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APPENDIX. ! will fuppofe again, that I am Nt into th? hands of a b?dTutor, *v oho to.'al?y negle?rh me, &esnotread a k&ure to me above once ? month, or t?o months? or a quarter ? ? ye?r i a?d the,? ?taout ?,? method or defign. You fly, Sir? you are ineli?ed to 3eliev? that this is a w U raw ca? iraIced, and you ho?e is --as a thing po?ble one, and not ye3 expe?ienee?tgy any, nor ?er like? to hqpon. Could I fufpe&b?ave ,a perfort of being ludicrous, I ?ou!d con'rue all this as meet drollvry and grimace 5 but, as the olemnit of your mein and a[pe? will not fuffer me to do th?s, ? mu? tell you, Sir, that whatever you may believe, or hope, or dream, is nothing to the purpoli i far the mfe you mention is not only po?ble, but a very common carl, already experieuced by many, and what will certainly ha?pen again. ! wonder, Sir, how you, who have lived & long in the unive?, and corn- ered the di?ipline and fiatores of other colleges nicely together, in order to make a compleatfcheme for your own, could be fo g?ofly impend upon in this ?rticular. L?ly, Sir, I think it a ?od reafon to leave my Co&ge, if, after tryat and obfervation of o?her col- leges, I do not like the d?cipli,;e and method of Edu- cation efiabli&? thee, however ?ri?ty ob?rved and to go to another, where I am convinced that I cm fooner arrive at a tolerable perfeXion of knowk?e and vatio?al learning. All theIi mu? be allow? t? be very good Rea- ?ns for leaving o?e locicry and going to another; but as it wou'.d be improper and inconfiflent with the?holav's d?5;ign to declare them to his Governor? fo I think there ought to be ?me room left for him

o change his focicty5 not, however, without pay-

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