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tion of fpeculative opinions, produces greater 
evils than the errors it is intended to re- 
move. He reftrains his paflions, becaufe 
they cannot be indulged without injuring 
his neighbour or himfelf. He gives no of- 
fence, becaufe he does not chufe to be of- 
fended. He contracts no debts which he is 
not certain that he can difcharge, becaufe 
he is honeft upon principle. He never ut- 
ters a falfehood, becaufe it is cowardly, and 
infinitely beneath the dignity of a Gentle- 
man. He bribes no man for his vote, be- 
caufe he will not make a villain. He mea- 
fures all offences by the intention; but he 
refents with the fpirit of a gentleman, every 
palpable infult; becaufe, in the prefent hu- 
mour of the world, it is the only means of 
preferving good manners, and of fecuring 
to himfelf that refpec~r, which, as a juft man 
and a gentleman, he deferves. 
Adieu. 
LET* 
