176 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



white marble, thefe divine words might meet the 

 eye: 



Her Sins, which are many, are forgiven j 



FOR 



SHE LOVED MUCH. 



On another part of the frize, the following inv 

 fcription, which unfolds the nature of our duties, 

 might be difplayed : 



VIRTUE IS AN EFFORT MADE UPON OURSELVES, 



FOR 



THE GOOD OF MEN, 



IN THE VIEW ©F 



PLEASING GOD ONLY. 



To thiâ might be fubjorned the following, very, 

 much calculated to reprefs our ambitious emu- 

 ktions : 



THE SMALLEST ACT 



OF 



VIRTUE IS OF MORE VALUE 



THAN THE EXERCISE OF 



^ THE GREATEST TALENTS. 



On other tablets might be infcribed maxims of 

 triift in the divine Providence, extraded from th« 



Philofophers 



