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is like a swéet flower, @ healing plant, im-
parting peace and happiness to all around. é
The ‘story means that we can find or fancy ‘
evil, if we seek for it, in our friends; bute © “%
that, like an adder, this only wounds others,
and poisons those who love to seize upon it.”
Frederick took the story to heart; he laid
it up in his memory. When he was tempted
to look out for the faults of his companions,
and to carry them home, he thought of the
adder, and turning away from evil, he looked
out for good ; and it was not long before He
was as successful in finding it as his brother

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