1793- literary olla Nowx. j 2 Leg 
"It is the want of institution which occasions the ’ despi- 
cable helplefsnefs of our modern noblefse. Accustomed 
from the cradle to do every thing by proxy, they afsume’ 
this privilege of peerage throughout the whole of their 
existence ; they cannot buckle their own fhoes, fhave 
their beards, put on their cloaths, act in their own busi- 
nefs, keep their own accounts, pay their own debts, or . 
even be at the pains to continue their own families: All 
is to be done by proxy, all through the media of valets, 
frizeurs, gentlemen of the chamber, attornies, chaplains, or 
, Stout [rithm an. ’ 
‘Children educated in crowded hospitals, where, from 
their number, and the mercenary unconcernednefs of their 
attendants, they are notexcited by various objects and , 
events, or by the novelty and variety of conversatiun, are 
in general powerleis, helplefs, and dull in their concep- 
tions. 
The faculties of the mind, as well as of the body, be- 
come paralytic by disuse. The ear is provided with mus- 
cles of erection, and I have known individuals who could 
prick up their ears like an afs; but almost all of us have 
lost this faculty by. early ligature, or by disuse. 
My next maxim, relating to education, is, that it fhould 
be suited to the climate, government. and religion of the 
cquntry,. and to the probable situation of the individual 
in that country. po 
After the years of infancy, therefore, my pupil is gra. 
dually formed by his nurture to the general scope of his 
future life ; without permitting, however, aay extraordi- 
nary marks of genius to escape unnoticed, whereby his 
parents or guardians may be enabled to regulate the quan- 
tity and quality of his intellectual food. . 
If he is the child of a great nobleman, and solitary in 
the family, let his father generously take ithe charge of 
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