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continually turning their eyes towards it. They 

 are attradling the notice and regard of their neigh- 

 bours> in their truly noble fpirit and condudl. 



Let this fpirit continue to prevail, let Agricul- 

 ture be ftudied by gentlemen of landed property, 

 on philofophic principles j let it be taught to their 

 tenants; and the happy confequence will foon be 

 apparent through this ifland. 



The difficulty of inftituting Schools for Hufban- 

 dry is now trifling, fince fo many Societies have 

 been eftablilhed, and are fiipported with fo much 

 liberality ; efpecially fince the Society of Arts^ Ma- 

 nufa5luresy and Commercey is annually offering fuch 

 vaft fums of money for the encouragement of ex- 

 periments; and none of the other Societies, I Ihould 

 apprehend, are formed on fo fmall a fcale as to 

 preclude the pra6licability of taking into their hands 

 a few fields, (and a few would be fufHcient) and of 

 appointing fome perfon or perfons to cultivate 

 them, and inflrud the pupils, either according to 

 the idea of Lord Molesworth, which points to 

 the education of poor men's children ; or accord- 

 ing to the ideas of Cowley and Sir William 

 Petty, which refped the education of gentlemen's 

 fons as well as others. 



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