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Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chapter 3 IN WHICH THE YOUNG MAN JONATHAN ARGUES SEVERAL CASES OF CONSCIENCE, WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE YEARLY MEETING.

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r his freedom and uncharitableness, and remembering what Abel had told me of his own idle and trifling course of life, I felt impelled by the new spirit of virtue that possessed me to take him to task; which I did in the followi

amend thine own crying faults. It has been said to me, Jonathan, my son, and verily I fear it is true, that thou squeakest upon flutes, and that thou make

and I find nothing again

t thou find nothing agains

my head approves the counsel. Where's the harm in these t

lly useless, the time bestowed upon them is time lost and wasted;

one more-it has set an example of both before our eyes, and thus laid the foundation of the divine arts in Nature. What is the world around us but a great concert-hall, echoing with the music of bird and beast, of wind, water, and foliage? what but a great gallery of pictures, painted by the hand of Providence? Nature is a painter-Nature is a musician; and her sons can do nothing better than follow her example. But were Nature neith

t every word, "thee has a talent for argument, which I would thee would cultivate; for then thee could get into the

rst thing I should reform

ot done with thee. Thee was dancing last night

legs; and I can't see the harm of it, for

asonable being, that hath a brain, shou

e not so abundant as heels; and thee should expect the m

y I will not be rigid with thee; but, verily, I must speak to thee of what I hold

rvour. "Heaven made women to be loved,

I, "I have he

if thee had not; for thee knows her we

onathan, I fear

hat is, as giddy as a

hing worse! Verily, I have heard

there is no end to the slanders people wil

folly. But thee will allow, Jonathan, that when thee is among the people of the world, thee uses the

ts of making me a merchant, and thee compelled me to study French and German. Now, when I meet a French

or German,

nd Quaker. Moreover, uncle, does thee know Ellen Wild is of opinion we Friends don't speak good grammar? Now she and I spent a whole hour the other evening, trying to parse '

entioned, thou knowest, have crept into our speech as cor

world is used for conversational purposes also.

nt, Jonathan. But how comes it thou wert

, "Snipe has been b

"does thou striv

od deeds, we should do them in secret. Uncle

e than I can express at the tho

ha'n't go there again until they get a better company. But, uncle Zachariah, thee has exhorted me enough for one time, and it is my turn now. So do thou be conformable, and answer my questions; for, I can tell thee, I have a fault

" said I

uncle, thee did once talk of giving me a counting-house, and ten or twenty thousand dollars, as the case might be, to begin a commission business; and Mr. Wild talked of doing

, "have I so m

in to talk of thy philanthropy, and say thou art flinging away so much money that presently thou wilt have nothing left to give me. Mr. Wild is of this mind, and he has h

