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 Mr Morison expressed great satisfaction, in having such assistance offered him, with regard to the method of teaching; and begged Mr Gourlay still farther to oblige him, by giving his opinion on the moral instruction which it was the duty of a schoolmaster to convey. In reply to this, Mr Gourlay observed, that the school in which the greatest number of moral habits were acquired, would certainly be the best school of moral instruction. "Every person capable of reflection attaches great importance to