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Gossip and morals: gossiping harms communities in a moral lecture
A long meditation on gossip in small towns, warning that idle talk corrupts social life. It recounts examples of neighborhood tattle, contrasts with virtuous conduct, and urges young readers to guard their tongues and cultivate higher duties.
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Sedgwick
N.Y
Recemary
Hell
Ely
Johnnie Sore
Che
Emin Ellis
Washington
Ellises
Eix
Newtons
Sally Smith
Mary Newton
Grace
Juliy
Ned Miller
Weill
Percy
Julia Ivers
Tulia
Tia Mich
Nile
Martha
Mary Mortis
Mary
Julia
Ivers
Mutilda
Salle
Matilda
Girie
Jutin Ivers
Walter Bevel
Inderil
Cary
New York
jSo
Soja
Tsaw
Ford
H.'s
Poinwell
Wf Society
Germany
Lyceum
de. Dana
Newbury
Newburyport
Boxton
Lee
Thore
Aod
Rexford Road
Bill
Jake
Tom
Comcinan
Mater
V. Y