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Suppose you were asked to spell Antoninus's Name, would you Hollow every Letter in the Company's Ears? Or would you return their Passion, if they were Angry ? I conceive you would rather go mildly to work, and give them the Letters and Syllables as they stand, without Noise. Apply this to greater Instances, and remember that all Duties in Morality, have such a determinate Number of Parts and Circumstances to render them compleat; These must be all taken care of, and performed in order; But then it must be done smoothly, without growing Hot upon meeting with Peevishness and Provocation.