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Show '[~ e ,Sijc of ,Souls. A QUAINT old writer describes a class of persons wbo Lave souls so very small that" GOO of them could dance at once upon the point of a cambric needle." 'fhcse wee people arc often wrappccl up in a lttmp of the very coarsest of human clay, ponderous enough to gi1•c tl1em the semblance of full-grown men and women. A grain of mustard seed, buried in the heart of a mammoth pumpkin, would be no comparison to the little son!, sheathed in its full grown body. The contrast in size would be insufficient to convey an adequate impression; aud the tiny soul bas little of the mustarcl seed spicincss. Y ct if th is mass of flesh is only wrapped up in a while skin, even tl10ugh it is not nemly thick enough to conceal the grossness and coarseness of the veiled material, the poor "feeble folk" within will fancy |