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Texthighly worthy of engaging the attention of the young gentleman. Dancing, fencing, running, horteman- flip, the management of the mofics, and the motions of military glimphes, are more at them worthy of occupying his time, at proper feafons. It is unenceffary to point out the advantages which he may be view from claiming it their own in to be pretty generally understood. Perhaps our men of forture would be afhamed to make use of their legs for running; but occasions may occur, on which even this humble do compliment may be useful. Though we with not to fee the young man of fortune become a jockey yet to be able to make a greatful appearance on both back, and to manage his boric with dexterity, will not be between of his flation and character. If true of public danger though arise, and the fate founds call for the fervies of her objects against any hostile attack; they whole rank and fortune place them in the most eminent fiations will be felt expected to hand forth; but if unacquated with thofe exercises which are connected with the military art, what a pitiful figure mult they make in the camp, or on the field of battle?

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TextNatural philosophy, as being both highly ufeful and entertaining, as well worthy of the attention of all who can talked to appropriate anayment of their time to fictific purifuits; to the man of fortune, a taille for mutual philopholy might often procure the mind de-lightful environment. To trace the wonder of a planetary tytions, to mark the proceeds of vegetation, to examine all the properties of that the elements which we bearbe, to trace the laws by which all the different elements are confined to their proper funcions, and above all to apply the principles of natural philopholy in the cultivated of the ground, and amendments which might agreeably and innocently occupy many of the hitline hours of the man who enjoys a friend and independent fortune.

TextNeither do we fuppole civil history and the pria-ciples of animals to be overlooked. Without being anaquished with theftsy, how could not yunk or accurate knowledge of the laws and political contributions of his country be acquired by the young generation! Hilory expects to war observation the fortune and the echo of other human beings, and thus fuppies in force mea: fine the place of experience; it teacher graduate, and affords exercise to the moraliente. When history condelends to take notice of individuals, they see all making always flesh a have been embent for virtue, for abilities, or for the rank which, they held in life; to the rich and great it ought to freak with peculiar effficiency, and they ought to be carefully invited to listen to its voice.

TextSuch then is the manner in which we with the education of young men of mind, and forture to be con-ducts; in order that they may be prepared for en-joying their opulence and honours with becoming dig- integrity. Let them be early inured to habit of vigorous

Textindufry and perfevering firmness, by pulling through a Education. regular course of claffical learning in a free (chool; let them play and converser with their equals, and not be permitted to form high ideas of their own importance, nor to dominate over ferrets or infortors; Let them be carefully instructed to the principles of monality and religion. Let now be taught the mainly exercices: Let them be carefully informed of the nature of the political constitution of their country, and of the ex-tent of their spirit and politick rights which is focuses to them and their fellow-officers; Let them be called to trace the annals of mandat through the records of history; to mark the appearances and operations of nature, and to amute themselves by purifying thefe to their general earlier. We lay nothing of causing the young man of fortune to learn some mechanical art; We think fell in a mechanical arm might now and then afford him an innovacant and plading amefiens; but we do one consider it is absolutely necessary, and therefore do soe infinit on his acquiring it. With those accomplishments we hope he might become an useful member of Society, might adorn the rank and fortune to which he is born, and might find wealth than high flation a building, not a curic. It is peculiarly unfair toame for our age and country, that people of rank and forture are not to illudious that their children ac-quire there as the more superficial accomplillments.

Section-header## VII. In the Education of People Affordford for a Mercan- tile deployments and join the number Occupations in Life is particularly controlled with Literatures.

TextWars modern literature in a lefs flourishing flare; were the English and French language along with fewer tenents social, albidental, and philosophical compositions; we might perhaps infinit on it as ne-efficacy to give the boy, who is designed for a mercun-tile emplements, a classification function. At present this does not appear absolutely necellary; yet we do not perform to forbid it as improperly. Even the Elegantile members will never lead reason to repon, his he cannot, vying been introduced to the acquaintance of Plato and Cicero. But fall, of the circumnation of the parents, or any other part radios, should render it inconvenient to fend the young man who is intand- ed to trade in a few feebed to fluly the ancient languages, means may be really adopted to make up for his lofa. Confine him not to writing and accounts alone. Thief, though, appropriately useful to the mer-clans, have no great power to refrain the force of evil pallions, or to injure the mind with generous and written feminements. Though you burger him not with Latin and Greek, yet drive to injure him with a tale for deaf knowledge and for elegant literature. Some of the pureft and molt elegant of our posts, the excellent periodicals works which have appeared in new languages, facts as the Spectator, the Adventures, the Mirror, and the composition of our fresh blibrarians, together with tone of the belt translations of the claf-fas which are profits, that’s you may with great pro- pristry put into go-b hands. They will teach him how to think and realon jolly, and to express himself in conversation or in writing with coretherla and elegance, they shall online and publish his mind, and raife him above low and greats pleafures.” And as soon, who has any occasion to freak or write, ought to be entirely ignorant of the principles of grammar, you will

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