she knew what her father and mother said
about her, she would never visit them again. Whether they did talk about
her, or whether it was Jane's ugly temper, that led her to taunt Emily,
I do not know. But it caused Emily to feel very much grieved, because
she was not conscious of having done anything which would cause them to
talk about her. Emily has never visited Jane since, nor has she desired
to. She thinks that those who treat her well when she is present and
talk about her when she is absent, cannot be her true friends. Thus we
see that those who govern their temper, and endeavor to make themselves
pleasant and agreeable, are much more loved and respected than those who
give way to this wicked passion.

READING.

In my experience, both as teacher and scholar, I have observed among the
young those who read a great many books, but at the end appear but
little wiser. They may have a confused and indistinct recollection of
events and characters, and may be able perhaps to follow out the plan of
a story. Out of the mass that they have read they may have retained a
great many facts; but being without connection or object, they are
nearly useless. Bad habits are formed, their reading is to no purpose,
and their time, therefore, misspent.

I fear there are too few among those whose years should enable them to
understand and appreciate the objects for which we live, that do
appreciate them. There are too many who suppose that reading is only a
very pleasant amusement. They think of printing as a very ingenious
invention, and have no thought higher. They may look about and see a
great deal of misery and unhappiness; but its alleviation is nothing to
them. "The great mission of life" is something that is very well to be
talked of in the pulpit, and ministers and reformers will accomplish it,
no doubt. But life has no responsibilities for them.

One of our first duties is to seek our own moral and intellectual
culture. Let both these portions of our nature be cultivated together.
Do not separate them, for by so doing both are threatened with danger.
Heart without mind is generally weak, but mind without heart is always
dangerous. Do not suppose because you have left the schoolroom and no
longer have lessons set, and are no longer reprimanded if they are not
committed, that your education is finished. Rather regard the _school_
as the place where you shall learn to study, life as your term-time, and
consider your e