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About tlic enil uf the vear 17 19, Uvo
rni tifs.nvo V. I'.t'ii 1 malc, tlei’nn-1 sui>>, ly sr.mc TJeriiAril,
my uijf, and nic ;;rot(‘S{{U(’i who stTUicd (losliiu'.l to pui’siir mo fv-
Dporir'inrf', lh:.t ;m univch’
;::ci
:t!i ;ij)|)Orir'inrf‘, lh:.t ;m univch'sal huijL:,li
hursi iVorii quaito's, which was ani;-
hy he unlucky efibrts I made to
icpair tho i!is()ich*r in my lethal head
dress. I not only lost my cause, hut
i every tir.x! I af)iirared at the bar, the*
veiiicles were rollinp; rajddly, ouu cl(>s.: L.im.
i;h awaited me on inv occupy-
ultcr the other, on the road Irom I'ansjj,,,, tribune. I lost couraire, and
to Versailles. The foremost was the
coc/ic pvbtic, which contained only one
passenger, iM. Pij;afet, a man of nuich
merit; the other, a brilliant equipage,
drawn by two !sui>erh and vigoroU's I'or-
ses, drove towards the dwelling of |,'ovv-
er, conveying thitiier ComU^ de JSl
a nobleman renowned throuj;hout Ku.
rope fonhis talents, his opulence, and
bis singular adventure?. The noble
coursers were on the j)oint of passinir.
quitted a career in which an equivocal
^esturt’ is suiricient lo comi)r(jmise the
«i2;hts (d‘ the widow and the orpfian.
'‘rhyslcni and moral incjuiries into
the nature of man had always ^rcat at
tractions for me ; I was acquainted '.vith
some branches of natural science, and
the medical system then in lashion
seemed to me susc'^ptible of important
ameliorations. I d(;voted myself lo
medicinr- with ardour : I compared liip-
‘ ery v, herc , arriv:nl with a car-i;o ufihe
same stulls—he had tlie market to him
self, and for the third time lie profited
by my disaster.
“Despair seized on me. A }Ius«ian
ceneral, uith whom I had returned
i'rom the West Jndies, advised travel
ling to rally my spirits, and j>r0j)0sed
to r;ie to a2Comp?.ny him into his own
country, where, he said, I could not
fail to obtain an advantaj^^ious em[)Ioy
and Icavint; tar behind them the poor | pjcrates, Galen, and Avic»‘tina with ihe
hacks of tlie j)ublic coach—-when the modern*?, and fancied I ptrceived that
wheels knocked together; anil the shock
was so violent, that the public vehicle,
its conducteur^ its iiorses, and its sf)Ii-
tarv passenger, were rolled pell-mell
ii.to the miiUile of the roail. M. Pip;a-
fct, in Ids fall, dislociited hia ri:;ht hand;
Comte de M , who was naturally a
gooil and feeling man, made him all the
apoloii;ies possddc, exj)ressed his sincere
re42;rct, and ofl'ered him a place in his
carriage to finish his journey. The
driver was recompensed for his misad-
ventuie ; and, as soon as they arrired
at Versailles, the Comte sent for a sur
geon, who dressed M. Pigafet’s liand.
