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things—he only noticed bad ones: nay, more,
he fancied that he saw wickedness, when
nothing of the kind existed. This evil pro-
pensity grew upon him by degrees ; for you
know that if one gets into a bad practice, and
keeps on in it, it becomes at last a habit
which we cannot easily resist. A bad habit

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is like an unbroken horse, which will not
mind the bit or bridle, and so is very apt to
run away with his rider.

It was just so with Frederick: he had got:
into the habit of looking out for faults, and
telling of them, and now he could see no-
thing else, and talk of nothing else.

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