3*6 Propofals for EftahUp'mg a Plan 



rerpeftability and confequence, even upon the 

 exchange. And it would chear his retirement, 

 if, in the evening of life, he fhoiild willi to 

 decline, or diminifli, the nnultiplicity of cares, 

 which now prcfs upon him. 



But ivhere^ in the prefent ft ate of things 

 among us, (hall this mental cultivation be 

 obtained ? We have no regular eftabliflied 

 means, for fuch an acquifition. There are 

 fome young men, furely not the lead refpedable 

 among us, who are, with a laudable ambition, 

 endeavouring to glean fuch inftruftion, by their 

 own folitary and defultory efForts. For want 

 of proper afTiftancc, their progrefs is neccfiarily 

 flow, embarraflc-d and uncomfortable. They 

 lofe much valuable time. And, after all, the 

 ■knowledge they do acquire, wants much of that 

 precifion and arrangement, which can, in. 

 general, only be attained by regular and 

 fyflematic ftudy. 



It is therefore propofed, to establish in 

 Manchester, a seminary of litjxral science, 

 the objed of which fliall be, to give a yourg, 

 man fome tafte for superior knowledge, co 

 provide him with a domcftic, conllant, internal 

 fource of entertainment, and thtis to improve 

 his moral?, his piety, and his happinefs — ai the 

 fame time, that he is forming early habits of 

 commercial indufcry. The defign of this plan 

 is, to conml^ the cne of thefe, with the other — . 



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