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will tell you. It is far more miserable to have the 

 power of going whither you will, and of doing what 

 you will, and yet to be discontented. From the 

 paltry insect which has eaten out for itself a dwel- 

 ling-place in a Bramble leaf, and spent the greater 

 part of its existence within the compass of a single 

 square inch, you may learn something worth re- 



BRAMBLE LEAF. 



collecting, to be content with what God has given 

 you, and to do your duty in whatever station you 

 may be placed : 



