Part 70 (1/2)

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Man's ills are in the

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Those who imitate us we like much better than those who endeavor to equal us In of esteem, competition of envy

967

LONGING AFTER IMMORTALITY

It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!-- Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?

Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?

'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man

The stars shall fade away, the sun hie, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds

--_Addison_

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_Iuilty of impertinence who considers not the circurosses the conversation, or ard to the company he is in

--_Fully_

969

Airs of inificance

--_Lavater_

970

LIVING WITHIN OUR INCOME

Live within your inco saved at the end of the year Let your io far wrong

--_Dr Johnson_

971

All men are not susceptible to improvement