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12 TilE Sf'nI~G.TBIr. 01' I.ln:.
pan)' \\ oultl llare to Le alone. III this cnse,
the fir,:,;,ti>lililulutes and urnw;.o on the second,
the }O('cond the thinl 1 until the voice of con-
~iencc is drowncrl, and eyer,}' ft-'l'ling of ::..halllc
i.oj crauiclltf>ll from the Leart. If n p,~rron really
wi...,hcs to rill himself of all virtuous r('~traillt,
he has onl,)' to gn with the multitude to ']0 c\.il,
and the en,] i;; gained. In the confus:iou anJ
bustle of noisy associates, sin has no ~n(:h :.ting
as it Itas in pri,ntc. ""lmt opportunity is there
l.lcN for tho~ serious rellcctioll.F> nnll paillful
JIlisgi\'in6~, which corne throngiuK upon the
mind in the stillness of the bcd-chamber nnd
the solitary wulk. 111l'-lC'1(lof asking what GoJ
aud conscience approve, the only qucstion now
i;;, 'Yhui will gTflti~\' the t'olllpall)' 't If this
point can 00 RCcnrcd, there &'ems to he no
thought of the remorse thus stol'eJ up lor t\
sick chamber, or a tlying bed.
Jn a large m:)jority of cas~, pre-eminence in
cyil rc.