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 the presence of boys; and therefore some slight remission or modification of such methods may be found requisite, if girls alone are under tuition; for it will generally be true, not only that boys surpass girls in the expansion of the reasoning and inventive faculties, but that the presence of the former will make it praticablepracticable [sic] to carry the instruction of the latter much further than could otherwise be attempted. Home education, including sons and daughters, and where high and pure principles are adhered to, may reach a point not to be attained without this admixture.

And how happy is that domestic circle within which, while intellectual culture, in all its compass is going on, under the most auspicious yet mild excitements, the warm and delicate domestic affections—the reverential friendships of children and parents, and the gentle and sparkling friendships of brothers and sisters, are being cherished!