ainstomakemeproperlyacquaintedwithmy-
self
withoutsparingorgivingmetoomuchdiscouragement.Hesp oke
inadvantageoustermsofmydispositionandtalents
adding
thathe
foresawobstacleswhichwouldpreventmyprofitingbythem ;thus
ac-
cordingtohim
theyweretoservelessasstepsbywhichIshouldmount
tofortune
thanasresourceswhichmightenablemetoexistwithoutone .
Hegavemeatruepictureofhumanlife
ofwhich
hitherto
Ihadformed
butaveryerroneousidea
teachingme
thatamanofunderstanding
thoughdestinedtoexperienceadversefortune
might
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management
arriveathappiness;thattherewasnotruefelicitywithou t
virtue
whichwaspracticableineverysituation.Hegreatlydimin ished
myadmirationofgrandeur
byprovingthatthoseinasuperiorsituation
areneitherbetternorhappierthanthosetheycommand.One ofhismax-
imshasfrequentlyreturnedtomymemory:itwas
thatifwecouldtruly
readtheheartsofothersweshouldfeelmoreinclinationto descendthan
rise:thisreflection
thetruthofwhichisstrikingwithoutextravagance
I
havefoundofgreatutility
inthevariou######igencesofmylife
asitten-
dedtomakemesatisfiedwi,
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