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‘that the spider, the dastardly betrayer, is
“behind it, ready to make dupes and victims
of those whom he ean deceive. ,

The only true way, therefore, to have a
good face, a truly and permanently hand~
some face, is to have a good heart, and thus
have a good expfession. There cafit be no
genuine and abiding beauty without it:
complexion and features are of little conse-
quence. ‘Those whom the world call hand-
some, have frequently neither regularity of
features nor fairness of complexion. It is*® ~»
that indescribable thing called expression, the
pleasant story which the countenance tells
of the good heart within, that wins favour. °

There are many other good réasons for
having a good heart; but I have not room to,
tell them here. I must say a word, how-
ever, as to the means of curing a bad heart
and getting a good one.

The first thing is, to find out what a good
heart is, and what a bad heart is; and in
making this inquiry it will much help you
to read carefully the account given of Jesus
Christ in the gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John. There are no pages like

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