And then there are other roads so smooth, and level, and broad, and well kept, that they are full of all kinds of traffic; in the centre carts and carriages crowd them, on the one side horses and their riders delight to display themselves, and on the other side pedestrians and perambulators enjoy the sun.

And then there are still other roads with such a sweet and gentle incline upon them that it is a positive pleasure both to man and beast to set their foot upon them.

And so it is with the minds and the hearts of the men and the women who crowd these roads.

Just as the various roads are, so are the ears and the understandings, the affections and the inclinations of those who walk and ride and drive upon them.

Some of those men's ears are impassably stopped up by self-love, self-interest, party-spirit, anger, envy, and ill-will,--impenetrably stopped up against all the men and all the truths of earth and of heaven that would instruct, enlighten, convict or correct them.