Purity of heart, and the genuine graces flowing from a truly feminine spirit, always attracted her, no matter what the station of the individual in whose society she happened to be thrown.

The remark of her mother silenced her, for the time, for experience had taught her that no good ever resulted from a repetition of her opinions on a subject of this kind.
"And I trust she will ever remain the child she is, in these matters," said Uncle Joseph, with emphasis.

"It is the duty of every one, sister, to do all that he can to set aside the false ideas of distinction prevailing in the social world, and to build up on a broader and truer foundation, a right estimate of men and things.
Florence, I have observed, discriminates according to the quality of the person's mind into whose society she is thrown, and estimates accordingly.

But you, and Emily, and Adeline, judge of people according to their rank in society--that is according to the position to which wealth alone has raised them.

In this way, and in no other, can you be thrown so into association with 'all kinds of people,' as to be really affected by them.