text:  Those who may be gifted with equally strong and exquisite sensibilities as they as fine and flexible affections as bright an imagination beautifying every object on which its rainbow colours rest and who have been equally tried by affliction and misconstruction and equally tempted by brilliant opportunities of pleasure in the intervals of penury and pain--these if they stand fast may be allowed to speak and they will seldom speak uncharitably of their brethren who have fallen; or if they fall they may be heard to plead a somewhat similar excuse