jpig.'.fet, touched by the constant atten
tions of his new host, and wiih the cha
grin which he seemed to feel for being
ihe cause of this trifling acciilent, tho’t
:t incumbent on him to relieve his con-
jciencc, and assured llic Comte that the
clash of the two vehicles was not to be
that stiblitne sci'ence had degenerated
by losing its simplicity in the; hands of
doctors of the hoi.is and elixir. I liad
the eour'igf' to conibat inllammatory dis
ease-'. !iy v.’n ter, i'(‘gimcn, and bleeding;
1 even dared to ])rosc*i ibe .lesuits’ bark,
which then was in the b.eightof its pi>[>-
ularity. I obtained innnberless ene
mies among apothecaries, wine mer-
cbants, and my brother physicians ; but
prjud of tho unoqjeeletl success, whicii
ever} day avvuitetl my exertions, I hold-
1} pursued my course, lieing called
one day to consult with a j)hysician
newly admitted, I recogni/ed in him
iiernard, my oM antagonist at tho bar,
also had become a doctor : and dif-
fei’ing witf) me as to the niar.ner of
i.r the ai! 5 of rc--crvn ruiU .'t.K.iiC S. ;^y
means of ullentiO!', Iciid.'cssv^, and sac
rifices uf ail kind,s, 1 thought that I at
last iiad succeeded in disarming iicr ri
gour. One day, in a delicious tete-a-
7c/e, she deigned to show me that I was
not hated. I knew' that tho pathetic a-
lone j)h'ased her in love. I was violent
ly smitten, and became eloquent : I
prayed, poujtired, w'0])t, and 1 saw her
l)ecoming gradually more and more
temlcr ; when, to put a seal on this scene
of delirium, I thought it necessary to
ment from my varied knowledge, and j tail at her led. I did so ; and, as
the protection which, at tlint lime, the i fate w’ould have it, J put my knee oii
Jiussiaii g. vernment held out to the the paw of her pet lap-dog, who barked
French. 1 accepted his projjosal, and j anil bit me. 1 here w'as ati entl oi the
set out for St. .I’etersbiirg, W'here 1 soon j pathetic! My beauty burst out into an
!)ecamc acquainted wilh the most pow-1 immoderate Jit of laughter, which w’as
eriul men of tlie court. I asked for a | my tormal dismissal ; lor she rcspccted
professorship—a teat in the judicature— i herself too nmch to give her hand to a
or a j)lace in the aduiinistration ; but a | lover wdio made her laugh, and theiehy
w'ar with Sweden ocetipied every body’s | dishonored her course ot liic> devoted
attention, and the only .'’iiswer 1 recei-. to pensiveness and contemplation, i ou ^
ved was, we u:unt ^ohUcrs, not ; have already guessed that Bernard, the
.vor.9; ivo uuinl not Jin/gcs ;} vulture ceaselessly clinging to his con-
wc want soldiers, not secrtlaries. I ainually re-growing prey, was not lar
called on my Irieiid Ihe (Jeiieral, and j oil. *\gain he profited by niy mishap ;
he made me his aid-de-camp, ’i ln; war i and I learned that, in some time aitei,
J)roke out. I distinguished myself in j he married my tair coquettc.
some smart engagenu'nts, and was f(jr-! “ My love, although loolish, was sin-
tunate enough to\save the life of Mar-1 cere. M\ taste for retirement, all de-
sball l^acy,‘at the battle of Willman- nre of returning to France, had hit me.
strand. From that time, be becanie I felt an ardent necessity lor new'enio-
my declared patron, and I clierisiied a j lions, \vhich would extiiiguish, oral
hope of acquiring fnina in a military h ast a!le\ iat(', the regiet occasioned, in
career. 1 commandoi! the corps which I s[)ite of mysell, by my silly passion. 1
was lirst to penetrate into tho Isle of learned that a new colonial company was
and the F.nijucss Klir.abcth,
Alland
on the conclusion of jtcace, deigned to
write me a letter, vvith her own hand,
treating our patient, he declared him a i expressive of Jier .satisfaction at my
dead man if I managed liim according | ciinduct, and a])poinlnti^ me governor
to my system. 'Fhe |;:«tient, however, jof Astracan.
confided ni nie. in vvhich he dii! right, lor a i^jVery tiling was gfung on in the
attributed either to tho restiveness ol j lie was specdil} growing convaiesceni;! n-,0-1 favorable ^way possible for me:
the horses, or tho of the I when, having taken soiiic grapes by my I and I liad no further ambition but the , . , .
