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    Far ( ah , how far !) is it from me to denounce that domestic devotion , that enthusiastic sympathy which beautifies the ties of relationship in life , and embalms them in death . Whatever Godwin and Owen may urge ( and dispassionate reason takes part with much that they say ) , the preference—the partiality ? wliidl pertains to the ties of affection is a part of the poetry of onr

    nature , and could not ( were it possible ) be thrown out without injury to our nature ' s beauty , and more than its beauty * This poetry , like all other poetry , flows more from passion and feeling than reason , and though reason be the higher power—for feeling without reference to reason is madness—yet feeling brightoM

    and embellishes all that reason approves , as the painter * umI statuary adorn the edifice which the architect has raised up < m * ih # strictest mathematical principles . Yes , yes , love must be allowed to do this , and more than this ; for not only does it hewbien beauties , but it mitigates defects—it acts like Heaven ' s Hgbt * in which flowers look lovelier , and even the cloud whicht ^ turns

    its silver lining to the night , " loses half its darkness . Of course we must believe ourselves and party in the tight * for without such belief action would want its necessary it&petus ; but we may be careful how we deem ourselves entirely aad & £ i&U points in the right . As long as human nature is fallible- -th #

    subject of improvement , not perfection , we shall do well to avoid the arrogance which is one of the ingredients of exclusiveneaau Of course we regard those who are opposed to us in the wttmg * but we may be cautious how we conclude them to be quite * , and in all respects wrong , and thus we may avoid the uncitfuitaUd ness which is another component part of exclusiveness .

    The common tendency to erect a standard from ourselves 3 M our own set has caused the issue of those awful edicts by v * bich so many of our fellow-beings are declared vulgar , and whieh place them beyond the pale of polite association . Those ; who have acquired a drawling semi-tone , and slow languid movement , denounce as vulgar all the varieties of manner which comprehend

    high speaking and hurried action ; while those who thus rebel a < r « 'unst the rules of quietism retort the charge by abundant aoaift * nations of the very worst sort of vulgarity—affectation . All tke&e parties , and many others of the same kind , would do well to remember the moral of the story of " The Cameleon . " . < - > .

    It would be as impossible as undesirable to erect a fgfeftjeiftl standard of manner ; the attempt at it which we make in Fflghw » rt is a miserable failure , putting upon every face a gat&e Blurts through which the original features are seen to ai&ttdv&ptme . The principle of variety which nature delightfully rtijyjky throughout her works is the principle which , were di « yoajli # rt allowed to develop itself , would be recognised , and all form * * f

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 493, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/33/