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To no purpofe did my father attempt to combat 

 a fentiment, which was the fruit of the education 

 he had given me. - 



One day he introduced me to Cephas, exhorting 

 me to follow his counfels. Though 1 had never 

 feen Cephas before, a fecret fympathy attached 

 me to him, the moment I beheld him. This 

 refpe(5lable friend did not endeavour to oppofe 

 my favourite paffion, but, in order to weaken 

 it, he changed the objeâ: : ** You third after 

 *' giory," faid he to me ; " it is, undoubtedly, the 

 *' mod dcfirable thing in the World, fince the 

 " Gods referve it for themfelves as their pecu- 

 *' liar portion. But how can you reckon upon 

 " obtaining it at the fiege of Troy ? Which fide 

 " would you take ; that of the Greeks or of the 

 " Trojans? Juftice declares for Greece ; compaf- 

 " fion and duty for Troy. You are an Afiatic(3) ; 

 " would you, then, combat in favour of Europe 

 ** againftAfia? Would you bear arms againfl:Pr/<7w, 

 " that father, and that King fo unfortunate, ready 

 *' to fink, with his family and empire, under the 

 '* arms of Greece ? On the other hand, Would you 

 *' undertake the defence of the ravillier Paris, and 

 " of the adulterels Helen, againft Menelaus, her 

 *' hufband ? There is no true glory independent 

 " of juftice. But, even though a ftee man were 

 *' able to afcertain, in the quarrels of Kings, on 

 X 4 ** which 



