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who have , in so handsome a manner , effected the purchase of the academical buildings ; and may stimulate othets to contribute iheir aid towards the liquidation of the debt which yet iemains upon them , in the mean time it has created a pleasing difrculty u ith regard
to the adjudication of the prizes ; the report of good and orderly conduct , having been found so general , that in this respect , for want of prizes for you all , we must request ihat you will accept in general our te ? tii ory <» f high approbation which will operate as an effectual
encouragement to your perseverance . As a select on , however , must be mi * He , lam Gommi ^ icried to deliv er the n " st pize for diligence , re ^ ulajlt and pro * ficiency to Mr ban . uel Kobinson , of "W oodl . nds r » ear Manchester , the .-econd to Mr . Beniamm Maidon of fc > . eter . and
to present a testimony of approbation , equal n v ; lue to the thitd prize , to etch of the thiee leUowing : gentlemen—Mi . Z * ewis , of South V \ ale-. ] V £ r . Holland , of Manchester , and Mr . Smith , of V \ estminster . The err . inence of the two lattei , in their respective pursuits , may
seem to have entitled them to a higher priz e * but their suptrior attainmeius , previous to their entrance into this institution ^ though greatly to the ' r credit , and carrying in itself its own reward , were not to be taken into consideration , in calculating the proficiency of the pre-r
aent yea r * ' It has been usual * on these occasions * to address a few words < of adv . ee to our young friends who are to leave us ; particularly to those who aj * e entering on the important office of public religious instructors . As none of this class are
expected this year to dissolve { heir connection with the College , I-wish to take the opportunity of addressing a few words n ^ ore particularly to thpse young gentlemen , who are de-igned ipx some or , other of the departments of civil a . ^ 4 active life . It is , - > great advantage , ^ yi young friends , which you possess ^ over your predecessor * in former ages , tKat
you have the © ppor . unity of a niuch more enlarged and liberal education * * Formerly none but tjie clergy , or , , at most , the learned proTessipne ,-were con * - steered as : havuig any occasion ( for learning , dnd * itothern offered fchcinrel . ve 8 rfor instruction ,, thwy \ ere obliged to : s « ib * itoit € b the plan of scholastic discipline , traced paf forvtb ^ iorrocrxkujs . es . iBut © £ late it has been justly thought that
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youth might properly be led to those studies which might lit them for civil l . fe . In addjtion to the rudiments of ^ the dead languages , and the elements of majhematical science , history , ethics and jurisprudence , the maxims of political economy , the useful application of natural history and philosophy , to agriculture , the arts and manufactures , these , with various other subjects of obvious use and importance , began to be introduced , particularly into that semina . y of wh ^ ch several of us emertain a giateful
recollection , and of wheh this is the direct successor , by that excellen * pe son * who has thrown light on almost every subject of human enquiry but who has , more especially , contributed to free from corruption the important doctrines o- the Christian revela ion : and his example has been followed , more or less , by several of our Universities .
" You * mv young friends , have been enjoying , in these respect s such advantages as this institution could afford you 3 and your i i provementcf them we have had a satisfactory opportunity of witnessing . Those of you who return to us will return , I persuade myseif "with a full determination io avail yourselves of the
further oppoitunities which it will be in our power to offejr . Those of you who leave us will persevere , I trust , in those habits and courses of study which you have here begun , fo far rs your respective circumstances will adnut . For
1 hope you will keep it always in mind , that you will still continue to have much to le ; rn . beyond what your tutors have here been able to teach yo u * You will remember , that 4 * schaoJs and . colleges ? re noKthe only places of education . ' "f You will find u the world itself to be the
greatjest theatreof instruction ; and you vi ill continue , to learn by acting in it . If We haVe orily succee ^ ded in inspiring you with a love-of truth , and the * sense of v | rtue and public spirit ^ you will be ** feady % o' every gobd nvork , ** as you
sh ^ JU be * called to it . ^ Yorfwill discharge the" relatiVe # nd social dtiticsy ^ as rnembi ^ rs of families and vf ci-vil society , andr art the s&me 4 im ' e . you- ' Will -rirft forget that you ^ re ^ rViehAets'of the larger society df ^ anfeVdJ ^ shouWXtherefore feel viil 1 riteVcstlh > HatcVer res ^ eets tfu i h r - •¦> •'• ¦ .: i .. r : uti 1 r / i r . < Ay . »* : » •' . • •'
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4 dd In t elligence . — Manchester iftW College rtmoved to Yafk .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 468, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/60/
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