W(~ thus ullow oursch'cs to ~H1~pect.
lio1t" much better il) it to think all is rigl}t l
aud go calUllr and fC'flrlc~slJforwaro.
~othing i~more common than to mistake l
whell we attempt to juuge 1.t.f the motives of
melJ. 'Yilat we are so readv to COll5ilIcr and
rc~('nt O!=l so man)' indicntio~!=I at malice, may
be the result of mere iDadYeJte~ and of the
very fame inadvertcrwc with w'hich we O1lT-
R~\"0.= nrc m"'ry dny chargeable. The direst
ca~tropb~ have ofteu growh out of languago
which was not ink'ndcd to (,oTIve,)" the l('n~t
harm. "-hile tbe world continues as it uow
iS l we shall fiuu it impof5.8ible to get on with.
out Laving Qur feelings sometimes chafed and
our temper trieu. But what is to be gained
by being sUl"picioU8 and asking for explana-
tions 7. \Vhen tbe two goat~, in Luther'..;
fabl(., Iud on a narrow bridge, they escaped
the event of mutual ruin by one'li lyiug down
that the other might walk over him.
Seasoll!l of angry excitement arc ~CnsODS of I