. Some Allowance must be made to the Warmth of your Blood. I hope we shall
in Time both think alike.«
    The old Gentleman made his Friend another Compliment, and the young one
declared, he hoped he should always think, and act too, with the Dignity
becoming his Cloth. After which, the Doctor took his Leave for a while, and went
to Amelia's Lodgings.
    As soon as he was gone, the old Gentleman fell very severely on his Son. »
Tom,« says he, »how can you be such a Fool, to undo by your Perverseness all
that I have been doing? Why will you not learn to study Mankind with the
Attention which I have employed to that Purpose? Do you think, if I had
affronted this obstinate old Fellow as you do, I should ever have engaged his
Friendship?«
    »I cannot help it, Sir,« said Tom, »I have not studied six Years at the
University, to give up my Sentiments to every one. It is true, indeed, he put
together a Set of sounding Words; but, in the main, I never heard any one talk
more foolishly.«
    »What of that,« cries the Father, »I never told you he was a wise Man, nor
did I ever think him so. If he had any understanding, he would have been a
Bishop long ago, to my certain Knowledge. But, indeed, he hath been always a
Fool in private Life; for I question whether he is worth 100l. in the World,
more than his annual Income. He hath given away above half his Fortune to the
Lord knows who. I believe I have had above 200l. of him, first and last; and
would you lose such a Milch-cow as this for Want of a few Compliments? Indeed,
Tom, thou art as great a Simpleton as himself. How do you expect to rise in the
Church, if you can't temporize, and give into the Opinion of your Superiors?«
    »I don't know, Sir,« cries Tom, »what you mean by my Superiors. In one
Sense, I own, a Doctor of Divinity is superior to a Batchelor of Arts, and so
far I am ready to allow his Superiority; but I understand Greek and Hebrew as
well as he, and will maintain my Opinion against him, or any other in the
Schools.«
    »Tom,« cries the old Gentleman, »till thou gettest the better of thy
Conceit, I shall never have any
