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An Address To You Th.
ships of youth are mere combinations in pleasure , founded in stidden caprice , and as suddenly dissolved . Reflect that your own character will probably be stamped b y the characters of those whom you chuse for your friends . Be cautious therefore in contracting intimacies ; but when a virtuous friendship' is once established , consider it as a sacred engagement . Reveal none of the secrets of a friend ; be faithful to his interests ; forsake him not in danger ; abhor the thought of acquiring any selfish
advantage to his prejudice . Finally on this head , let courtesy distinguish your demeanor to every one ; follow the customs of the world in matters indifferent ; but be sure to stop , whenever they tend to the injury of yourself or others . Temperance in pleasure is a duty peculiarly incumbent on the young * who may thereby escape a rock that has proved fatal to thousands in every generation . The love of leasurenatural to man in every period of his
p , life , glows in the early part with excessive ardor ; and novelty as yet adds fresh charms to every gratification . The world appears to offer a . continuaf feast ; and health , vigour , and high spirits invite you to a free induU gence . Religion is accused of cruel severity in prohibiting , enjoyments ; and the aged , when they offer their admonitions , are upbraided . with the forgetfulness of their having been once young themselves : and yet what do the dictates of religion and the counsels of age amount to ? . The sum
total is- ^ not to hurt yourselves , and not to injure others by the pursuit of pleasure . Within these bounds pleasure is lawful ; beyond them it is criminal , because it is ruinous . The boundaries above stated are calculated solely to secure the possession , and to prolong the duration of the transitory enjoyments of a frail existence . Diligence , industry , and the proper improvement of . time ; tire the best securities against the seductions of p leasure . Abilities are dangerous , if
you want activity for exerting them , and judgment for the proper direction of them . Habits of industry are to be acquired in youth ; - when the incentives' of emulation and ambition , from the prospects before you , are the strongest . Industry is not only the instrument of improvement but also the foundation of rational p . Vasure ; for what is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life as the feeble state of an indolent mind ? Fly there- ' fore from idlenessas the certain parent of guilt and ruin ; and under
, idleness may be included not mere inaction only , but all that circle of trifling occupations , in which too many loiter away the prime season of life . Redeeming your time from such dangerous waste , seek to fill it with employments which you may review in old age with satisfaction . Whether your future course is destined to be long or short , after this manner it should commence ; and if it is thus conducted , its conclusion ^
whenever it arrives , will not be inglorious or unhappy , : 4 G i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Address To You Th.
ships of youth are mere combinations in pleasure , founded in stidden caprice , and as suddenly dissolved . Reflect that your own character will probably be stamped b y the characters of those whom you chuse for your friends . Be cautious therefore in contracting intimacies ; but when a virtuous friendship' is once established , consider it as a sacred engagement . Reveal none of the secrets of a friend ; be faithful to his interests ; forsake him not in danger ; abhor the thought of acquiring any selfish
advantage to his prejudice . Finally on this head , let courtesy distinguish your demeanor to every one ; follow the customs of the world in matters indifferent ; but be sure to stop , whenever they tend to the injury of yourself or others . Temperance in pleasure is a duty peculiarly incumbent on the young * who may thereby escape a rock that has proved fatal to thousands in every generation . The love of leasurenatural to man in every period of his
p , life , glows in the early part with excessive ardor ; and novelty as yet adds fresh charms to every gratification . The world appears to offer a . continuaf feast ; and health , vigour , and high spirits invite you to a free induU gence . Religion is accused of cruel severity in prohibiting , enjoyments ; and the aged , when they offer their admonitions , are upbraided . with the forgetfulness of their having been once young themselves : and yet what do the dictates of religion and the counsels of age amount to ? . The sum
total is- ^ not to hurt yourselves , and not to injure others by the pursuit of pleasure . Within these bounds pleasure is lawful ; beyond them it is criminal , because it is ruinous . The boundaries above stated are calculated solely to secure the possession , and to prolong the duration of the transitory enjoyments of a frail existence . Diligence , industry , and the proper improvement of . time ; tire the best securities against the seductions of p leasure . Abilities are dangerous , if
you want activity for exerting them , and judgment for the proper direction of them . Habits of industry are to be acquired in youth ; - when the incentives' of emulation and ambition , from the prospects before you , are the strongest . Industry is not only the instrument of improvement but also the foundation of rational p . Vasure ; for what is so opposite to the true enjoyment of life as the feeble state of an indolent mind ? Fly there- ' fore from idlenessas the certain parent of guilt and ruin ; and under
, idleness may be included not mere inaction only , but all that circle of trifling occupations , in which too many loiter away the prime season of life . Redeeming your time from such dangerous waste , seek to fill it with employments which you may review in old age with satisfaction . Whether your future course is destined to be long or short , after this manner it should commence ; and if it is thus conducted , its conclusion ^
whenever it arrives , will not be inglorious or unhappy , : 4 G i