ENGLAND'S BEST HOPE. 107 mind is never so happy as when in a state of virtuous exertion, as when en. gaged about some object to which it must look up ; something which, kin. tiling its energies, raises its views ; some- thing which excites the noble ambition of lifting it above itself. Much less fear that the pursuits here recommended will depress his genius ; it will exalt it ; his mind will find wider room in which to expand ; his horizon will be more extensive ; his intellectual eye will take in a wider range ; the whole man will have an ampler region in which to expatiate. To know that he is formed for immortality, is not likely to contract his ideas, or to shorten his views. It is irreligion which shrinks and shrivels up the faculties, by debasing the spirit, and degrading the soul. And if to know that he is an immortal being will exalt his ideas, to know that he is an accountable being will correct his habits. - If to know that " God is" will raise his thoughts and desires to all. F6
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