106 On the XJ 1 1 L 1 1 T of defining 



the firft leflbn in an art, of which the philofopher was before 

 utterly ignorant. " Sufceperas enim liberos non folum tibi, 

 " fed etiam patriae. Eos injlituere, atque erudire ad majorum 

 " inftituta atque civitatis difciplinam, non ad tuas turpitudines 

 " debuifti*." Injlituere here refers to the firft ftep in a pro- 

 cefs, which erudire fuppofes to be carried on in the education 

 of children. The arrangement of the verbs, however, may be 

 reverfed, and each refpectively applied to that particular (late 

 of certain pupils with which it beft accords. " Senectus ado- 

 " lefcentes docet, injlituit, ad omne officii munus inflruit f." 



Imbuere differs from injlituere, in denoting the inftilment of 

 fentiments that fit the pupil for making progrefs in a particular 

 Hne. It implies intention upon the part of the agent, like the 

 former verbs, and fuppofes the means of inftruction to operate 

 without the confcioufnefs of him who receives it. In its ori- 

 ginal application to material objects, it had denoted an affection 

 of them in refpect to colour, tafte, or fmell, communicated by 

 means of a fluid, and has been afterwards applied to the pro- 

 duction of a mental difpofition or aptitude not eafily to be de- 

 ftroyed. " Appium Claudium praefectum urbis relinquunt, 

 " jam inde ab incunabulis imbutum odio tribunorum plebif- 

 " que if.'' — * Ad hanc legem non do B i fed facli, non injlituti 

 u fed imbuti fumus §." Fafii here fuggefts the purpofe of the 

 Creator in oppofition to that of a teacher, at whatever time he 

 might communicate his inftructions, and imbuti the inftilment 

 of preparatory fentiments, before any leffon was given, as in- 

 volved in the verb injlituere. 



Imbuere does not always imply the complete abfence of in- 

 formation on any fubject, but it uniformly implies an effect: 

 produced as the means tending to future improvement. " Sin 

 " fit is qui et doctrina mihi liberaliter -mjlitutus, ct aliquo 



" jam 



* Cic. in Ver. 184. a. X L > v - 4- 3^- 



\ Cic. de Sen. 82. b. § Cic. pro Mil. 103. a. 