ill straightway see what I can do for thee. Verily, what is wealth but the dro

vowed I was "his dear old dad, for all I was only his uncle," and ra

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1 Chapter 1 THE PHILANTHROPIST'S FAMILY.2 Chapter 2 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE WORTHY ABEL SNIPE.3 Chapter 3 IN WHICH THE YOUNG MAN JONATHAN ARGUES SEVERAL CASES OF CONSCIENCE, WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE YEARLY MEETING.4 Chapter 4 CONTAINING LITTLE OR NOTHING SAVE APOSTROPHES, EXHORTATIONS, AND QUARRELS.5 Chapter 5 WHICH IS SHORT AND MORAL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SKIPPED.6 Chapter 6 AN INCONVENIENCE OF BEING IN ANOTHER MAN'S BODY, WHEN CALLED UPON TO GIVE EVIDENCE AS TO ONE'S OWN EXIT.7 Chapter 7 THE SORROWS OF A PHILANTHROPIST.8 Chapter 8 THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.9 Chapter 9 CONTAINING A DIFFICULTY.10 Chapter 10 IN WHAT MANNER MR. ZACHARIAH LONGSTRAW DETERMINED TO IMPROVE HIS FORTUNE.11 Chapter 11 IN WHICH A CATASTROPHE BEGINS.12 Chapter 12 IN WHICH THE CATASTROPHE IS CONTINUED.13 Chapter 13 THE DéNOUEMENT OF THE DRAMA.14 Chapter 14 A REMARK, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR APPEARS AS A POLITICIAN, AND ABUSES BOTH PARTIES.15 Chapter 15 AN UNCOMMON ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE AUTHOR.16 Chapter 16 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE TAKES A JOURNEY, AND DISCOVERS THE SECRET OBJECT OF HIS CAPTORS.17 Chapter 17 CONTAINING OTHER SECRETS, BUT NOT SO IMPORTANT.18 Chapter 18 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR APPROACHES A CLIMAX IN HIS ADVENTURES.19 Chapter 19 CONTAINING A SPECIMEN OF ELOQUENCE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DANGERS OF LYNCHDOM.20 Chapter 20 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE FINDS EVERY THING BLACK ABOUT HIM.21 Chapter 21 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS INTRODUCED TO HIS MASTER.22 Chapter 22 AN OLD WOMAN'S CURE FOR A DISEASE EXTREMELY PREVALENT BOTH IN THE COLOURED AND UNCOLOURED CREATION.23 Chapter 23 SOME ACCOUNT OF RIDGEWOOD HILL, AND THE AUTHOR'S OCCUPATIONS.24 Chapter 24 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR FURTHER DESCRIBES HIS SITUATION, AND PHILOSOPHIZES ON THE STATE OF SLAVERY.25 Chapter 25 RECOLLECTIONS OF SLAVERY.26 Chapter 26 A SCENE ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC, WITH THE HUMOURS OF AN AFRICAN IMPROVISATORE.27 Chapter 27 THE AUTHOR DESCENDS AMONG THE SLAVES, AND SUDDENLY BECOMES A MAN OF FIGURE, AND AN INTERPRETER OF NEW DOCTRINES.28 Chapter 28 WHAT IT WAS THE NEGROES HAD DISCOVERED AMONG THE SCANTLING.29 Chapter 29 THE EFFECT OF THE PAMPHLET ON ITS READER AND HEARERS.30 Chapter 30 THE HATCHING OF A CONSPIRACY.31 Chapter 31 HOW THE SPOILS OF VICTORY WERE INTENDED TO BE DIVIDED.32 Chapter 32 THE ATTACK OF THE INSURGENTS UPON THE MANSION AT RIDGEWOOD HILL.33 Chapter 33 THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCES THAT FOLLOWED.34 Chapter 34 THE RESULTS OF THE INSURRECTION, WITH A TRULY STRANGE AND FATAL CATASTROPHE THAT BEFELL THE AUTHOR.35 Chapter 35 CONTAINING AN INKLING OF THE LIFE AND HABITS OF MR. ARTHUR MEGRIM.36 Chapter 36 THE HAPPY CONDITION IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS AT LAST PLACED.37 Chapter 37 THE EMPLOYMENTS OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.38 Chapter 38 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE INCONVENIENCES OF HAVING A DIGESTIVE APPARATUS.39 Chapter 39 THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL SURPRISING TRANSFORMATIONS.40 Chapter 40 AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOES OF AN EMPEROR OF FRANCE, WHICH HAVE NEVER BEFORE APPEARED IN HISTORY.41 Chapter 41 IN WHICH SHEPPARD LEE IS CONVINCED THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD WHICH GLISTENS.42 Chapter 42 IN WHICH THE AUTHOR STUMBLES UPON AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.43 Chapter 43 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES OF THE GERMAN DOCTOR.44 Chapter 44 SHEPPARD LEE FLIES FROM THE GERMAN DOCTOR, AND FINDS HIMSELF AGAIN IN NEW-JERSEY.45 Chapter 45 WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT WATERMELON HILL DURING THE AUTHOR'S ABSENCE.46 Chapter 46 CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCE OF A SINGULAR DEBATE BETWIXT THE AUTHOR AND HIS BROTHER, WITH A PHILOSOPHIC DEFENCE OF THE AUTHOR'S CREDIBILITY.47 Chapter 47 BEING THE LAST CHAPTER OF ALL.