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have taught him to mistrust favourable appearances, when calmer passions reign & that all the Joyous ones flag, what then will he be? these are the trying seasons of any existence, & if in those moments the mind is not accustomed to employment, if Religion is unknown to the affections of the heart, gloominess succeeds, to noisy myth; the mind cannot tranquilize itself; & no clearing light [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] brightens [[/addition]] the domestic circle where comfort cannot dwell, & where peace cannot reign, for how can these be found where a man has within him an inquietude which makes thought irksome, solitude dreary, & approaching age dreadful.
