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54 o acred a book; let they might conider that as a tak, which ought to be a ource of the mot exalted atisfaction.

It may be oberved, that I recommend the mind's being put into a proper train, and then left to itelf. Fixed rules cannot be given, it mut depend on the nature and trength of the undertanding; and thoe who oberve it can bet tell what kind of cultivation will improve it. The mind is not, cannot be created by the teacher, though it may be cultivated, and its real powers found out.

The active pirits of youth may make time glide away without