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CHAPTER XVII.

PREJUDICE.

Presupice is a false judge that comes
‘nto the mind, and induces it to pronounce
sentence of condemnation, either without
inquiry, or in opposition to truth and know-
ledge. Itisa thief that steals truth and can-
dour from the soul, leaving it in the pos-
session of malice, envy, oF falsehood—which-
ever may make the strongest appeal to self-
love or selfishness.

If there were in the place where we live
some horrid monster, as, for instance, a
fierce lion that infested the path. of the tra-—

veller, or an insidious serpent that stole