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In his moral and religious duties, (though well 

 instructed,) his passions too often throw a shade 

 over his better propensities, and suspend their 

 operation until a more matured judgment' and 

 increased experience convince him of his error. 

 When that period arrives, he has reached the 

 perfected state of manhood in all its attributes 

 and comprehensiveness ; when long previous 

 mental exercise and diversified human actions, 

 combine with constitutional strength, to impart 

 that tone to his character, from which his best and 

 most useful efforts are to be derived. 



His passions and propensities now, unless some 

 predominant impulse interpose, are rendered 

 subservient to those plans upon which his future 

 success in life is made to depend ; and these 

 urge him on with a firmness and consistency, in 

 which in his earlier life, he was by no means sus- 

 ceptible, i 



Nothing now appears too difficult to attempt, 

 no phenomenon too deep for investigation ; and 

 his skill and ingenuity being called on to plan, 

 and his reasoning upon causes and effects to de- 

 cide upon a measure; he vigorously pursues 

 whatever he determines upon, until it be fully 

 accomplished. 



As proofs of the versatility of his talents, we 

 need only advert to the very opposite pursuits 

 to which he now can direct his attention. 



If agriculture be the object, with what assiduity 



