V. TO GROVE-HILL. 8l 



comes associated with those of our tcnderest 

 affections, and our earliest enjoyments. 



I formerly observed to you, that the be* 

 nevolent Author of nature has added to the 

 happiness of the human species, by creating 

 man ignorant and feeble. The progressive 

 development of our physical and moral fa- 

 culties is a constant source of enjoyment to 

 parents, and even to children themselves. 

 The pleasure of instructing, and the pleasure 

 of learning, are equally a source of enjoy- 

 ment. If it is delightful to form the mind 

 and heart of infancy, the consciousness of 

 acquiring knowledge is not less so. Kach 

 new idea imbibed by an infant is to him a 

 source of triumph ; and it is from his curiosity 

 being alternately excited and gratified, that 

 he derives his most lively pleasures. 



You, my children, will, I trust, one day 

 vecal to mind with rapture tiiese rural 

 walks; your imagination will carry you 

 back with transport to those beautiful spots 

 which we have traversed together. You 



