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still continues to find some new attraction which excites his love and admiration more than any he had hitherto observed . Animated with such sentiments he will cheerfully support every degree of anxiety and fatigue , provided he thinks that it may any way conduce to render her existence tranquil and happy . With what pleasure will he return from the busy haunts of men to the

charming society of his beloved partner ; with her he will enjoy the p leasure of rational conversation , rendered doubly interesting by the tenderest of attachments ; every look , every gesture , every transient expression , will to them convey an energy and sentiment which must give additional force to every observation . He will forget in her smile of welcome

" The oppressor ' s wrong , the proud man's contumely , " The law ' s delay , " The insolence of office , and the spurns " That patient merit of tlie unworthy takes ;" and , feeling his felicity independent of the petty distinctions of the world , he will hold in a proper degree of estimation her who is the of itand endeavour to return the obli

source ; gratefully gation , by exerting all his efforts to render her as happy as he feels himself . ¦ Her situation as a Mother now claims our attention . And under this head , as under that which immediately preceded it , I shall only describe some of the effects which flow from her previous education . The first object of her maternal solicitude will be to cultivate the

early dispositions of her children . She will observe that the seeds of the violent passions are sown at a much earlier period than is generally imagined ; she will , therefore , exert all her efforts to eradicate them before they take root . She will not , like too many of her sex , under the specious pretence of not giving uneasiness to her children , but in reality from the selfish principle of avoiding momentary uneasiness herself , suffer them to indulge every capricious propensity , however injurious to themselves or others . She will not at that early period of their existence , when for want of ideas they cannot

exert the faculty of reason , apply to their limited understanding as the tribunal of her conduct towards them ; but , convincing them that to her only they must look up for protection , she will teach them to respect her authority , and love her for her care and attention to them ; and when their reason developes itself , she will exercise it by degrees till it has arrived at sufficient maturity to distinguish between the loveliness of virtue and the deformity of vicethe utility

, of knowledge and the pernicious effects of ignorance . She will then introduce them to the productions of genius , open the volume of nature for their perusal , and so lead them step by step to the attainment of that genuine felicity which can onl y be experienced through the medium of a pure heart and enli g htened understanding : and thus having completed her laboursshe will sit down with the

satis-, factory reflection , that she has fully proved , by her own example , both the importance and utility ( when properly directed ) of female influence on the moral state of society .

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 1
A CHARGE Article 8
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY Article 13
ANECDOTES OF BENSERADE. Article 18
AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS Article 19
TO THE READER. Article 19
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 27
OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CHARACTER ON THE MANNERS OF MEN. Article 27
FEMALE CHARACTER Article 33
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 37
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ROBERSPIERRE. Article 39
A GENUINE LETTER Article 49
SURPRISING ANECDOTE OF A BLIND MAN. Article 50
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. Article 51
MASONIC TOKENS. Article 54
ANECDOTES OF MOLIERE. Article 55
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 59
POETRY. Article 61
SONG INSCRIBED TO DELIA. Article 63
THE CANDLESTICK, Article 63
THE FAREWELL. Article 64
TEMPERANCE. Article 65
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS Article 66
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 67
OF LOVE. Article 67
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
PROMOTIONS. Article 76
Untitled Article 76
Untitled Article 77
BANKRUPTS. Article 78
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still continues to find some new attraction which excites his love and admiration more than any he had hitherto observed . Animated with such sentiments he will cheerfully support every degree of anxiety and fatigue , provided he thinks that it may any way conduce to render her existence tranquil and happy . With what pleasure will he return from the busy haunts of men to the

charming society of his beloved partner ; with her he will enjoy the p leasure of rational conversation , rendered doubly interesting by the tenderest of attachments ; every look , every gesture , every transient expression , will to them convey an energy and sentiment which must give additional force to every observation . He will forget in her smile of welcome

" The oppressor ' s wrong , the proud man's contumely , " The law ' s delay , " The insolence of office , and the spurns " That patient merit of tlie unworthy takes ;" and , feeling his felicity independent of the petty distinctions of the world , he will hold in a proper degree of estimation her who is the of itand endeavour to return the obli

source ; gratefully gation , by exerting all his efforts to render her as happy as he feels himself . ¦ Her situation as a Mother now claims our attention . And under this head , as under that which immediately preceded it , I shall only describe some of the effects which flow from her previous education . The first object of her maternal solicitude will be to cultivate the

early dispositions of her children . She will observe that the seeds of the violent passions are sown at a much earlier period than is generally imagined ; she will , therefore , exert all her efforts to eradicate them before they take root . She will not , like too many of her sex , under the specious pretence of not giving uneasiness to her children , but in reality from the selfish principle of avoiding momentary uneasiness herself , suffer them to indulge every capricious propensity , however injurious to themselves or others . She will not at that early period of their existence , when for want of ideas they cannot

exert the faculty of reason , apply to their limited understanding as the tribunal of her conduct towards them ; but , convincing them that to her only they must look up for protection , she will teach them to respect her authority , and love her for her care and attention to them ; and when their reason developes itself , she will exercise it by degrees till it has arrived at sufficient maturity to distinguish between the loveliness of virtue and the deformity of vicethe utility

, of knowledge and the pernicious effects of ignorance . She will then introduce them to the productions of genius , open the volume of nature for their perusal , and so lead them step by step to the attainment of that genuine felicity which can onl y be experienced through the medium of a pure heart and enli g htened understanding : and thus having completed her laboursshe will sit down with the

satis-, factory reflection , that she has fully proved , by her own example , both the importance and utility ( when properly directed ) of female influence on the moral state of society .

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