driver—but to the pertinacity ol his | direction, a cur-ed grp.pe-stone stuck in hunor of commandinir m chief in an ac-i
ut iT^iiiziiig to explore the coasts ol Guin
ea, from the Volta to Jackin ; and I
soon became one of the passengers on
board the first vessel bound on tliis ex-
])edilion. After having sojourned some
time in tho fertile kingdom of Juida,
and finding that my companions, wliom
until then 1 considereil as new argonauts,
destined to carry the blcssinga of civili-
own evil destiny, which had always
placed a ditch between him and *he ob
ject at which he aimed—a rock ahead at
the mouth of every harbour lie tried to
enter. “ My journey *o \’crsailles was
to destroy or realize a great ho])e,”
said he : “1 liad just arrived at the ob-
his fcsophagus, and occasioned such vio
lent ell’orts in his attempts lo get rid of
it, that it induced apoplexy,‘and he died
suddenly, to thii great joy of liernard,
who boasted every where of his pre
diction, and [irated about what he call
ed the fatal elfects of my system. My
ject, and 1 am rolled in the ditch. I i reputation snfi'ered, and his increased
ouglit to have expected as much—all is ! In tlie witie-rooms and the a[)Othecaries’
as it should be ; and it really is more j shops, tiic clamours against me redoub-
honour than I am accustomed to, to see j led. It was in vain that I proved that
a noble Comte in the number of the j Ui(r unlucky grape-stone alone had de-
C»uses of my thousand-aiid-one catas-' stroycd ihe henelicent cllects of my
trophes. Once, a curst lap-dog made I care—nobody wouhl listen to me. To
me lose the object ot my aiFections—a’add to m}- misfortune, Gil Bias ap-
bon-inot closed the doors of the Acade-j peareil ;ibout the same time, and it was
ir.y upriii me, perhaps forever—and a i thouglit that J)r. Sangrado was drawn
contemptible insect, i may say, hurled | for me. K\ery body gave me the nick-
ilie from a throne.’’ j name, and ridicule finished v/hat ill-luck
Comte de M , astonished at this j had begun. I losl all credit—and with
speech, looked steadily at M. Figafet, j nie, I scruple not t(» say, the rising edi-
he nevertheless, appeared to speak'with j llf’e of the real art of curing disorders
•calmness and sincerity. His look was j Icll to the ground,
tranquil and undi^iturbcd ; in fact, he
.showed no symptoms of being out of
his mind. His host, whose curiosity
had been strongly excited, again ex
pressed all the interest he took in his
i'ate. sought to dissuade him fri;m draw
ing such sinister presages from his late
accident, and concluded by requesting
to be informed on the giihject of those
surfirising adventuies, of which he ap
peared to be ihe victim.
■ M. Pigafet, as may he eonjcctu»’ed
from liis (ireamhle, was as much dispos
“A nick-nant in France often hurts
more than a bi d action. 'I’he wound
inf’icted by the weapon of ridicule is
only to be cicatrized under other skies,
and in din'erent climates. I realized
my little fortune, and resolving to spec
ulate upon it, I became a voluntary ex
ile from my jeering country.
“Commei co, tlie link of nations, tho
parent of civiliiation, tho perpetual
source from nhicli ail the blessings ahd
luxuries of life are supj)lied, is, to a
(I'dnking man, an (d)ject worthy of the
d to speak as the Comte to hear, and j nios-t profound meuilation In spite ol
did not wait lo b.;asked twice. “Iwas '
born in Patis,'' said ho; “my father,
an hmiesi t»ut tneorizing man, had dis-
cov rud in me some aptitude lor intel-
lieetua! labours, and thought iic was
pioviding tor my future welfare in *'et-
tinj Pie ti> acquii'e, all at once, supeiii-
clal information in a great number ol
.ar*i iiid sciences—being persuadetl that
an ru'’^uaintance with 1.he»e ditfer^ nl
jjiaiicnes of knowledge would qualil’\
me »o choosf: a path suited to my gen
ius .Old my abilities. I
the contem|)t woich little people, with
gieat airs, or siieat names all'fct to feel
for it, it is, said 1, to rxtend or protect
commerce.tiu'.t all wars are underlakt^ii,
tliat kings risk Ihe secuiity of Ineir
u'.rone'', and shed the blood even of
their nobles ; that dij)louia»'v siipj)lio'
all the rcsonrcei i)f :.’,einus ami cunning;
