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having them trifled away under his own non- 

 guidance; and where, from the distance, he 

 may begin to conceive too, that he is out of the 

 reach of control, and that he can dispose of them 

 full as well himself. Sir, we must extinguish, 

 even before they exist, the jarring elements of 

 self-will ; we shall have a world of trouble else: 

 I will have the direction of his every motion ; 

 and I begin here. You must labour, therefore, 

 with diligence this lesson of " Back," until he 

 yield implicit obedience in it. It is by no 

 means a difficult one; if he has not already 

 been rendered lewd, by mismanagement, or by 

 some unlicensed ramble, during his puppyhood. 

 If the seeds of vice have thus unhappily been 

 sown, I am sorry for it ; for there is only one 

 way to eradicate them, and that is against the 

 cheerful, undreading return, which we so much 

 wish to obtain. But there is no alternative, 

 the whip must be instantly called in to your 

 assistance; we can not think of advancing on 

 beat; we shall do nothing; we shall never be 

 understood in the higher parts of our geometry, 

 in the fine delineation of our curves and angles, 

 unless we have acquired a thorough command 

 here. 



I shall now presume that he begins to com- 

 prehend this lesson ; that he takes his cue from 



