company has burſt out upon them with such observations, as have ſtruck consciousness and ſhame into the froward speaker, if he has not been quite insenſible of inward reproach.
I have thrown together, as they occurred, a few thoughts, which may suffice for the present, to ſhew my care and concern for your welfare. I hope you will constantly, from time to time, communicate to me whatever you ſhall think worthy of my notice, or in which my advice may be of use to you; for I have no pleasure in this life, equal to that which the happiness of my children gives me; and of this you may be aſſured, for I am, and ever muſt be,
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LETTER VII.
From a Father to a Son, on his negligence
in his affairs.
Dear Jemmy,
You cannot imagine what a concern your careleſſneſs and indifferent management of your affairs gives me. Remiſſneſs is inexcuſable in all men, in none ſo much as a man of buſineſs, the ſoul of which is induſtry, diligence, and the
