^tS on scientific government . Fch, 29. 



comprehension, in a moderate space of time, a com" 

 modious subdivision will be made. Thus ail know- 

 ledge will be sub.divided and extended ; and know- 

 ledge, as Lord Bacon observes, being power, the hu- 

 man powers will in fact be enlarged ; nature, inclu- 

 ding both its materials, and. its laws,- will be mor© at 

 our command ; men will make their situa^tions in 

 this world abundantly more easy and comfortable ; 

 and will grow daily more happy, each in himself, 

 and more able (and I believe more disposed) to com- 

 municate hajjpinefs to others." 



Now, Sir, nothing can secure this wonderful, yet 

 certain progrefs of human improvement, but the 

 continuation of wise, just, and uniform goveymnents, 

 that fliali neither be subject to injury from without 

 nor within, as the crude governments of anci'int na- 

 tions were, that brought all of them, within the space 

 of a thousand years, to utter destruction. 



One great engine for raising and supporting the 

 body politic, and preventing the deterioration of 

 mankind, is education of youth, particularly of the 

 female sex, which has never yet entered as a code in- 

 to any constitution of government ; and \ observe, 

 with deep regret, that it has escaped the notice, or at 

 least the attention of America and of France. 



It never can be too late to adopt one, and much 

 has been done lately in the republic of letters, to en- 

 able legislators to 'form one upon pxinciple, as well 

 as upon experience of ages. 



I fliaU not venture to hazard any opinion upon 

 this infinitely important subject ; but desire to sug- 

 gest the contemplation of it to every friend of hunia- 



