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FABLES. 



die it is certain; but it is some consolation to 

 behold my merciless enemy involved in the same 

 fate. 



APPLICATION. 



WHEN brought low by a cruel and insolent op- 

 pressor, 'there is no torture we feel more poignantly 

 than to see him triumphantly exulting in our 

 downfall ; and the opposite extreme must take 

 place in our minds, on seeing* our enemy over- 

 shoot his mark, and in his turn brought down to 

 the same level of distress with ourselves. The 

 temper that is not touched with feelings of this 

 kind, must be of a highly philosophical cast indeed. 

 The great and powerful, for the sake of their own 

 peace of mind, should not unfeelingly persecute 

 their inferiors; for nothing is more sweet to some 

 tempers, and scarcely any thing more easy to com- 

 pass, than revenge. 



