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Show un is the most conservative element of society, and ought to be cherished and encouraged by all lawful means. People never plot mischief when they are merry. Laughter is an enemy to malice, a foe to scandal, and a friend to every virtue. It promotes good temper, enlivens the heart and brightens the intellect. It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend of his faults. If you are angry with a man ?? ?? him, it is not hard to go to him and ?? him with words; but so to ?? man that you cannot bear to [unreadable] upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words,-that is friendship. But few have such friends. |