The principal object of this division, is the
orphan, deprived of the tender protection of  paternal
care:  the guardian, considered in the relation
of a temporary father, undertakes a trust,
which, if his heart is not debased by the passions
of avarice, and rapacity, and steeled against
every impression of humanity, every touch of
sensibility, will be performed not only with the
most disinterested probity, bur with an assiduous,
generous, and affectionate attention; if
the man, who undertakes the office of father,
by undertaking that of guardian, especially if
he derives his office from the father's confidence,
cannot find motives in his own breast for executing
his duty with honour, and benevolence,
I can suggest none to influence him--" water
" will not make him white, whom unfeeling
" avarice has made black."