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An Address To You Th.

If you are truly pious ,. you will , from principle , become exemplary in the discharge of every moral duty ; you will reverence your parents , be submissive to those who are your superiors in years , station , and knowledge . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth , and has ever been esteemed a presage of rising merit . On entering the career of life , commit yourselves to the guidance of those who are more experienced , and learn wisdom from those who have already acquired it . Of all the

follies incident to youth , there are none which either deform its present appearance , or blast the prospect of its future prosperity , more than self-conceit , presumption , and obstinac ]* . Positive as you may now be in your own hasty , premature opinions , be assured that a few years will confute them j when both men and things will appear to you in a very different light , and you will often be ashamed of your former

precipitation and temerity . By patient and gradual progression in improvement , you may in due time acquire lasting esteem ; but by assuming a tone of confidence and superiority to which you can produce no title , you will disgust those whose approbation it is of the utmost | importance to gain . Forward vivacity may be acceptable among the companions of 'idle hours ; but more solid qualities must recommend you to the wise .

' To modesty sincerity and truth are indispensable ; for the want of which no other qualification can atone . That darkness of character where we can see no heart ; , those foldings of art , through which no native affection is allowed to penetrate ; present an object unamiable in any season ' of life , ' but particularly odious in youth . Dissimulation in youth

Is the forerunner of perfidy in old age : its first appearance is the fatal -omen of growing depravity , which will degrade every other accomplishment arid sink you into deserved contempt . A serious adherence to veracity iii language requires to be supported by a strict observance of justice in dealings ; which is the foundation of all the social qualities . ' In your most early intercourse with the world , and inycur youthful amusementslet no unfairness be

foundEneven , . grave o ' ty your mind that sacred rule of doing to others according as you wish that they should do unto you : and to this end impress yourselves with a deep sense of the orig inal and ' natural equality of mankind . Think how little you know as yet of the vicissitudes of the world ; those whom ignorant and contemptuous young men once looked down on with scorn , have often risen to be their superiors

. Justice ' eads to compassion , anemofion of which no manoughtevertobe ashamed : the tear of sympathy , and the heart that melts at the tale of woe , aregrateful" in youth . . Let not care and indulgence contract your affections , and wrap you up in selfish enjoyment ; accustom yourselves to think ' of the distresses of human life ; never sport with poverty , pain , or distress ; nor treat even the meanest iiisect with wanton cruelty .

' Youth is the season when friendships are formed by similarity of dis positions , which not only continue through life , but g low to the last with a tenderness unknown to the connections begun in cooler years . This propensity therefore is hot to be discouraged , though it requires to be regulated with much circumspection . Too many of the pretended friend-

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ADVERTISEMENT. Article 4
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL and COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 5
THE CHARGE Article 19
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 23
NARRATIVE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE INQUISITION OF PORTUGAL, AGAINST THE FREEMASONS. Article 23
NARRATIVE. Article 25
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 28
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY, Esq. Article 36
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 41
LORD BOLINGBROKE. Article 45
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE CHEVALIER RUSPINI, G. S. B. Article 46
CHARITY. Article 49
NOBLE EXAMPLE OF FIDELITY IN A FREE MASON OF VIENNA. Article 52
ON DETRACTION. Article 53
ON MODERATION. Article 54
PRIVATE ANECDOTES. Article 55
ANECDOTE OF O. CROMWEL AND MR. GUNNING. Article 56
ANECDOTES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT. Article 56
ON RICHES. Article 57
SHOCKING DEATH OF SANTEUIL. Article 59
SELFISHNESS AND BENEVOLENCE COMPARED. Article 60
AN ADDRESS TO YOU TH. Article 62
A PRAYER, Article 66
ON CHRISTMAS-DAY. Article 66
BATTLE BETWEEN A BUFFALO AND SERPENT. Article 68
DOGE'S MARRYING THE SEA AT VENICE. Article 69
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 70
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 71
AVARICE PROVIDENTIALLY PUNISHED. Article 73
A DOG's WONDERFUL SAGACITY AND AFFECTION. Article 73
VANITY OF A PECULIAR KIND. Article 74
CONTEMPLATIONS OF A PHILOSOPHER. Article 75
NEW THOUGHTS ON CIVILITY. Article 76
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 78
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 79
ANECDOTE OF GRAVINA, A CELEBRATED WRITER. Article 80
POETRY. Article 81
AMINTA. Article 82
INJUR'D INNOCENCE. Article 84
SONG. Article 85
MYRA. Article 86
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 87
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 89
INDEX. Article 91
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

An Address To You Th.

If you are truly pious ,. you will , from principle , become exemplary in the discharge of every moral duty ; you will reverence your parents , be submissive to those who are your superiors in years , station , and knowledge . Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth , and has ever been esteemed a presage of rising merit . On entering the career of life , commit yourselves to the guidance of those who are more experienced , and learn wisdom from those who have already acquired it . Of all the

follies incident to youth , there are none which either deform its present appearance , or blast the prospect of its future prosperity , more than self-conceit , presumption , and obstinac ]* . Positive as you may now be in your own hasty , premature opinions , be assured that a few years will confute them j when both men and things will appear to you in a very different light , and you will often be ashamed of your former

precipitation and temerity . By patient and gradual progression in improvement , you may in due time acquire lasting esteem ; but by assuming a tone of confidence and superiority to which you can produce no title , you will disgust those whose approbation it is of the utmost | importance to gain . Forward vivacity may be acceptable among the companions of 'idle hours ; but more solid qualities must recommend you to the wise .

' To modesty sincerity and truth are indispensable ; for the want of which no other qualification can atone . That darkness of character where we can see no heart ; , those foldings of art , through which no native affection is allowed to penetrate ; present an object unamiable in any season ' of life , ' but particularly odious in youth . Dissimulation in youth

Is the forerunner of perfidy in old age : its first appearance is the fatal -omen of growing depravity , which will degrade every other accomplishment arid sink you into deserved contempt . A serious adherence to veracity iii language requires to be supported by a strict observance of justice in dealings ; which is the foundation of all the social qualities . ' In your most early intercourse with the world , and inycur youthful amusementslet no unfairness be

foundEneven , . grave o ' ty your mind that sacred rule of doing to others according as you wish that they should do unto you : and to this end impress yourselves with a deep sense of the orig inal and ' natural equality of mankind . Think how little you know as yet of the vicissitudes of the world ; those whom ignorant and contemptuous young men once looked down on with scorn , have often risen to be their superiors

. Justice ' eads to compassion , anemofion of which no manoughtevertobe ashamed : the tear of sympathy , and the heart that melts at the tale of woe , aregrateful" in youth . . Let not care and indulgence contract your affections , and wrap you up in selfish enjoyment ; accustom yourselves to think ' of the distresses of human life ; never sport with poverty , pain , or distress ; nor treat even the meanest iiisect with wanton cruelty .

' Youth is the season when friendships are formed by similarity of dis positions , which not only continue through life , but g low to the last with a tenderness unknown to the connections begun in cooler years . This propensity therefore is hot to be discouraged , though it requires to be regulated with much circumspection . Too many of the pretended friend-

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