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:).1 Tllr. ~PRlsa.Tnf[ OF 1.IFt:.
)[en arc self.inuulgent am} covetous, rcycnge4
ful anu proud, natnrally anu spontaneo\l"ly,
without example or teaching. Tn the pre:scnt
fallen state, wrong and misery arc the re:mlt
of giving up thing:5 to their own nnth"e kn.
dencies. In the natural world, you lw,\'e only
to leave a Held to it..o:.rlf,nnd you will see it
co"er~d with briers aud thorns; but if )'ou
would have it fillcli with beaut.iful and ,...aving
wheat., you must npply Cfife nHo toil. It is cas.''''
to float down tbe ~tream, but to resist the cur.
rent and reach the fountain requires elIQrt.
Such statements arc full of instruction, and
you will do well to think them oYer again and
again. There are but few tbingN which it more
concerns you tv unden;taml than the way in
which hn.bit~ arc fi)rmcd, so n~ to become n part
of one's abiding cbamcter. The yaluc of sound
principles-firm, unwa\"erillg, truth evincing
principlcs-cun nc'"cr be oyer.estimated J and
no cflorts to make them Jour.::.cnn be too great.
'rhey nre as nccC:.'l-.o:.n.ry to the de,.clopmcnt of
:1 gQO(} and useful character, :1i' the circulation
of the blood in the body, or the ri