The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

58 THE yOJNG lady's COUNSELLOR.
impropeny touched, of producing violent pains in iKe
audience, which no medical science could assuage oi
cure ; while, if they are skilfully touched, their
delightful melody will create the most exquisite
sensations of enduring pleasure.
In such a position,
would you not exert your utmost powers to avoid
those movements which would thrill your auditory
with anguish ? Would you not enter, with grave
earnestness, upon those which would be followed
with bursts of joy ? Y^our ardent response is in
your heart and eye ; and you almost wish for the
opportunity of choosing between such alternatives.
If my previous remarks are true, you have not
only such an opportunity, but one of far higher and
nobler character.
By a proper use of this more than
fairy gift of influence, you can call into existence
emotions of pure delight, capable of infinite self-multiplication
in the multitude of human spirits which
will come within your sphere during your lifetime.
By neglecting the proper use of your gift, you will
create agonies of equal curation and intensity.
Can
you, therefore, refuse a few moments of grave thought