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    begged to have them taken off . and from that time to this ( two vears ) the do ills have never been mentioned , but with an uncomfortable feeling and ablush . In the same manner by making lace and frills and embroidered finery preventives to play , the love of them has so far been got rid of , that they rank lower as pleasures than active play does ; and the simplicity of her dress prevents the habit of deriving pleasure from her toilette ; for any thing beyond this we must look forward a few years . At tea , last night , H . came in late , all the biscuits had

    disappeared , but some fresh ones came in for him . Amongst these was one with w ^ hich W . was unacquainted . f It looks very nice / quoth he , ' the best in the plate . ' After grimacing , laughing , and hanging over the plate in indecision for some time , ( having eaten nearly a plate full at his own tea , ) W . snapped up the

    biscuit and ran off with it ; not that he would have been forced to replace it , but some how he did not like to eat it before us all . This morning this same boy , who quite understands the power of money to procure enjoyments for himself , eagerly , not only voluntarily but eagerly , spent all his store in buying a thing for S . which he knew she wanted . Which of these two sorts of

    parents best understand the art of teaching generosity ? Those who teach a child to seem generous , or those who permit a child to seem what it is , greedy or generous , whichever it may choose to be ?

    ****** June . To-day I went to see X . Poor child ! there he is withering away under the obstinacy of a father , who would have him follow a profession for which he has no talent . X . being of a gentle nature is miserable . C , under the same circumstances , rebelled against the paternal authority , went to sea , and has never since been heard of . Nothing is more puzzling in education , ( at least so I have found , ) than to mark the point at which it is fit to struggle with nature . A . is bookish , intellectual , very

    nervous , weak , and inapt in all bodily exercise , and in all the concerns of every-day life . Z . is clever in managing these best . Nobody will do your errand more quickly , or act more cleverly on an emergency ; his body is well strung and he delights to use it . But it is impossible to get him to do lessons ; all perseverance in studies , of which he does not see the practical bearing , is out of the question . How will these two boys most easily and

    readily arrive at perfection ? By pushing their natures to the furthest extreme ? or b y modifying their natures , by developing the latent dormant faculties ? For instance , by sending A . to garden , and play at cricket , and ride , and drive , and swim ; and by making X . spend a certain number of hours dail y in the school room ? My theory on the subject is , that from tne cradle to the grave all mi ght be happiness if we did but manage well ; that if we would be content to help nature , just to follow her

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    856 Memoranda nf Observations

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1834, page 856, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2640/page/38/