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COMPAN\'-ITR ISF'I.UJo:NCI;. '7
lIale to a life of rli".... ipntion, ann drove him to
hW:lc1of'ct, his 13iblc, find his God,
ln~tancp..sof the IiIw wandering are common
-alas that instanc~ of like return arc so few,
Let oue of un c,\.")y complying di~po,sition,
,wd \,ith little fixedlle~ of principle, corne into
cont..'1ct with educated and refined iniquity:
and tho work of fn1n i~ Rp('edily done, rrhc
politenes.~ of the exterior rl'nJc~ him unsuspicious
of the sink of corruption within. At
fir::t he only listens, then lie Legina to imitate,
and soon he goes as au IIox tu the slaughter
aUt.1 as a fool w the correction of the f',tock~."
All this i, eoufirmeu by tbe ract, th.t young
men arc ~ure to be j,.~fi1/lf(fel.l b!1 the cltf1rac[er oj
tl!eir componion,'f. :Kot only do a mun's familiar
fricnd8 cxert an influence over him, but what
is more, the)" constitute the i::iureand ready
test by which other~ judge of his worth.
rrherc i~ nn old proverb, anu all experience
verifies it; II eytlry JUan i::. known by t.he com.
pall)' he keep~.ll On this nCCOllnt it is that
!'hrewd amI ilit..:i1igcnt ob!loerYel~ of humnn na.
turc seldom put thern:;elves to the trouble of
looking flny further in order to lJeci