The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

68 THE YOUNG LADl S COUNSELLOR.
reveai its presence, or unfold the mystery of tij
action ? Nay, we concede it as a fact demonsti. ..d
by eveiy material substance that meets our eyes.
By similar evidence — that of facts — we are cr^
ppiled to admit that powerful influences are exeue-i
by one mind upon another. These facts are or3'
whelming, both in number and in weight. Yet wh
can perceiv^e the transmission of influence ? Offei
when we are utterly unconscious of what we do, oth
ers are receiving indelible impressions from oui
vvords, looks or actions, — impressions which will
affect their destiny, and that of the world, forever.
We forget this, and act without respect to others, in
a great degree, because we do not see the power we
exert.
A young lady, who would shrink appalled at
the idea of daily puncturing her
brother's eye with a
•Qeedle, to the destruction of his sight, will breathe a
spirit of discontent, pride and folly, into his mind ;
and thus, by disturbing his happiness at home drive
him to seek congenial society abroad, where his morals
grow depraved, his character is lost, and his soul
ruined.
This fearfui lesult she brings about, without