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creature_n who_o however_o with_o his_o unnatural_a sobriety_n he_o may_v please_v silly_a people_n who_o commend_v tame_a unactive_a child_n because_o they_o make_v no_o noise_n nor_o give_v they_o any_o trouble_n yet_o at_o last_o will_v probable_o prove_v as_o uncomfortable_a a_o thing_n to_o his_o friend_n as_o he_o will_v be_v all_o his_o life_n a_o useless_a thing_n to_o himself_o and_o other_o §_o 51._o beat_v then_o and_o all_o other_o reward_n sort_n of_o slavish_a and_o corporal_a punishment_n be_v not_o the_o discipline_n fit_a to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o education_n of_o those_o we_o will_v have_v wise_a good_a and_o ingenuous_a man_n and_o therefore_o very_o rare_o to_o be_v apply_v and_o that_o only_a in_o great_a occasion_n and_o case_n of_o extremity_n on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o flatter_v child_n by_o reward_n of_o thing_n that_o be_v pleasant_a to_o they_o be_v as_o careful_o to_o be_v avoid_v he_o that_o will_v give_v his_o son_n apple_n or_o sugar-plumb_n or_o 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