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    circuinstances , to so much superior exertion ; in or < Jer that they may discharge the various additional duties vhtcfi enlarged opportunities of usefulness to the world impose upon every man in proportion to his rank in life : —of course I need not remind

    him of the necessity in this precious period of life , of a proportionally diligent preparation , For he knows that whatever we have is not our own , hut lent 3 and we must pay an interest proportioned to the loan . "To our younger friends who are to return to us , especially to the laystudents , I would also beg leave to address a few -words .

    * ' As your connexion with this Institution is comparatively recent , and I have never had the pleasure of meeting you here before , perhaps it may not be uninteresting to explain to you , gentlemen , in a few words , the nature and intention of my office

    f > f Visitor , which I have now had the honour to hold for the last nine years . Such an oflicer was appointed , at the suggestion of my venerable predecessor in it , * first , as a coadjutor to the Tutors in the enforcement of discipline and the correction of abuses , and secondly , as an assessor to the President in tl > is

    annual business of examination and advice * . The former branch of my office as has been my frequent boast , on recommending this Institution to my friends , has , happily , been a sinecure : and that it ' may continue « o , I would take advantage of my privilege in my latter capacity , to offer you a few words of advice .

    " What I have said to Mr , Stratton , on the necessity of exertion in order to future respectability and usefulness , you may , each , with great propriety * , apply to yourselves . " 13 at as you are , in general , so much younger , I would urge the same advice ma somewhat different way : by suggesting to you a few considerations more Jurticularfy applicable to your age and ate situation . ** ' I have no doubt that you have been frequently urged to diligence in your respective studies at school , by the several judicious and learned persons who have conducted your school-education . ' Bat this is a different place from

    ^ . y . - - _ _ _ -+ ^ * The Rev . William Wood , of Leeds .

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    school ; where you are necessarily placed , in several respects , under a different discipline : and it is my duty , as well as that of your parents and tutors to represent it to you in such a light as may induce you not to abuse it . 4

    < At school , your attention Xvas chiefly confined to words , to abstract numbers , and to other things , the ultimate advantage , or even intention of which you , often , did not perceive . You had therefore compulsatory tasks assigned yOw ; and you performed the tasks very much upon the principle of compulsion *

    " But here you pursue a course of study , much of which , at least yourselves may clearly perceive , not only to be a useful application of whit you have already learned , but also to be applicable to the purposes of future life , by qualifying you for important offices

    in society . 1 trust , therefore , you will see the necessity of laying aside the principle of task-work ; and that you will never set yourselves to the preparation of the exercises prescribed to you by your tutors , or to the perusal of the authors to whom they refer you , merely that you may get your work

    passabl y done , or qualify yourselves for answering questions at lecture , so a& just to escape your tutor ' s censure ; but that you will rather consider yourselves As entered on a voluntary course of studies which it Is your determination to pursue with alacrity , and constantly keep in mind that though , in the

    prosecution of this purpose , you avail yourselves of the assistance and direction of your tutors , as to the proper sources of information , yet it must depend upon yourselves what advantage you make of them . And g ive me leave to assure you from pretty long experience and observation , that according # s you improve or neglect present advantages , in the same proportion you will look back , in future life , on the period of education with "satisfaction or regret . There is another difference between the scholastic and academical periods of life , concerning which it is necessary rbr me to drop a hint , -and I hope Z shall do it in such a way as to avoid giving offence , either to you , or to any of your parents or friends ; but rather so as to deserve , and I hope obtain , your thanks . " At school you were under the en * tire control and management of th «* e

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    4 l 8 Intelligence . —Manchester College , York .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/46/