tliat the useful r.rts are peilectui, and
that an exii'inal corresj)ondenoe of em
ulation and activity is kept up in all llu'
ci\dizod world. 1 i)eca!ne tlien a nier-
cr.aiil ; I estahlished myselt in the \Vest
'i’tiC j;rogress of civilization atjiong i lndi''s, into whirh I inipt'i led tiu! pi’o-
fi:it'ons—tlie gradual consididatioii ol j ductions of b'rench man.ilactures, and
so"' ties in the n;id>l of barbnrism and ] sent back ti) b'rance in return trans-al-
di-. baiicf—thi>. voluntary cuj h w hich iantic c;imm')(liiies, always excepting
for-'; irnjioses on it^vlf;—in a word, all .louits' bark : for, superior to Cc^rioia-
Ihe lit d’ legislation stroiiiily at-i nus, I did not wi^h to injure inv un-
feeted (.1) m.nd. 1 accordingly betook | grateful coinjiafi iots. *M \’ commercial
rnN -i ifto Ihe siU('y of law, aiu! became tra:i‘^aclions prospered bi'vond my ex-
:\h urocui. 1 iiud acijuired some repti-1 pectations ; and in a fe\v years, my
taiion at the bar, when I was ealleil on i funds having ificreased ten-fold, per-
1«) pi' ad at the Ch.tlelet, in a cause, ofj mitied me lo revisit, with a large for-
tlu. jiistieoof which I was j)orl'eoti\ con-j tune honoral;l\' aequiicd, the dear spot
rinceU. My .■intago;usi, a man of itie
name of Bernaid—as merj a blunderer
as ever existed, but who coniri\'ed t(j
cot ccal his igiioruiice ami fatuity under
a hdse air of modesty—pronounced, in
a summering way, a very bad jileading,
■wh.i'h, nevertiieless, v. :inthe pro inction
of some oi'.e elte. Hii. voice lowered
60 much lUirini; the course of reading,
that not a word was heard a> the end ;
li.H, of.uincicnl i,n,,orta..ccto iirov.. n,v i canj iiig on Ihc slave trade,
capaoilv, o,»l to i;.v« inc a rank ainon^ I '■ " ''J' "‘y 0"'n
the illu'slnousvvarnorsol tiicortli. Ail i.iteutions uliicli I
o|,,.ortunity was soon presciecl, Tl.o 1'='' *'> Senciuusly Mliiposcd lor them ;
famous Tliamas Kutili Kl.an, wl.o |,aj aiul traversn.s ti.e terr.toiy ol-\.dra, 1
...urned the thione of I'orsia, covered 1mto the cont.uent. Ihe
all of a sudden the shores of the Caspian | hrst Alricai.s 1 met .n th.s excursion I ed
with his warlike hordes. A considera-1 f “'V approach, ternlied at such a sight;
hie body of inileiieiidcnt Tartars, e>:ci- 3’ l etin ned in great num-
led hv him. threatened the b.inks of the |““‘■'■™nded mo with piercing
Volsa, and I marched to oppose them, i '‘'‘'lo
at tlie head of veteran troops, trained cd me, manacled me, and hrought m«
the Swedish wars, reinforced hy some i * "'as in the 1.10^-
brave Circassian Tartars, who liad iust I' Hahomay, which had not till
imnlored the protection of Russia. The i th=",,';p'-’n visile, by any Kuropean.
prospect of success did not appear to me I •' “’= gt'oat .Dahomay, king of the
even dnublful. Thamas was still far ibimsel. a little ternlied
distant; my adversaries were not sol- *>« saw me : but he recollected,
diers, hut brigands, r.-ithout discipline,‘ learnl altenvards, that Ins grandla-
coinnian.led l.y chiefs without experi- '-he hero o that part
ence. .\evertheless, not dazzled with I "'‘e"
such brilliant appe.irances, I called Ibad lallen into
' his j)Ower during tiie course 01 Ins con
quests. This idea encouraged him, and
it was so much th. better for me ; for
at lirst he was more inclined to consid-
my assistance all the resources, all the
stratagems of tactics : 1 harasseii and
(listurf)ed the enemy by false marches,
I deceived him by false reports, and . ,
chose the most advant,-iKeous point of I®''“ ^l-'vd than a man. in some
attack, after having drawn up on his i ''‘','‘■''''^'*■
llanl^s a strong ambuscade, to iliverl him ®y’'^ax which eonipuse the jai-
if be obtained any advantage first, ! 8""
and to destroy him on his retreat. \Vdl, J'ldiatcd by me into
.Monsieur le Comte! wouhl you believe 1Hie civil,zation ol our
il, I was beaten after all. In the middle I F.urojie, he took a great al-
of the action, when the battalions of the I towards me. A terru^o uisteni-
enemy were on the very point of run-' » ^
innu: away, a north-easter arose all on a i and bleeding,) advan-
sudden, and drove at once into our ranks !
