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Show (MARRIAGE IN EARLY LIFE j Franklin Thjiight Early Unions Had j Best Chance of Happiness and 8uccess. Indeed, from marrlngea that have fallen under my observation, .1 am rather Inclined to think that early ones stand tho bost chance of happiness. happi-ness. The temper and habits of tho young are not yet become so stiff, and uncomplying, as when more ad-j ad-j vanced In life; they form more easily I to each other, and hence, many occasions occa-sions of disgust are removed. And If youth hBB less of that prudence which Is neeossary to manage a family, yet the parents and older friends of young married persons are gone-rally at hand to afford their advice, which amply supplies that dofect, and. by early marriage, youth Is sooner formed to regular and useful life; and possibly some of those accidents of connections, connec-tions, that might have Injured the constitutions, or reputation, or both, are thereby happily prevented. Particular circumstances of particular partic-ular persons may possibly sometimes mnke It prudent to delay entering Into that stats; but, In general, when nature has rendered our bodlos lit for It, the presumption Is In naturo's favor, fa-vor, that she has not Judged nmlss In making us desire It. Lato marriages are often attended, too, with this further fur-ther Inconvealence, that there is not the same chance that mo parouts should live to see their offspring cdu cated "Late children," says a Spanish Span-ish proverb, "are early oiphans." A melancholy reflection to thoso wboao case It may be! With us In Amorlca marriages are generally In thu morning morn-ing of life; our children Hre therefore educated and settled by noon; and thuB. our business being done, wo have the afternoon and evening to ourselves our-selves Ilenjsmln Franklin's Autobl ography i |