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not deceiv'd, Sorrow healeth not misfortune, -- it is a poison, under the colour of a remedy -- it pretendeth to draw the arrow from the breast -- lo! it plungeth it, into the heart. - it is not in the nature of Man to meet the arrows of ill fortune unhurt, nor does reason require it -- but he may ^ [[addition]] meet [[/addition]] misfortunes like the Child of resignation, tho' he must first feel them, as the offspring of nature: -- Tears may drop from thine Eyes, but let them not flow too abundantly. -- The greatest greifs are above these testimonies, as the greatest joys are beyond utterance. Is the sorrowful prepar'd for noble actions, does he arm himself in the cause of virtue? -- Sacrifice not then, the means of good, unto that which is in itself an evil ---
