SEPT'R. 22, z525.
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accumulating vile dross, which will never bene-
fit him nor society, and whose heart is insensi-
BILE to every other feeling than money getting
avidity. A poor, wan, cmacated, squahd, dis
eased wretch, who possesses the means OF allie
Waiting misery, but is cursed with dspos-
ton too sordid to permit their use or applica-
ton


But although this character may appear the
most vile and despicablc that can be imagined,
and is considered by all men as fair object OF
satire and rcproach, it is by no means the most
attrocious or guilty form i'll which avarce pre-
sents itself, for its very aspect is SO devoid OF
disguise, its deformity so obvious to every eye,
that it appears rather as a beacon TO warn man
kind against the love of money than 10 excite it.
Avaricc is dangerous only in q far different and
more common form, for few, Independent of
those who are or conceive themselves to be in
iurcd, suppose it their duty to contemn its vota-
rries if their behaviour is courteous, their coat
good, and their equipage is decent, or their
purse heavy: in fact, there appears no art so
| fiimsy as to be incapable of Disgusting from us
! this degrading passion, for, though lamentablc
Stigma upon the human character, it isyet true,
that the man who wrongs his neighbour, disre,
CARTS the claims Of justice and right principles
oppresses the orphan and the helpless, starves
his househol,. and coDsiders every means Of amass
ing wealth lairlablc, though he cannot be re
spected, yet escapes contumely


Mankind, too generally culpab'e, treat ava
rice with extreme lenity, when they find it II
possession of its object and elatcd by power
yet nothing surely can be more ruinous to you'll
than such conduct, or any thing (save the vice
itself)more criminal in parents, than by mild plra
ses to gloss over. such cnormtics-to style ;
knave liar, hypocrite, and awretch devoi'
of feeling or Of principle, a smart or goot
sort of man, &c. A momcnt'srchcctio will coa
lyince them, that by SO doing, they lessen th'


attachment of their children 10 virtue, obvia''


the natural horror felt for vice, and place befor
them picture Of wealth gained by viany, en-
Ijoyed without appearance Of compunction, AM
treated with respect They must then be con
Iscious that they are exciting an immoderate dc
sire for riches, and become the great and pr11


cipal, though remote cause, of this immoral an
lignoblc vice.