8 Dr. Barnes on Public and Private Education. 



der charities of life, the temper, and the comfort 

 of mankind chiefly depend — And, that, in a 

 public fchool, thefe amiable fcions of the foul 

 have not room to (hoot, but muft, of necefTity, 

 be miferably neglefted." 



If to this argument it be anfwered, "That in 

 a PUBLIC education there will be partialities and 

 attachments formed :" it may be replied, "That 

 thcfe are not of exadly the fame nature, nor will 

 they have the fame influence, on future temper 

 and future happinefs." 



It will, perhaps, be faid, "That in larger 

 fchools, connedlions and friendfhips may be 

 formed, which may be of the moft: lading, 

 honourable, and advantageous tendency in fu- 

 ture life." 



This advantage appears to me to be a very 

 precarious one. Early conneiflions between a 

 richer and a poorer boy, founded, probably, on 

 caprice on the one hand, and abjeft obfequiouf- 

 nefs on the other, feidom continue long. Some- 

 times indeed an honourable union of equals may 

 lay a foundation for future friendfliip, of the mofl: 

 endeared and permanent nature. And it is 

 poffible, that fome inftances may have occurred, 

 of friendftiips formed, between youths whofe 

 fortunes were unequal, which have been as 

 beneficial to the one, as honourable to the other. 

 But, as boys are often feparated at fo early an 

 age, and difperfcd into fuch different fcenes and 



regions^ 



