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70 Greek and Latin, and of what is commonly called scholastic and academical literature, was regarded only as a secondary accomplishment, whilst the primary and supreme end, in the education of Eusebius, was the knowledge and the love of ; and, in connection with that knowledge and love, the knowledge of himself and of the wonderful construction, powers, and faculties of his own mind and body, that so all things and principles in himself might be restored to that heavenly order for which they were originally created. Eusebius was, accordingly, initiated by his pious parents, at an early period of his life, into the which teaches, that the life of man, whether it be sensitive, intellectual, or spiritual, is nothing but a stream, flowing continually from a ; and that thus all his senses are to be regarded as so many several channels from that stream. The sense of taste therefore, in the eyes of Eusebius, was soon viewed in this sacred light, insomuch that, on every occasion of its gratification, it became instrumental, by degrees, in elevating his affections and thoughts towards its divine source, and thus of connecting both itself and him with that source. Eusebius thus was always guarded against every act of intemperance, both in eating and drinking, because these acts were always regarded by him, not only as