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2 When we indulge in reflections
of this kind

Things being so our thoughts
naturally turn upon the rising
generation to whom are shortly
to be committed the protection &
management, under God, of those
civil, literary, religious interested
whch are dear to our hearts. It
cannot be a matter of [?]
to christian patriots
to whom these sacred trusts
are committed, especially at
a period so perilous & anxious
as that in which we live. What
is dear to us, we naturally wish
may be deposited in safe hands.
Our prospects will be bright or
gloomy-- our hopes will rise