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Water will find its level--so will mind--so will character,
and the vulgar great and the vulgar rich, must sink to the level
of the vulgar poor--While worth, delicacy and talent, will rise
thro' all the opposing obstacles of poverty and obscrurity to its natu-
ral elevation, and command that respect, tho' clothed in rags, which
ignorance and littleness cannot obtain tho' clothed in purple.
Servants are good judges of character--self interest sharpens their perceptions,
and it is wonderful to see how nicely they proportion their respect
to different members of the same family. They have opportunities,
which general acquaintances cannot have, to firm and just { ?}
and it might be well to remember that they
have likewise opportunities of imparting to others, any discoveries
they may make. Few persons realize how dependant they are
on servants, not only for their comfort, but for their estimation
in society; looking upon them as the mere instruments of their
convenience and pleasure, they forget that they are intelligent
and feeling beings, endowed with the same faculties and the same
passions as themselves. Hence, that unguarded freedom, which
betrays to servants