It instils high and generous sentiments; it ennobles human endeavor; it sanctifies defeat and denial; it polishes manners; it gives to morals a tincture of devotion; and, as with the spell of magic, such as Milton describes in "Comus," it dissipates with a glance the wild rout of low desires and insane follies which so much blur and blot up the otherwise fair face of human society.

It permits of no meanness in its train; it expels vulgarity, and, with a high stretch toward perfected humanity, it unearths the grovelling nature, and gives it aspirations of sand and sunshine.
Its effect upon Forrester had been of this description.

It had been his only tutor, and had taught him nobly in numberless respects.

In every association with the maiden of his affections, his tone, his language, his temper, and his thoughts, seemed to undergo improvement and purification.

He seemed quite another man whenever he came into her presence, and whenever the thought of her was in his heart.