106 On the UTILITY of defining 
the firft leffon in an art, of which the philofopher was before 
utterly ignorant. ‘‘ Sufceperas enim liberos non folum tibi,, 
‘“* fed etiam patriz. Eos inflituere, atque erudire ad majorum 
‘* inftituta atque civitatis difciplinam, non ad tuas turpitudines 
“ debuifti*.” In/flituere here refers to the firft ftep in a pro- 
cefs, which erwdire fauppofes to be carried on in the education 
of children. The arrangement of the verbs, however, may be 
reverfed, and each refpectively applied to that particular ftate 
of certain pupils with which it beft accords. ‘“ Senectus ado- 
“ lefcentes docet, inftituit, ad omne officii munus inftruit +.” 
ImBueEre differs from in/tituere, in denoting the inftilment of 
fentiments that fit the pupil for making progrefs in a particular | 
line. It implies intention upon the part of the agent, like the 
former verbs, and fuppofes the means of inftruction to operate 
without the confcioufnefs of him who receives it. In its ori- 
ginal application to material objects, it had denoted an affection 
of them in refpect to colour, tafte, or fmell, communicated by 
means of a fluid, and has been afterwards applied to the pro-. 
dué@tion of a mental difpofition or aptitude not eafily to be de-~ 
ftroyed. “ Appium Crauprum prefectum urbis. relinquunt,, — 
“ jam inde ab incunabulis imbutum odio tribunorum plebif- 
“ que t.”"—" Ad hance legem non doch fed faci, non in/litute 
“ fed imbuti famus §.”” Fadcti here fuggefts the purpofe of the 
Creator in oppofition to that of a teacher, at whatever time he 
might communicate his inftru@ions, and imbuti the inftilment 
of preparatory fentiments, before any leffon was given, as in- 
volved in the verb zu/fituere. 
ImBUERE does not always imply the complete abfence of in- 
formation on any fubjeét, but it uniformly implies an effect 
produced as the means tending to future improvement. “ Sin 
“ fit is qui et doétrina mihi liberaliter -m/fitutus, et aliquo. 
“c jam: 
* Cic. in Ver. 184. a. t Liv. 4. 36. 
+ Cic. de Sen. 82, 5, § Cic. pro Mil. 103. 4. 
