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(4) ornament of their reſpective ſex. The father ought to lay out and ſuperintend their education; the mother to execute and manage the detail of which ſhe is capable. The former ſhould direct the manly exertions the intellectual and moral powers of his child; his imagination and the manner  thoſe exertions, are the peculiar province  the latter. The former ſhould adviſe, protect, command; and by his experience, maſculine vigour, and that ſuperior authority which is commonly aſcribed to his ſex brace and ſtrengthen his pupil for active life, for gravity, integrity, and firmneſs in fuffering. The buſineſs of the latter is to bend and ſoften her male pupil by the charms her converſation, and the ſoftneſs and decency of her manners, for ſocial life,  politeneſs of taſte, and the elegant  and enjoyments of humanity: and to improve and refine the tenderneſs and  of her female pupil, and form her to  thoſe mild domeſtic virtues, which are  peculiar characteriſtics and ornaments of  ſex.

To conduct the opening minds of ſweet charge through the ſeveral periods  their progreſs, to aſſiſt them in each  in throwing out the latent ſeeds of  and ingenuity, and in giving freſh acceſſion of light and virtue; and, at length, with  theſe advantages, to produce the young