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    df effects * which atmfli&amiy re * ^ ard fheiW , though lisuatfy less eto&impfr th&tf the ffitM t ( & 6 f § peJ cfclWtive ^ nttiusfofcm re pr ^ enf . "* A W 'thattentfs tof'tlifc cultivation aftd

    7 Jg& £ dfraction * of tHe > rtic&kl aiid t&etitai * p ow ^ rsy is antt mu ^ t be valo&ble * National ; aM ; private e&pefie&ee alike CofiftriM this truth .

    It ' ife i rr affbrd i hg ; flier" means fo r SucH cultivation ' afrd ! direcficn * , - ' that the rich" have pbcaliarly the power of becbitaing the- liienefactors o £ JJthe poor . Here is a noble field

    for their pecuniary liberality , for their own personal exertions , and for the silent influence of their example !; and attention to itsciilture is peculiarly valti&ole in its effects on the individual . The

    alleviation of distress is ^ often the act ofe onlya day . ormtt hptfr ; it sel * dont i& : of regular ^ frequent occur * , renefe .: Tfhe , benyevalencte which * it cultivates : will be npt < , \ iiiies& well fotiiutlied ^ to , be : tfce benevo ^ -

    Jence of ^ imputtejmeml y ^ end ^ he obvious , present « good which may liave ^ beeCT done , w&un renders : the Tnind depehdent on the gratilica-. tio ^ t of jseei ng the results -of its ef ^ fb&Bi > Tlie busirfiess of education ^ oa tlue othiy hand * is slow in its

    progreisy butregumr in its . steps ; and cequiripg perseverance to renr der it eflScajcious . The belief in its benefioiali tendency is abundantly well fomidtfd ^ but it 4 oes not holdt

    out an immediate allui ^ eHWiiHtof the njiifci ; and h « uce the habit of fcenevolence -which jf cultivates , is # teady and firmly linked , and the jrtinfl is mught to fr < & Itself from

    dependence upon , tha pltasure&r ot beneYrfhmee ^ ^ th e pcrformaiKfrf « € it » dBt » sw « utthi © te aro ^ iii ^ s when this dilution of benevolence ^ i ^ e ^^ mi pivsont rewards ex qui « r « $ t « A ^ y ure pUW . ^ Td eifedte -the £ low x > £ jtffHfae % i , n the heart

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    in VMch ks impression ^ h&te hi&ti wejJk ;¦ to kindle thfe Jmpiil ^ of dt ^ f r ^ after niora l ito rthv ifti tli ^^ sbtii heretofore ina , etiVe ; f br * ctAC loins j" ^ o see its emotions delrftfc

    Jttfed on the voUnfeiiah ^ wWcb before bore rw > irnpressmrf , 4 r ik # lS sttipfor ' of ignorance ; tifsfc best tfife ihsrj ) i'dtty of . "harmlessfiess »— ' -tthf

    g i r es -itid ^ ed a hre art felt j oy ' , w'hi ^ fc s » V * 1 fts h n e ss \ v o ii \ d -be Wi se to sei * jr but vrhidh can be correctly app re * elated by those only who seek not fbt the pleasurrs of bfenevatent ex ^

    ertion , who have learnt to Vit'W-af its best rewards the diminution of moral evil , and the culture of mo « rat excellence . - < & iTie * natural affections , ( t ^ ose which arise from the mental

    constitution developed by circumstan *—cesliui which all are placed ) loaaftht to be allowed gr ^ Jat ^ i&pacy in the direetio ( n . of benevolent eacertiom " ¦ Gh&fiftjp begins ; at homey' * i& a n ^ a ^ i tnf whi ch ^ though often per * haps th ^ . ptep , of : sclfiishness is founded on < the most correct « viete

    of duty * In the- narrow ciFde of a famil y ^ or of social cannex * ions r individual knowleSgeisvmc ^ t accurate and the conduct v * htchr it directs . most efficacioqs . Stjp * pose every one tp n ^ g l ) t ? ot fhatci ^ cle , with the vague intention of

    doing goa& to ally is it not kmvtontof that t if unsupported by ; ftucoiv trolluble principles of the humart mindy benevolence would be Mt " tcrcd srway in casual . exertioiisi and that it- fruitk ^ sness wnild

    soon change it into $ elfish mi $ | tn thropy ? Is it not a fact m * h « mental eon&titutkm , thdtwelovo f ^ fn e better us we loye & \ l more ?

    . that the private ch * ritit % *> her well founded ^ increase •'¦ iww orth , aiiidfirmness ^ and vividftee 4 as the prin < nplis 9 ^ P ^ nmi IfbBe ^ M * become more cultivated ? jw * &fyorti ¦ . . I * ~\

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/28/