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Instructions Jor Parents, 
ofF their attention by promising them other gratifications. 
13. How to teach children to see spirits. — -Tell them ma» 
ny stories of ghosts and apparitions. 14. How to make 
children afraid of thunder. — -Always appear greatly alarm- 
ed as soon as you perceive a thunder cloud. 15. How 
tp make children afraid of dying. — Represent death to 
them as the greatest of all evils. 16. How to teach chil- 
dren to hate religion. — Depict God to them as a being to 
be dreaded. Bring them to an acquaintance with reli- 
gion, by means not pleasant to them. Inspire them 
'with hatred and contempt for the teachers of religion. 
17. How to render children capricious. Do every thing 
they desire. 18. How to instruct children to tell lies. — ^ 
Excite them early to say what is not true. Laugh at, 
and reward their lies. Believe every thing they say. 
Punish them, when they confess the truth. Let your 
questions give them occasion to tell lies. 19. How to 
accustom your children early to slander.-^ — Encourage 
them to speak evil of others. 20. How to make children 
unhappy and discontented in their stations, * — Teach them 
to view every tiling on its worst side. Speak to them 
highly of things they cannot obtain. 21. How to render 
children obstinate. — Pay no heed to their modest re- 
quests ; but consent to whatever they demand with per- 
severing importunity, 22, How to make children use- 
less members of society, and joyless in themselves. — - 
Force them to some employment for which they have 
neither capacity nor inclination, 23, How to render chil- 
dren lascivious,— Take care, that they always sleep two 
together. Let them lie very warm, do not suffer them fo 
rise too early. In the choice of a tutor, consider his ac- 
complishments more than his virtue and morals. Caress 
vour ^vife before them. 24. How to make children vo- 
luptuous.— Indulge their appetites in every thing. Let 
them hme plenty of money, without inquiring what 
