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Views, in religious matters. This is not as it should be; or if 

 so, then the state should set up institutions, not under any par- 

 ticular sect of Christians, and foster only such as were found- 

 ed on the broadest basis of Christianity, without any reference 

 to any of the various sects, into which Christianity is divided, 

 and subdivided. We would not exclude clergymen from being 

 instructors of youth, nor confine learning entirely to them. 



To be an instructor of youth, requires as much tact as it 

 does to be a divine, a physician or a lawyer. And the learn- 

 ing it requires, to be an instructor in our higher literary insti- 

 tutions, is certainly more than is requisite for one who would 

 follow almost any other profession. 



At the present time, Cincinnati has v/ithin its corporate 

 limits, more and better means of affording instruction, than 

 any other place in this state. Its medical school may be said 

 to be the only one, in the state, of the kind; and if any one 

 seeks to acquire a thorough knowledge of the modern lan- 

 guages, Cincinnati possesses the amplest means of aifording 

 such instruction. 



And if any young man wishes to acquire a knowledge of 

 any one of the learned professions, Cincinnati is certainly the 

 best place of obtaining it, in the Valley of the Mississippi. 

 And if any one wishes to learn any mechanical art, Cincinnati 

 is the very place to learn it. The field is larger and better 

 cultivated too, than any other, in Ohio, in which the arts 

 grow and flourish. And this will necessarily continue to be 

 the best place in the West, for a long time, in which to acquire 

 knowledge. Perhaps we might except female instruction, to 

 Avhich Columbus, Dayton, Chillicothe, Zanesville and Circle- 

 ville, have paid great attention. 



The greatest difficulty in our way, is not the want of per- 

 sons competent to teach, but a want of discernment in parents 

 to properly appreciate and reward competent instructors 

 for their labor. So long as the business of an instructor, is 

 not considered in its true light, as one of the highest, noblest, 

 and most useful employments on earth; so long, too, as the 

 compensation is very low, so long shall we labor under all the 



