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when you will form new connections, both, in domeſtic and civil life⟨.⟩ It is neceſſary at preſent to enter upon the detail of the new ſeries of duties, which will of courſe ariſe as your ſphere of action ſhall be enlarged. Only in general, that you may be prepared for the uſeful offices of active life, let me adviſe you to cheriſh, in the mean time, the ſentiments of benevolence, and to embrace every opportunity of expreſſing kind and generous affections⟨.⟩ Avoid all ſuch connections and indulgences as would impair the delicacies of your feelings, and indiſpoſe you for exerciſing the "dear charities" of the domeſtic relations⟨.⟩ Habituate by yourſelf to look beyond your own gratification and your own convenience to thoſe of others⟨.⟩ If you wiſh to be admitted as a companion, or loved as a friend; if you would attach thoſe with whom you are connected to your intereſt; if you are ambitious to be reſpected in your neighbourhood for civility, generoſity, and public ſpirit; if you aſpire after the exalted merit of being a friend to mankind;—early accuſtom yourſelf in the daily intercourſes of life to bend your own inclinations and humour to thoſe of others; intereſt yourſelf in every ſcene of ſorrow, or misfortune; which offers itſelf to your notice, be attentive to every occurrence in which the public proſperity, or the cauſe of virtue and religion is concerned. In one word, never forget that you are
