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sh [[deletion]] a [[/deletion]] [[addition]] o [[/addition]] ws the manners, & discovers the secrets of the mind. Nor did the Greeks say without reason that every man speaks as he lives. Care ought chiefly to be taken that we may seem to respect & love those with whom we converse. Socrates being asked what was the ^ [[addition]] chief [[/addition]] virtue of young men: to avoid excess. There is a certain kind of measure [[deletion]] were [[/deletion]] to be kept ^ [[addition]] even in [[/addition]] play, least we [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] dissipate ourselves too much, & being. elated by pleasure we fall into. some shamefull act. All our appetite: ought to be ^ [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[unclear]] within bounds [[/addition]] & rendered sedate: our attention & [[unclear]] gence ought to be excited, that we do nothing either rashly or inconsiderately.
