4 . Dr. Barnes on Public and Private Education. 



become parts of his family, and are not more 

 in number, than he can entirely manage and 

 in{lru6t himfelf. 



We may, perhaps clafs the prime objeds 

 of education, in the following order, beginning 

 with thofe of lefs importance, and rifing up to 

 thofe of the greateft. Health — knowledge- 

 temper — SELF-GOVERNMENT — MORALS. 



I. HEALTH. 



It is queftioned, whether the careleflhefs, 

 which muft necefTarily prevail in a large public 

 fchool, with refpedl to the feveral articles of 

 diet, lodging, dampnefs, &:c. — or the conftant 

 careful attention paid to all thefe circumftances, 

 in the houfe of a parent, be more friendly to 

 health, and vigour of conftitution. It is faid, 

 *' That an excefs of caution injures both the 

 body and the mind, rendering the one puny, 

 and the other pufillanimous." It is added, 

 *' That, in a large number of boys, there are 

 more incitements to play, and to thofe active 

 athletic exercifes, which brace the fyftem, and 

 render it robufi: and hardy." 



It muft be acknowledged, that the clofenefs. 

 of a nurfery is unfriendly to the conftitution. 

 But why muft we necefTarily fuppofe a boy to 

 be confined to a nurfery, in his father's houfe ? 

 May he not be accuftomed, at homey to any 

 degree of hardinefs, at the pleafure of the 



parent 



