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The TEMPER.
THE forming of the temper ought to be the continual thought, and the firſt taſk of a parent or teacher. For to ſpeak moderately, half the miſeries of life ariſe from peeviſhneſs, or a tyrannical domineering temper. The tender, who are ſo by nature, or thoſe whom religion has moulded with ſo heavenly a diſpoſition, give way for the ſake of peace—yet ſtill this giving way undermines their domeſtic comfort, and ſtops the current of affection, they labor for patience, and labor is ever painful.
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