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enlarges as the faculties of the mind unfold themselves, and com- 

 prehends in its progress all the powers and principles which actuate 

 human nature, through the successive stages of existence. In 

 infancy, the appetites and senses are developed, exercised, and 

 strengthened ; they give information of surrounding objects, excite 

 attention, complacency, surprise, and admiration ; and the notices 

 they bring are treasured in the store-house of the memory. By the 

 frequent repetition of agreeable impressions, certain objects become 

 pleasing and familiar to the young spectator. He distinguishes his 

 parents, brothers, and sisters ; is uneasy when they are absent, and 

 delighted to see them again. These emotions soon constitute a 

 moral attachment, which reciprocal endearments heighten, grati- 

 tude confirms, and habit renders indissoluble. The amusements of 

 childhood, and the active pursuits of youth, add, every day, some 

 new link to the great chain of social love.* Connexions are mul- 

 tiplied, common interests established, mutual dependencies created, 

 and the principles of sympathy, friendship, generosity, and benevo- 

 lence acquire vigor by exertion, and energy by being uncontrolled. 

 The powers of the understanding and imagination now expand 

 themselves; curiosity is awakened, and directed to other objects 

 besides those of sense ; emulation rouses ; the thirst of knowledge 

 stimulates, and the taste for beauty, in all her varied forms, allures 

 the mind to study and contemplation. The scenes of nature at 

 this period of life are viewed with peculiar admiration and delight ; 

 and the signs of order, wisdom, and goodness, which are every- 

 where discerned, should elevate the ideas to the great parent of the 

 universe. Devotion glows in the heart, reverence fills the thoughts, 

 and piety exalts the soul to an intercourse with God. 



Cherish, generous youth, the sacred flame, thus kindled in thy 

 breast it will be a light to thy feet, and a lamp to thy path ; will 

 illuminate thy faculties ; cultivate thy virtues ; add lustre to thy 

 prosperity ; and dispel, with cheering beams, the gloom of sorrow 

 and adversity. . 



In manhood, the pursuit of wealth or of honor, the diversified 

 offices of each particular rank and station, call forth into exertion 

 other passions, or vary the force and direction of those already 

 experienced. 



OLD AGE. 



Old age at length creeps slowly on :f the generous affections 



* Pereival. 



t According to a calculation founded on the burial registers, only one man out of 



