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veniet qure mlsceat omnes 



Hpra duces. Properate mori 



Sucli a name and such an example, are of great 

 efficacy in the inquiry concerning tlie fittest basis of 

 liberal educa(ion. All the faculties of his mind were 

 thorougldy developed, — he accumulated large stores 

 of knowledge, — he brought them into daily use, — he 

 reasoned accurately, — he conversed elegantly, — his 

 taste was refined, — the pleasures which it brought to 

 him were pure, — his imagination was re[dete with the 

 beautiful forms of ancient poetry, — he was adequate 

 to the functions of one of the most exalted offices, — 

 he knew little of the natural sciences, — and his edu- 

 cation was such as has been described. It would be 

 unjust to him, however, to say that he undervalued 

 knowledge of any kind, and least of all that know- 

 ledge which is opening every day to the world, and 

 to this part of the world especially, new sources of 

 wealth, and new proofs of the wisdom and benificence 

 of Ueity. On the contrary, with that diffusive liber- 

 ality for which he was conspicuous, he gave his coun- 

 sel and his money to every plan for increasing this 

 species of knowledge ; but it cannot be asserted of 

 him, that he recommended it in any of its branches, 

 as an instrument fur unfolding the faculties of youth. 

 He regarded these sciences as treasure for accumula- 

 tion, after education had performed its office. For 

 the great work of training the minds of young men to 

 liberal pursuits, and to the learned professions, his 



