i6 Mr. Henry on the Confijlency of 
nomer would almoft monopolife the bufinefs of 
a man's life. To procure a general , but fatisfac- 
tory idea of the motions of the planetary fyftem ; 
of the diftance of the fun from the earth, and of 
the yet more immenfe diftance between us and 
the fixed ftars, &c. only a moderate degree of 
application is requifite. 
Among thofe objects of ftudy which may be 
recommended to the attention of the young 
tradefman, fome may be confidered as ornamen¬ 
tal, while others deferve to be clafied in a higher 
rank, with refpeft to the utility he may expedft 
to receive from the cultivation of them; and of 
thefe again, fome may be more particularly 
adapted to fome branches of trade than others. 
A knowledge of hiftory is an indifpenfible ac- 
compliftiment to the opulent tradefman. Hiftory 
has been elegantly and emphatically defcribed 
by a poet, who is an honour to the age and 
country in which he writes; 
Nature’s clear mirror ! life’s inftruttive guide ! 
Her wifdom four’d by no preceptive pride ! 
Age from her leffon forms its wifell aim. 
And youthful emulation fprings to fame. * 
That of our own country, in particular, fhould 
attradl the regard of the commercial ftudent. Few 
hiftories afford more interefting matter than that 
of this ifland. How mult the heart of a Briton 
* Hayley’s Eflay on Hiftory. 
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