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    JUNE, 1828.

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    THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . XVIII .

    June, 1828.

    JUNE , 1828 .

    4 A DISCOURSE , BY MRS . BARBAULD .

    " And what shall we do ? ' * Luke Ui . 14 . Tn $ greater part of those virtues which dignify human " nature are so adapted to the situation of every moral agent , and flow so immediately from the circumstances and relations common to every state , that no man can want opportunity or encouragement to practise them . Of this kind are the personal and domestic duties , the obligation to temperance , industry , integrity , and the various offices of kindness and good-will . Such also are the exercises and sentiments of religious awe , gratitude , and resignation , which we owe to that Being whom we are all more intimately connected

    with than any of us can be with one another . But there are virtues which seem to require peculiar situations for their exertion , to demand uncommon abilities , or a favourable combination of outward circumstances . Of this kind is the exalted affection of patriotism or love of our country . The love of our country has been dressed up in such splendid colours , it embraces an object of such magnitude , so fitted lo awaken our best feelings , and to

    catch hold on every thing that is manly or generous within us , that methinks those whose rank , or talents , or fortune , render them capable of making their efforts in such a cause felt by the world , must have bosoms cold indeed if the good of their country does not appear to them the greatest pf all temporal concerns ; it cannot but seem quite natural , that in them it should absorb every petty , private interest , and that , following a vocation marked

    out for them in so luminous a track , they should feel an entire devotement of themselves to the public . They act on a conspicuous theatre ; every motive of personal glory and consequence incites them ; thejr success is obvious , and immediately consequent upon their endeavours . But if an individual , hemmed in by the obscurity of private me without brilliant talents , popular eloquence , comtnarftfjno ; i ( mue ^ c& / Vfijr superior station , should chance to feel so nobte a passkjw stimng w Jnf breost , it rf apt to be accowiparlied with * Ittortifyiug setter of iropotehcy ar ^ insifipnifioanee . He feels depressed an 4 dfecoMgejl ; and * paiAl ^ l ^| f ^^ | ou& now iiii ^ dequate atiy servicfeiB men 6 f his c \ Atii can perform * aji W'tfie ^ n ^ pvii of public ifeWte , or tKe prbmotioh of public good * lie Lsmty to ^ ery ojut bt the w > Wb

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/1/