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Rh So far, however, from thinking of the morals of boys, I have heard everal maters of chools argue, that they only undertook to teach Latin and Greek; and that they had fulfilled their duty, by ending ome good cholars to college.

A few good cholars, I grant, may have been formed by emulation and dicipline; but to bring forward thee clever boys, the health and morals of a number have been acrificed. The ons of our gentry and wealthy commoners are motly educated at thee eminaries, and will any one pretend to aert that the majority, making every allowance, come under the decription of tolerable cholars?

It is not for the benefit of ociety that a few brilliant men hould be brought forward at the expene of the multitude. It is true, that great men eem to tart up, as great revolutions occur, at proper intervals, to retore order, and to blow aide the clouds that thicken over the face of truth; but let more reaon and virtue prevail in ociety, and thee trong winds would not be neceary. Public education, of every denomination, hould be directed to form citizens; but if you wih to make good citizens, you mut firt exercie the affections of a on and a brother. This is the only way to expand the heart; for public affections, as well as public virtues, mut ever grow out of the private character, or they are merely meteors that hoot athwart a dark ky and diappear as they are gazed at and admired.

Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not firt love their parents, their brothers, iters, and even the dometic brutes,&ensp;