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 have been o often mirepreented by my enemies, and amwithal o diffident of my own merit, that I almot dipair of ever eeing my deigns looked upon in a true light, and my writings undertood in their genuine ene. I intended, by, to jutify the Univerity, by expoing the practices of her unworthy members, and endevouring to reform her corruptions. This, it eems, is looked upon as the ame with expoing the Univerity itelf, and is accordingly expelled, by your authority, as a nuiance. In the ame manner I deign this Dedication as a mark of Repect; but I hall not be in the leat urprized, if what I really intend for a compliment, hould, by your better judgement, be condemn'd as a libel.

I am informed that the learned author of Univerity Education is pleaed to peak with great contempt of my Remarks upon it; and defies uch a Boy, as I am, to blemih his etablih'd reputation. I mut confes, indeed, that I am not yet altogether fifty years of age, nor have I reided, as he has done, above one and thirty years in the Univerity of ; but, I think, however, that I am pat my firt childhood, and I hope not entered into my econd; when ome men