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Show A Sermon Against Blunder there Is no defense. It ntnrts with n word with n nod with a look u smllo. It is n pestilence pesti-lence walking in darkness, sprcndlng contagion fnr nnd wide, which tho most wnry traveler cannot avoid; It is tho henrt searching dnnger of the dnrk nssnssliil It Is tho poisoned arrow ar-row whoso wound Is Incurable; It is tho mortal sting ot tho deadly adder, murder is Its sport. Tho man who breaks Into my houso, or moots me on tho street nnd robs mo of my property does mo injury, Ho stops mo on tho wny to wealth, , ho strips mo of my hard earned savlnRslnvolv-es savlnRslnvolv-es mo in difficulty, nnd brings my family to penury nnd want. Hut It does mo nn Injury thnt enn be ro'pnlr-cd. ro'pnlr-cd. Induotry nnd economy; may again bring mo Into circumstances of ease and affluence; tho rnnn who coming nt tho midnight liour.X'flres my dwelling, does mo un Injury he burns my roof, my pillow my'ralmcnt my very sheltor from the, storm nnd tempest, but ho docs mo riii tliijuo that enn, bo repaired. Thi.jstorm may bent upon me, but charity will glvo mo food to eat nnd raiment to put on, will tlmley nsslst moraislng n now roof over tho ashes of" the old and I shnll ngnln sit by my.'own fireside fire-side nnd tnsto the sweets ot myliome Hut tho man who circulates false reports concerning my character, who exposes every action ofmy life which may bo presented tomy dls-ndvontngo, dls-ndvontngo, who goes flrBt to this, then to thnt lndlvldunl, tells them he Is very tender of my ..reputntlon, he enjoins upon them tiio stlctest secrecy, se-crecy, nnd then fills their cars with hearsay nnd rumors, nnd what is worso Jenvcs thoni to dwell Ufion the hints nnd suggestions his own busy Imnglnntlon the man who thus 'Miches 'Mi-ches from mo my good name' "does me an Injury which neither Industry, nor charity, nor tlmo Itself can repair. |