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amonett the loweft order of the people, numberlefs virtues which 
might otherwife have flept in» perpetual oblivion. The feeds 
of honour, benevolence, and patriotifm are thickly fown in 
the fpirits of our countrymen: let inftruction and. encourage- 
ment cherifh their growth, and their luxuriant branches will 
afford a wreath which fhall decorate with new: glory the cha- 
raéter of the» nation.. 
le 
Of Education as it. relates to infiruttion in the knowledge. requi- 
fite for the feveral departments in. fociety.. 
Tuis part of our fubject neceffarily refolves -itfelf into fub- 
divifions correfpondent to the different departments for which 
the youth of the nation are refpectively intended. We fhall : 
‘treat of it firft as it relates to the elementary inftruction of 
all, particularly the children of the labouring poor, and after- 
wards as it relates to inftruction in agriculture, mining, ma- 
nufactures, and profeffional and polite literature. 
Of the elementary infiruttion of the children of the labouring poor. . 
Very young children are fufceptible of the benefits: of 
education. Even before attention can be fixed’ on the unin- 
terefting objects which conftitute the elements of written lan- 
guage, the mind may be trained to benevolence, and: fami- - 
liarized to fubordination.: By fuch early culture a’ reception 
is 
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