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122 On the Ufes of Claffical Education. 
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y 8 pwede avlois Twy avOoumesmy, Ti for Cyv Ev noo neve 
Sewv, 4 Teovorms ueva; aAAe vos esr, nor perder avilosg 
Toy avbowremy. 
Anton, Lib. ii. c, 11. 
Ta lav Sew moovoims reSe.Ta THs TUNNS ex aver DucEN, 
4 CuyHAwoews, HeL éemimAouys Twy TQOvOlm O1OLKELEVOV. 
Tb, cud 
It muft, however, be confeffed of the Stoic 
morality, that much of it is extravagant, and fome 
of it trifling; that it is built upon too few principles, 
abounds with repetition, and, perhaps, juftly incurs 
the cenfure of (I think) Lactantius; that it was 
calculated for actors on a theatre, and not for men 
jn the world. 
The moft regular and methodical tradt upon ethics, 
which is contained in the whole fcope of claffical 
literature, is the offices of Tully; this valuable frag- 
ment contains much excellent reafoning, and much 
found obfervation—but, fill it appears to me but 
a fragment. Whether the lively and defultory 
genius of Cicero, revolled againft the toil of a 
laboured, methodical, fcientific production, or 
whether he was interrupted in the progrefs of his 
tafk, the work is certainly imperfect; there are 
feveral ufeful topics entirely omitted, and even the 
fyftem itfelf is left in an unfinifhed ftate. 
In the other beautiful rhapfodies of Tully, in 
vain fhall we look for any thing like fyftem or 
method. 
