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every thing, as applied to the latter animal. 

 Our object is to call forth intellect, and to 

 establish obedience upon principle; upon some- 

 thing better than the insipid habits of imitation; 

 to extend to the utmost his faculties, by cherish- 

 ing, and not extinguishing, the idea of self- 

 agency ; controlled at the same time, as the best 

 security for good behaviour, by clear and well- 

 impressed notions of self-government. In fine, 

 to prepare him more effectually to learn what, 

 at the moment of his introduction into company, 

 he will be given to understand; not only that 

 he is not to disturb other people, but that it will 

 also be expected of him, that he shall bring into 

 the public stock of amusement for the day, his 

 quota of find. To this, as the indispensable 

 ground of admission into the ranks, and as the 

 only means of maintaining character and value 

 in the field, it is the business of the tutor to 

 direct the education of his pupil. Premising 

 which, agreeably to the system so explicitly 

 detailed in the preceding part of this volume, 

 I shall proceed to show in what manner the 

 pupil will now most expeditiously, as well as 

 most certainly, be conducted to the attainment 

 of such additional character and value ; and to 

 point out the means by which, with all the fur- 

 ther advantages of superior instruction that are 



