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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
no evasive excuses will avail thee , for the Judge of all the earth will certainly do right ; and thy crimes will receive a sentence proportioned to theirjust demerits , if a timely repentance intervene not . But the mischief does not end with the present time . The illegitimate offspring often inheritt their father ' s vices , which , like scrohulous diseasesdescend from father to son to many generations ;
p , and , through want of proper education and due care , in the regulation of their passions , and cultivation of their youthful minds , instead of being useful members of society , they become the plagues and scourges of it . I have , Sir , only hinted at some few ofthe more obvious evils re-. suiting from this wicked practice , in hopes that , if you are so good as
to allow this a place in your useful miscellany , someone or other of j'our more learned and judicious correspondents will take up the pen in the cause of virtue and humanity , by exposing these sons of licentiousness in a just light , and by representing to the fair the dreadful and inevitable misery that attends the placing any confidence in their oaths and engagements . Forthe honour of human nature , I shall conclude with the following ANECDOTE :
When Marshal Tallard was confined a prisoner of war at Nottingham , he gave several balls to the ladies in the neighbourhood , and danced one ' evening with a young lady who was a parson ' s daughter . She was extremely amiable , and made a great impression upon the Marshal . His secretary , wdio was a man of easymorals , and had observed his master ' s agitation of mind , and the cause of itthinking to recommend himself to the Marshal ' s favour
, , threw out several hints , that there would be no great difficulty of obtaining the young lady upon his own terms : but the Marshal replied , with a magnanimity of soul that did him the greatest honour , " Sir , if I were one-and-twenty , and of the same religion as the lady , I should think it no discredit to offer her my hand in an honourable manner ; but to ruin a virtuous young womanfor a momentary
, gratification , I should think a far greater dishonour , than , to be defeated and taken prisoner by the Duke of Marlborough . " 1 am yours , & c . J . S , '
Remarks On The Duration Of Life In Men And Animals.
REMARKS ON THE DURATION OF LIFE IN MEN AND ANIMALS .
NATURE has nearly marked the term to which all animals are to arrive , but for this we cannot assign any sufficient , reasons . — . Man , who lives long , lives naturally twice longer than the ox and the horse , and many men have lived frequently to a hundred
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
no evasive excuses will avail thee , for the Judge of all the earth will certainly do right ; and thy crimes will receive a sentence proportioned to theirjust demerits , if a timely repentance intervene not . But the mischief does not end with the present time . The illegitimate offspring often inheritt their father ' s vices , which , like scrohulous diseasesdescend from father to son to many generations ;
p , and , through want of proper education and due care , in the regulation of their passions , and cultivation of their youthful minds , instead of being useful members of society , they become the plagues and scourges of it . I have , Sir , only hinted at some few ofthe more obvious evils re-. suiting from this wicked practice , in hopes that , if you are so good as
to allow this a place in your useful miscellany , someone or other of j'our more learned and judicious correspondents will take up the pen in the cause of virtue and humanity , by exposing these sons of licentiousness in a just light , and by representing to the fair the dreadful and inevitable misery that attends the placing any confidence in their oaths and engagements . Forthe honour of human nature , I shall conclude with the following ANECDOTE :
When Marshal Tallard was confined a prisoner of war at Nottingham , he gave several balls to the ladies in the neighbourhood , and danced one ' evening with a young lady who was a parson ' s daughter . She was extremely amiable , and made a great impression upon the Marshal . His secretary , wdio was a man of easymorals , and had observed his master ' s agitation of mind , and the cause of itthinking to recommend himself to the Marshal ' s favour
, , threw out several hints , that there would be no great difficulty of obtaining the young lady upon his own terms : but the Marshal replied , with a magnanimity of soul that did him the greatest honour , " Sir , if I were one-and-twenty , and of the same religion as the lady , I should think it no discredit to offer her my hand in an honourable manner ; but to ruin a virtuous young womanfor a momentary
, gratification , I should think a far greater dishonour , than , to be defeated and taken prisoner by the Duke of Marlborough . " 1 am yours , & c . J . S , '
Remarks On The Duration Of Life In Men And Animals.
REMARKS ON THE DURATION OF LIFE IN MEN AND ANIMALS .
NATURE has nearly marked the term to which all animals are to arrive , but for this we cannot assign any sufficient , reasons . — . Man , who lives long , lives naturally twice longer than the ox and the horse , and many men have lived frequently to a hundred