Education. 657 
It is needful that all training of young girls should pro- 
ceed under careful supervision, for maternal love will readily 
suggest that no child ought to be entirely left to the ex- 
clusive control of an hireling, however high her character 
may be. 
A word as to the mental training of the boy may be of 
service. It is clear that the course of action must be largely 
modified by circumstances: if he is to be sent to the desk 
or counting-house, it will be well to impress upon him that 
his leisure hours should be devoted partly to innocent re- 
creation involving exercise, and partly to the study of 
authors whose teaching is sound and sensible, and calcu- 
lated to lead him to think for himself, and so fit him to 
fight his way through the world. If a learned profession 
is decided on, the best course to adopt, if ways and means 
will allow, is to send him to one of the Universities, at 
which, while he should be urged on to apply himself to his 
studies, so as to be able to undergo with credit the ordeal 
of examination, he should be warned not by over-anxiety 
and neglect of the exercise and habits necessary to keep 
the body in health, to jeopardise his chance of a good de- 
gree by intense straining after honours. A good degree, 
with health, will advance his future career better than high 
honours with an enfeebled nervous system. 
END, OFIVOlr>, Vil, 
en 
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