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upon mind and body; nds;though thef8
is no truth more familiar, tho enumeration
OF examples. never fails to strengthen, our:
sense OF its importance. Addison ssdwMells
upon one grand feature-that It's renders
things pleasant which at tho co,nneiice4
ment were painful. He quotes an obsers
vation Of Bacon Tint the pa late acquiressa
peculiar relish for liquors, such as coffee and
the assertion holds Of, thousand particulars.
Numerous hard ships are the comforts. of
those who have been. long Injured to- them.
The llighlanders coi,fd " ith difficulty 3,bs
persuaded to occupy tue tents &tlieys took
from the English and at tthesend Of ascottfstl
autumn preferred to lie ms the sopens air:
Even short apprenticeship produces the
effect in a lesser degree. wien >Beniarniu.
Franklin was employed in S experimenting
the erection of someS forts :as a defenes
against the Indians on the frontier, he t3as.
sedl'is nights wrapped up il "a blatiket;son
the hard floor Of a hun, and on his first,ssfe-
turn to civilized M Iifecould scarcely sleep lin
a bed. The same SENSATIONS were experien.
ced by Captain Ross and his crew, when
taken on board the Isabella, after their Poas
lar wanderings. Accustomed to lie on. the
frozen snow or the bare rock, the accomrao-
dations Of whaler were too luxurious for
them, and Captain Ross was obliged tor tocri sex-
change bis hammock for chair. Hiscom4
rades;rhe says, coufdSfest little better Ethan
himself, and it required time to reconcile
them to their primitive comforts. The bnne-
ficeut law Of our nature equalizes, to AIDE
gree beyondswhat most3 persons .ffnagiue,
the happiness of; the different classsssof
mankind. The rider .labitatfons, tire coar-
ser fare, lie bodily Teil; ;o tEes sp6oo5rsRrs not
ungrateful to them, and IS .onfyS Ss:wlien
they drop below. their cassrage 2 condition
thattheir suiferings Commence. fTfiey may,
like ficher ihen, be- troubiedsbytle cravings
Of dscbntent, but. tfeip, ss1ses Afe. not affiicl
ted by circumstances whicihxusto toai, has rem
dered natural:s AS it IS 'withstlse body. so
with the ininid.,s Lord Souerstold Addison
that, having been obliged to scarch- ainSns
old records, the task Wlfchsat the outset
was excessively. irksome, became 50 eSpeed-
ingly pleasant that lie prefered,it toreadiing
Virgil or Cicero, although classical ii.era-
ture had been his constant delightsssIei q :
frequent remark, that those. who shaye. risen.
to the highest eminepce in tic law. con:
ceiyed in the beginning a disgust+of. the
study, There is, indeed, here,a ssecohd
principle at work. All appreciation depeiids
upon knowledge, and d mhinu}ar; IA cq1aiint-
ance with subjects which to Che eye of fg.s
norance present q barfeB and rcpuhiye prost.
pect, discloses unexpected atttac.iopsso sttiiee
mind. There is no pr6fassion .@hich,sby
the combined forced st custom and Its ossu
inherent interest, will not provo veagtseabIes
once its elements are mastered: Those who,
retire in 6isrnst hnva rarelu onnI;o,3 ,,;th
vigor to the task, and a 1azy Sof sualsn rou.
tine neither communicaiesknowledge nor
ness and snilcnness. .-x:iAsss -;
nrofss.ion ] The Eoyroi 9 suiSs, H.
s;cLen;ng fan,ness ,ro1ncsS f,i y s;nbi o
:: :: sss;:;s e. ;;s : e; :ses