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we might say, is the better managed of the two.

The good people prosper; the bad come to grief. It is doubtful whether our statesmen will profit by the wisdom taught on the subject of Fair-trade, &c; but the compiler of a certain volume in which specimens of love-scenes are collected, may glean some ad- ditions from this volume. " Their eyes met, and unconsciously their lips were attracted together." " Unconsciously " is good ; but it must not pass into a practical precedent.