The society you describe must be agreeable.

I could scarcely, however, refrain from smiling at your simplicity, my dear Emmeline, in imagining that all who visited at your father's house would be as delightful and estimable as those whom your second letter so eloquently described.

Why are we so constantly commanded to be charitable in our intercourse one with another?
Must it not be because our Great Master knew that we all had failings, some more than others?
if all were as worthy and virtuous as some appear, there would be no need to practise such a virtue; but it is in a mixed society it is more frequently called into play.

More, would we preserve our own virtue and piety, we must be charitable.

We must look on the weaknesses of our fellow-creatures with mercy and kindness, or how can we demand it for ourselves?
I am no advocate for seclusion in general, though my own feelings prefer a quiet life.