thought would best answer her purpose of making them both good and
happy; for it was her constant maxim, that goodness and happiness
dwelt in the same bosoms, and were generally found to life so much
together, that they could not easily be separated.

'My mother had six children born alive; but could preserve none
beyond the first year, except my brother, Harry Peace, and myself.
She made it one of her chief cares to cultivate and preserve the
most perfect love and harmony between us. My brother is but a
twelvemonth older than I; so that, till I was six years old (for
seven was the age in which he was sent to school) he remained at
home with me; in which time we often had little childish quarrels;
but my mother always took care to convince us of our error in
wrangling and fighting about nothing, and to teach us how much
more pleasure we enjoyed whilst we agreed. She showed no
partiality to either, but endeavoured to make us equal in all
things, any otherwise than that she taught me I owed a respect to
my brother as the eldest.

'Before my brother went to school, we had set hours appointed us,
in which we regularly attended to learn whatever was thought
necessary for our improvement; my mamma herself daily watching the
opening of our minds, and taking great care to instruct us in what
manner to make the best use of the knowledge we attained.
Whatever we read she explained to us, and made us understand, that
we might be the better for our lessons. When we were capable of
thinking, we made it so much a rule to obey our parent, the moment
she signified her pleasure, that by that means we avoided many
accidents and misfortunes; for example: my brother was running
one day giddily round the brink of a well; and if he had made the