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plagiarists upon Nature, and clothest the copyists of 

 patient Labor's pictures in such purple and fine linen ; 

 thou whose heart is softening to the sweet "benevolences 

 of Christian charity in so many directions, wilt thou 

 not think, with a new sentiment of kindness and sym- 

 pathy, on this Blind Painter, who has tapestried the 

 hills and valleys of thy island with an artistry that 

 angels might look upon with admiration and wonder ! 



Wilt thou not build him a better cottage to live in ? 



Wilt thou not give him something better than dry 

 bread and cold bacon for dinner in harvest ? 



Wilt thou not teach all his children to read the 

 alphabet and the blessed syllables of the Great Reve- 

 lation of Grod's Love to man ? 



Wilt thou not make a morning-ward door in his 

 dwelling and show him a future with a sun in it, in 

 this world, as well as in the world to come ? 



Wilt thou not open up a pathway through the valley 

 of his humiliation by which his children may ascend to 

 the better conditions of society ? 



