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LETTER II. 
I ME AN, in Come part of this letter, to re- 
fume the fubjecl with which I concluded 
my laft; becaufe I feel myfelf peculiarly in- 
terefted in the caufe of thofe defenfelefs 
children, who, whilft they continuey^g-j in 
a public fchool, are condemned to greater 
hardfhips than the African flaves whom it 
is fo much the famion to commiferate; 
becaufe I wifh to keep alive in your memory 
thofe impreflions which it may be ufeful to 
future times that you (hould remember , and 
becaufe I would have you perfectly compre- 
hend the reafon, why boys from a public 
fchool generally know fo little when they 
are firft fent to the univerfity. 
You have too much good fenfe to con- 
ilrue what I have faid into a diflatis fa&ion 
at your ignorance of things which it is im- 
poffible you fhould know. On the con- 
trary, I rather wonder that, under fuch cir- 
cumftances, you have acquired fo much 
knowledge of Latin and Greek: Never- 
thelefs, if you purfue your claffical ftu- 
dies, you will foon difcover, that you 
have 
