30 Propofals for Eftablijbing a Flan 



MANCHESTER, APRIL 23, 1783, 



Resolved, at a Meeting of the Literary and Phi- 

 losophical Society — That the following Pa^er^ drawn 

 up by a Member^ at the Requeji of the Society, be printed, 

 and offered to the Confideration of the Public. 



JAMES MASSE Y, 7 



THOMAS PERCIVAL,J^^^^^°^^'^^ 



Proposals for establishing in Manchester 

 a Plan of Liberal Education, for young 

 Men defigned for Civil and Active Life, 

 whether in Trade, or in any of the Professions. 



'TpHERE is no fubjeft, except religion, in 

 "*• which every perfon is more deeply in- 

 terefted, both as an individual, and as a member 

 of fociet-y, than in education. And it is to the 

 honour of the prefenc age, that it encourages, 

 with diftinguiflied generofity, every well-planned 

 fcheme, the obje£t of which is, to improve the 

 fyftem of education, and to extend its beneficial 

 influences. 



In few places has this liberal fpirit appeared, 

 of late, more confpicuoufly, than in Manches- 

 ter. There are, indeed, few places, which have 



enjoyed 



