. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . and was acquainted with grief: this en-abled him to enter into the hearts of othermen, to see their sorrows, and to desire toalleviate them. A new world was opento him ; a world of effort, of usefulness, ofhappiness. In the days of prosperity, hehad no cares for anybody but himself; andmere selfishness had left him a wretch whilein possession of all the supposed means ofbliss. He had now made the discovery thatpride is the curse of the human race, andhumility its only cure; that trial, sorrow,and misfortune are necessary, in most case
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . and was acquainted with grief: this en-abled him to enter into the hearts of othermen, to see their sorrows, and to desire toalleviate them. A new world was opento him ; a world of effort, of usefulness, ofhappiness. In the days of prosperity, hehad no cares for anybody but himself; andmere selfishness had left him a wretch whilein possession of all the supposed means ofbliss. He had now made the discovery thatpride is the curse of the human race, andhumility its only cure; that trial, sorrow,and misfortune are necessary, in most cases,to make us acquainted with our own hearts,and those of our fellow-men; and that truebliss is to be found only in a course of life 76 WIT BOUGHT. which seeks, earnestly and sincere y, thepeace and happiness of others. Here ended Eaymonds story of the Schoolof Misfortune; and I had no difficulty in dis-covering that he had been telling the storyof his own life, though he had, in some re-spects, as I had reason to suppose, departedfrom its precise REFLECTIONS. CHAPTER VII. SICK-BOOM INCIDENTS AND REFLECTIONS—MY RECOVERY. THERE is nothing which more shows theadvantages of religion and civilization, thanthe care and kindness bestowed upon thesick, among Christian nations. With savages,the sick person is usually left to himself,where, like a wild beast, he must await, insolitude, the result of his disease. There islittle sympathy offered to him—there is nokind hand to wipe the cold sweat from hisbrow; no watchful friend at his bedside tosupply every want, and alleviate, as far as maybe, every pain. Sickness with the savage issolitary and desolate; with Christians, thoughit has its pains, it has its alleviations. ]suffered much during the period of my con-finement, as well from my broken limb asthe fever that raged in my veins ; and afteithis was past, I suffered from excessive languor 78 WIT BOUGHT. But still in the midst of all this, andthough my mind was pained with
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