21 Dr. Barnes's Plan for the Improvement and 



if there were a general convi6tion of its utility, 

 and a proper encouragement for undertaking it. 

 This courfe of ftudy fhould not, I think, be a 

 mere continuation of that of a fchool ; but, the 

 application of fchool learning to fuperior objefts, 

 Thofe objects would probably be, Natural Pbi- 

 lojophy^ the Belles Lettres, and Mathematics ; to- 

 gether with fome attention to Uiftory^ Law, Com- 

 inerce, and Ethics. There are Gentlemen in this 

 town, fufficiently eminent in thcfe various de- 

 partments of fcience, to ledture upon them with 

 reputation and fuccefs. One part of a college 

 plan muft indeed be dropped — that of living tOi- 

 gether in common apartments. But, probably, 

 the omiffion of this would not be deemed a lofs, 

 by thofe, who know the temptations which 

 often attend it. All the advantages of literary 

 improvement might be here enjoyed. 



A very important part of the plan v/ould be, 

 A courfe of ledures upon natural philosophy, 

 in its extended fenfe, which fhould pay a very 

 particular attention to chemistry, and mecha- 

 nics, becaufe of their intimate connedlion with 

 our manufaflurcs. 



In addition to thefe, Courfes of leflures upon 

 history, commerce, jurisprudence, CRiri- 

 !Ci§M, and ethics, together with the whole range 

 of the belles lettres might, I perfuade myfelf, 

 be pf eflential fejryice. 



