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tcnce, the ingenuity and difcovcrics of man hare fully 

 confirmed. 



By frequently exercifing the mind on fuch object* 

 you will begin to make the important difcovery, 

 that there are other fources, befides gold or filvcr, 

 more fatisfactory in their operation, and more per- 

 manent in the tenure. If there be any real felicity 

 in this world, it is furely in the correfpondence be- 

 tween the foul and its Creator ; it is alfo that kind of 

 riches which accumulate, in proportion to a man' 

 fmcerity and integrity. You have therefore greater 

 wealth in ftore, than many of you are at prefent aware 

 of i and thus poflefled of increafmg fterling treafure, 

 you will lament the extreme folly of thofe who 

 facrifice every valuable confideration of this world 

 and the next, for paltry tinfel, by which their ava- 

 rice may be gratified, and the pitiful object, vanity, 

 may be flattered. 



Induftry is both a commendable and a neceflary 

 duty, when its object is merely to procure the necef- 

 farias, or even the innocent gratifications of life,and the 

 ability to afTift, in a proportionate degree, the aged 

 or the helplefs, whofe merit may claim your notice. 



So far you may profecute bufmefs with a good 

 confcience, void of offence $ but, beyond that line, 

 danger is near, both to yourfelves and thofe with 

 whom you may be connected, in the concerns of life. 



In proportion as the love of money predominate* 

 in the mind, confcience lofes its force, till at length 

 it ceafes to operate, when the deluded being gives 

 full fway to all his defires, breaks through all laws, 

 divine and human ; becomes a falfe friend, a double 

 dealer, and in all refpects a dangerous neighbour ; 

 thus laying up one fum after another, till cruel, un- 

 relenting death, drags him reluctantly from the ill- 

 gotten acres, bonds and mortgages, frequently 

 without allowing him time to afllgn the difpofal of 

 his imaginary riches. 



Befidesthe above-mentioned books, every family on 

 the fhoresof the Highlands fhould be provided with a 



dictionary 



