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Eliza, then, pale and trembling, stood by her mother and saw the whole operation. She could not help, however, turning her head away when the incision was made, and the first flow of blood made her start and shudder. When all was over, and the surgeon gone, Mrs. F. Began. Mrs. F. Well, Eliza, what do you think of the mighty matter now ? Would it not have been very foolish to have run away from it ? Eliz. O mamma ! how frightened I was when he took out his lancet. Did it not hurt you a great dea...l ? Mrs. F. No, very little. And if it had, it was to do me good, you know. Eliz. But why should I stay to see it ? I could do you no good. Mrs. F. Perhaps not; but it will do you good to be accustomed to such sights. Eliz. Why, mamma? Mrs. F. Because instances are every day happening in which it is our duty to assist fellow-creatures in circumstances of pain and distress ; and if we were to indulge a reluctance to come near to them on those occasions, we should never acquire either the knowledge or the presence of mind necessary for the purpose.
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