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time from. the labours annexed to their ftation, .as the attain- 
ment of more than one language, with tolerable accuracy, ne- 
ceflarily requires. 
Bur even had the commonalty fo much leifure, it is eafy 
to fee how much better they might employ it. 
In the Irifh language there are no original works con~ 
veying fuch knowledge as is neceflary to the poor. And as 
to claffic literature, what can a tafte for its beauties produce 
in the mind of a peafant but a diftafte for thofe occupations 
by which only he can maintaim his family, and’ be of ufe 
to the community? But the truth is, that Latin is learned by 
the poor of Ireland with a very different view from that of 
"illuminating their intellec&t by a ray from the effulgence of 
ancient Rome. Their fole’ aim is to gualify themfelves: for 
the darknefs of modern Rome. They afpire to be feleéted. for: 
the pricfthood, and repair from ‘their hovels to fome’ hedge-- 
fchool-mafter in eager queft of the little fmattering of: eecle-- 
fiaftical language which he can afford them, and: in full ex 
pectation of being fent abroad, with a ftipend, and returning: 
to enjoy that indolence, and that controul over the: minds: of. 
their, brethren, which too often mark. our vulgar clergy.- 
Tue Englifh language ought to be fpoken and’ written’ as 
univerfally as poffible over Ireland The language of. our 
laws, the living language of all the well educated part of the 
community, the only language by which inftruétion in arts, 
f manufactures 
