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is ever leading us astray, impcls US to de-
tect and expose the errors of our rcigh5ors,
and thus triumph in our fancied superiority
We place our character as model, and ev-
erv difference and deficiency receives our
condemnation. Unmindful Of the endless
diversity Of characters; the peculiar consti-
tuition of different minds, and the variety OF
motives which govern human actions, we
mark out one path Of thought and action for
the whole, an attempt as absurd ana I'M
practicable, as to prescribe ono orbit Tor all
the planets which glitter in the frmament.


Charity does not require us to excuse the
vices, or overlook the errors OF a friend
One of the best proofs of friendship is that
affrctionate censorship which watches over
the actions of another, marks his errors, and
sedulously labors for their correction But
it instructs US to bear with atiectionatc sym
pathv those ecccntricities of character, those
fluctuations of temper, and those little ex-
cesses, either of depression, to which all are
subject. We should advise friend with
caution and humanity, and reprove him with
that meekuess which would result from con-
viction that we ourselves are talliole, and
that we frequently require to-day the admo-
ni,ions which we so freely impaired yester-
day. Another important duty is to guard
and defend. The world is prying and cap
tious, and the shafts OF calumny fly too
,hickly to miss even the most spotless char
acter. We need not point out the numer-
Gus occasions which present themselves to
silence the calnmnious hint, and rectify the
cquivocal remark AS the depository OF
his sentiments, and the confident of his Sc
crets, we ought TO guard the character OF a
friend; and without excusing orpalliating his
errors. we may often throw the mantle OF
our protection over his foiblcs