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remonstrances availed nothing, was resolved to 

 leave the society of such careless unthinking 

 creatures, before it was too late: so, quitting the 

 woods, she repaired to the houses ; and, forsaking 

 the conversation of the Birds, has ever since taken 

 up her abode among the dwellings of men. 



APPLICATION. 



WISE men read effects in their causes, and profit 

 by them ; but their advice is thrown away when 

 given to the arrogant and self-conceited, who are 

 too proud to listen to it. It is equally lost upon 

 fools, who stupidly or obstinately shut their eyes 

 against impending danger, till it is too late to pre- 

 vent it. In both cases, those who have no foresight 

 of their own, and those who despise the wholesome 

 admonitions of their friends, deserve to suffer from 

 the misfortunes which their OWTL obstinacy, folly, or 

 negligence, brings upon their heads. A great por- 

 tion of mankind, from an overweening conceit of 

 their own abilities, are unwilling to be advised by 

 any one, and through this stubborn disposition, 

 deprive themselves of the aids of friendship, and 

 the benefits which the good-will of their more 

 sensible neighbours would have conferred on them 

 with pleasure. 



