PART THIRD.

THE CHIEF RELATIONS OF MANKIND TO ONE AN-OTHER, AND THE DUTIES THENCE ARISING,—

THAT IS, THE DUTIES WHICH MEN RECIPROCAL-LY OWE TO EACH OTHER.

Our relation to God and our country, and the duties thencearising, have been as fully considered as consists with my de-sign. But we sustain other relations, of various kinds, and ofvarious degrees of intimacy, the effect of all of which is, to chargeus with peculiar duties and impose on us peculiar responsibilities.These are the relations of husband and wife, of parents and chil-dren, of brothers and sisters, of master and servant, of principaland agent, with their corresponding duties and rights. The re-lations of guardian and ward, and of instructer and pupil, arebranches of, or rather substitutes for, the parental relation. Theobligation of truth between man and man, and of the observanceof promises, springs directly from the relation in which menstand to each other as moral and responsible beings. Contractsof various kinds include a very large part of the business trans-actions of mankind, and the relation of the contracting partiesin forming and executing such contracts is another source ofmoral duties. Our social rank and relative standing in societyplace us in the relation of superiors, equals, or inferiors. Ifwe are blessed with wealth and consequent leisure, we arethereby brought into new relations towards those who have beenless favored than ourselves with the bounties of Providence ; —we owe them our personal services in their behalf, and pecuniaryrelief, when they are destitute of the comforts and especially thenecessaries of life. The duties of friendship and hospitality,and the mutual duties of benefactor and beneficiary, also claima portion of our consideration and regard. The relation of good