The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

LOVELINESS OF SPIRIT. Ill
due a raving maniac, — if m the market-woman it
could nwaken affection in an idiot's breast, — if in
Elizabeth it could charm the minds and change the
purpose of murderers, — surely, in your hands, it is
capable of doing much with the almost infinitely
more susceptible minds that move within your
sphere. Possess it, and you may bind the soul of
your brother, in bonds softer than velvet and stronger
than gyves of brass, to religion and virtue. You
may awaken the mind of your scholars to noble aspirations
after excellency on earth and glory in heaven.
You may sustain the spirit of your father, and save
him from yielding to despn^r in an hour of temptation.
You may mould ttie destiny of your husband,
and breathe the air of Paradise around his tried
spirit,
until he shall acknowledge you to be the good
genius of his existence. You may train your children,
if you ever become a mother, so that, as Cornelia
found her highest honor in being the Mother
OF THE Gracchi, it may be the richest thought of
your life that you are the mother of patriot, philanthropic
and Christian children, and that through the