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private circle of young persons than for the public. The following 
fhort extracts are given as a specimen. 
“ He (the benevolent man) hears of the distrefses of others with a , 
secret joy; but it is the “ joy of grief.” Or to speak without a figure 
his heart meits for their misfortunes, while his soul is enraptured at 
the glorious opportunity of relieying them, and he flies with an ala- 
“crity not to be described to pour the balm of relief and consolation 
into their wounds. 
“It is not forthose misfortunes alone which are in his power to allevi- 
ate that he feels;"neither does he confime himself to one particular 
country, religion, or complection. He hears of the unjust imprison- 
ments in despotic lands; of the cruel mafsacres committed by the 
ambitious Rufsian upon the followers of Mahomet; of the wretched 
slavery of the unfortunate Africans, and gives to their misery all he 
can, a tear.” f 
To CoRRESPONDENTS. 
The verses by a Constant Reader are received. In attempting to 
disguise a hand that probably would never have been recognised by 
the Editor, this communication is rendered nearly illegible. It is not 
certain if it can be all made out. 
The Editor has received several very long papers on the subject of 
France, for which he considers himself as indebted to the writers for 
their kind intentions; but he would be much more obliged to them, if 
they would turn their thoughts to diterary subjects instead of politics, 
which he believes to be the most unprofitable of all studies, in the way 
it is usually viewed by inexperienced writers. Could young men be 
persuaded that government is a practical art, of which no adequate 
knowledge can be obtained but by a painful ascertaining of innum=ra-~ 
ble facts, that are exceedingly intricate to be unravelled; and that 
all speculative theories on that subject, tend only to bewilder the ima- 
gination, confound the judgement, andlead to the most dangerous 
errors, they would then be exceedingly fhy in offering the first 
thoughts that occur to them onthis head to the public. Among o- 
ther good effects, it would save the editor of this miscellany a great 
deal of trouble in reading many papers which he must have the morti- 
fication to be obliged to reject ; which he can afsure his readers is a 
very painful part of his office. Wide is the field.of science, and innu- 
merable the opportunities of displaying talents in the augmentation of 
knowledge in its various departments, were we disposed to exercise 
them properly. ee 
The Editor has also received several poems of considerable length 
and not des+itute of merit, written in the Scottith dialect, of which 
he is sorry he cannot avail himself; for unlefs it be very. short pieces,; 
the respect he bears for those of his readers, who cannot understand 
that dialect, forbids him to insert them. He will try to make some 
fhort extracts from these in the indew izdicatorius. 
