"A sober man among his boys,"
whose youth was noisy and foolish. Are we then to conclude from his
example, that had there been no wild oats sown, there scarcely would have
come
"The grain by which a man may live?"
If we ventured to name such a doctrine among the old, who have "outlived
heats of youth," would we preach it to the young, who still "eddy round
and round?"
Hold fast what is good, and define it well; and take care that "divine
Philosophy" does not exceed her legitimate bound and become
"Procuress to the lords of hell"--
by advocating sin as the path to sanctity.