a cloud of dust so thick and burning, became his most intimate counsellor,
that (hey were blinded, and could not I ^ become at last the legis
ilistingmsli al'li-'s from adversaries. Tlie
(hreassians and Uiissians fell uj)on one
another ; and ihe enemy, recalled to the
battle hy the advantagi.' of his po«ition,
compiered us without any dilllculty, af
ter having, I know not how, lestroyed
tho ambuscade whieh 1 had j)rej)aretl
witli so much skill. 'I'hus were tho
ho))es of a great name, tlie confidence
of an empress, ihe fruits of many years
of glory anil danger, blo>vn away hy a
cloud of dust! lJust rendered useless
the Mi[)criority of niy troops, the wis
dom of my measures, and the efforts of
my provident tactics. But judge what
was tin astonishment and indignation,
wlien i loarneil that the miserable vaga-
bond.s, my conquerors, had been coin-
mi.nded during tiic action by that eter
nal Bernard, who came across me eve
ry where in my day.s of misfortune! I
sliall not ex|)lain to you f)y what chance
I'.e was in Asia, as head of a horde of
h.uuhts—for I do not know- it. 1 had
Tmd a buzz of private corivcLLsation got!prosperous ; but c?n disem!)urkin^ 1
up iiinviig tiiC public, in tiio h.dl. and j ir.und that ahncst, al! my goodi had been
even on the bench. 1 spoke in my tutu, j pierced ami guav.’fij tinough hy a little
and wri" fi- iod wiin i.he greatest alter | worm whiidi hail got into the bah." 1
whei'e I was horn, and to brave ihe
jokes and nick-uames of my (dd rivals.
With the liopo of making a still more
considerable addition to my fortune, I
employed the greatesi part*of my capi
tal in tlie purcliase of India stuils, then
very fashionable in Paris, and enibaids-
ed inimediatedy for i‘'rance, wdth my j .Mgn ol'spcedily regamii.g Fiance. Jiut
mind full of the most 11 ittering jirojecls! my de-dinv had decrijed otherwise. A
of fuluie hapi)iness. I'he voyage was | new misfortune avvaited me in Gei'many^
' ' ' ' 1 fell in love. —
“ \ ou will not ask how a younir
little time to think of him at that mo
ment ; 1 had enough to do to think of
myself. i\ly government of Astrac,an
was taken away iVoni me ; and, fearing
sometiiing worse than disgrace, 1 has
tened to return lo Kuropi', with a de
lator of these unknown regions. This
idea pleased my imagination ; and I ex
erted all my energies to destroy’ in Du-
homay the atrocious and sUj)erstitious
customs which allect that quarter of the
Africari continent.
“The king, who was a man of good
sense and excellent disposition, seemed
to enter sometimes into niy projects ;
but ins hclicl 111 Ins feiichcs—liiai powei
of consccraiion whicIi lime i;ivcs lo ihc
mosi absurd liunj^s-opposcd coiiUnualoL)*
slack's to my ])iiilaiunropic views. Xcv-
criiiclcss, 1 iriumplu'd over every ihiii|;.
Staves were no lonjjcr sacriiiccd on ihe
lomb of liiei” masters, with bis favorite
wives ; human viciims were no loin^'er
ofl'ered up lo shapelc'.s ^ods of wovxl or
stone; punishments, i)r(;portioii( 1 to
triinsgressions, no longer ci uslicd and i. on-
founded togelher crime and error; armies
were recruited, without devourinjj ail ihe
active part of the population ; and aijri-
cuhure, hiihcrlo coiilineii to feeble wo
men, incapable of susUiiniii!^ for a long
lime bueii labors, devolved upon the men
who no lon^jer ihouijlil liiat cuhivaiinir
the e*iiii, and formintj provident habits,
were unwoi iliy of liicm, when they saw
abundance and comlorl succccdinij misery
and ennui. ((Jonchtded nixl I’atk.J
handsome, rich, and romantic cuqnetle largi v share of Mrs. (Jpie's attenliou
bad the art of wiiuiir.g my heart, b\ ai‘-1 he.s told by parents i«i_tlit.ir childreTT
b^ia the heat of delivery, a vu-; ruiiieU. Thfj next day anotjior fectingali^alely thetoiieof seutoiii'jnt. j V.'o bciicvo that llio sli.^ht regard in
L\ (NO
Kxtruct from iJcvicw »1 Mrs. Ojiic-s “llhisli-u-
lions oS' iAo.vj-in ull its ln-uiiciu-s.”
