We are told that we are inclined to pride ourselves on being a good habit, and so bec

I am the spirit which animated the hermit in the wilderness, and the speaker at the public meeting. I am the friend of solitude and contemplation, and the lover of society and…

I am a sin, which was born in the same hour with myself, and has ever since been my constant companion. I am a sin of no common mould, being the opposite extreme to folly, and…