10 Dr. Barnes on Public and Private Education. 



It is pofTible, that fomething mufl: be de- 

 dutRed from this fiattering reprefentation. In 

 thcfe little republics, fome aftive and bolder 

 fpirits, diftinguifhed, probably, for ftrength and 

 darino-, rather than for morals, or literary 

 excellence, gain an afcendancy over the reft. 

 The other boys ad under them, in fervile 

 fubmiffion to their mandate, carry their burdens, 

 fiaht their battles, and avenge their quarrels. 

 Hence are learnt habits of fawning and fervility. 

 Obedience muft be unreferved, under penalty of 

 fcvere chaftifement for rebellion. To crouch, 

 in order to obtain the good graces of one of 

 thefe leaders of a clan, will probably be the 

 policy of a younger, and more timid boy. And 

 he will obtain notice and protection, only by 

 flattery, or fubmiffion the moft humiliating. 

 The confequence often is, that when he him- 

 felf rifes up to that degree of ftrength, which 

 enables him to aflcrt his own confequence, he 

 praftifcs all the arts aflumed by his former 

 tyrant. And thus, a fyftem of vafifalage is 

 handed down, from generation to generation. 

 May it not be faid, that all this is as likely to 

 produce abjednefs of mind as independence j 

 and turbulence, as proper fubordination ? 



V. M O R A L S. 



"Xht grcateji objed of education is, undoubtedly, 

 to infpire the love of goodnefs. But here, the 



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