“There is one class of lies, which wc
are a htll^suriiriset,. did not attract a
which sLiici liUwi'is Iieid a.Tiotig
kind, is principally owing to the
which are told to children by ‘
rents durin_g the few ilrst years of ih^r
lives,—Then is the time thui peririaiii^
impressions may be as well made as-*
any later period. It is then, prohablv'
that what is called the natural propenil.’
of a child is unfolded.—Many perJc
who liave a great abhor.onceof lyinir^
and whip their children if they Jeltcr
them in it, yet make it no scnq,le o*'
telling and acting to them the most
cious falsehoods. There are fcw’-pj
rents who do not do this in a grtate',
or less degree, though doubtles/
out dreaming they are guilty of criming
deception. With nia;iy, the whole bt *.
siness of managing their children is ■
piece of mere artifice and trick. The •
are cheated in their amusements, chcai-
ed in their food, cheated in their (lrc^^ '
Lies are told them to get them to d j
any thing which is disagreeable. If ^
child is to take physic, the mother telii
him she has something good for him tj
drink : if recusant, she says she wij!
send for the doctor to cut olf his eat-''
or pull his teeth, or that she will go a*,
way and leave him, and a thousaml
things of the same kind, each of whiclt
may deceive once and answer the pres
ent purpose, but will invariably fail af.
terwards. Parents are too apt to endea*
vour to pacify their children by makinn'
promises they never intend to perform?
If they w ish, for instance, to take away
some eatable which they fear will bo
injurious, they reconcile them by th«
pronvis:e of a ride, or a walk, or some-
thing else which will please them, but
without any intenUon of gratifying
them. ' This is lying, downrightl3'ing.
Peojiie think nothing of breaking their
promise to children, if the performance
1)0 not perlectly convenient.—But they
are the last persons to whom promises
should be broken, bccan.«;c they cannot
comprehend the reason, if there be ouc,
why they are not kept. Such promisc!»
should jje scrupulously redeemed, tho’
at the greatest inconvenience, and
even when inadvertently made. Fcr
the child's moral habit is of infinitely
more consequence than any such incor.-
vience can be to the parent.
We have only noticed a few of tha
cases of lying to children, bu' enough
to illustrate the frequency of it. .Ami
yet after having pusued such a course of
deception for the two or three first ye.iis
ol life, if the parent then finds his chilJ
is trying to deceive him, and will t?!l
a downright lie, he wonders how hft
should have learned to do so, foi’ he has
always taught him to speak the truth ,*
without rellccting that he has been lying
to him from his very biith. So ho at
tributes that habit to an innate disposi
tion and tendency for falsehood, whicii
he has himself been fostering and nour
ishing from the first.—Children .sooa
learn to know when they are deceived
many times in thp same way ; and the*
most comfortable method in the end, a
well as the most conformable to the pre
cepts of Inorality and religion, is never
to deviate in the slightest degree from
the strict truth in our intercourse with
them.
The character is not formed by prc-
cept, but hy cxanq)le. Tt is in vain to
tell children a year old that they inns:;
not lie, but it is very easy to teach them
so by our own example.—Indeed, liil
taught by example, we do not lit-licvcj
that there is in the human mini) th:>
smallest disposition to falsehood. I!i-
the eleinents of tho moral character arc*
formed by example, long before n pre
cept can ho understood. People tiiiiia
that children under two } ears cannot
reason, cannot draw inferen'’es, arl
cannot know' what a lie is.—hai W"'
natine is of tho [)rocess in their ini"i'!
i> more than we can discover; but ti..‘
result is that they form habits iii a'^rO
meiit vvith the princij)les accordmix
\vhich they have been treat(.-!. 1-^'^
character of a ehild fur life is too oUoi'
fixed, its moral education finished, k-
lore it is generally sujjposed to be -i-''
gun. For our own })ait, \v!i(;n we .'CO
into what hands the forming ol llio n'.-i'i^
and morals of the young so often i.il-'*
we are more surjirised that the worlt:
so good, than that it is no better,
pie are disposed to look back to our '
ginal eonstitutious for the origin ol
vieious propensities, and the moral de'
feeds of our characters ; but we have o..-
ly to consider tiie common trcatincr.i
chlldien hy their parents, to find c.U!;-
enough for the evil which is in
world, and whieh is seen so early
life. We wonder that amid all
schemes of various kinds tor edin’;i'*°‘*
at the present day, no one has ad\i'-
lured upon the ))lan of a seniinarv 1'-^^
tint |)H paral ion of parents lor tl}^
agementofthcrrr chihlreii, since it
tiiem that th.rir moral education at 1'—
is ai.'tualiy entru.'teV
snuciors, who are employed Uitc.
^character i;, fin-mtvcU”