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" O'er the thrill'd frame his words assuasive steal, 

 And teach the selfish heart what others feel; 480 



With sacred truth each erring thought control, 

 Bind sex to sex, and mingle soul with soul; 

 From heaven, He cried, descends the moral plan, 

 And gives Society to savage man. 



" High on yon scroll, inscribed o'er Nature's shrine, 

 Live in bright characters the words divine. 

 " IN LIFE'S DISASTROUS SCENES TO OTHERS DO, 

 WHAT YOU WOULD WISH BY OTHERS DONE TO YOU." 

 Winds! wide o'er earth the sacred law convey, 

 Ye Nations, hear it! and ye Kings, obey! 4QO 



High on yon scroll, 1. 485. The famous sentence of Socrates " Know 

 thyself," so celebrated by writers of antiquity, and said by them to 

 have descended from Heaven, however wise it may be, seems to be 

 rather of a selfish nature; and the author of it might have added 

 " Know also other people." But the sacred maxims of the author of 

 Christianity, "Do as you would be done by," and "Love your 

 neighbour as yourself," include all our duties of benevolence and 

 morality; and, if sincerely obeyed by all nations, would a thousand- 

 fold multiply the present happiness of mankind. 



