brutes, whom they firſt played with. The exerciſe of youthful ſympathies forms the moral temperature; and it is the recollection of theſe firſt affections and purſuits that gives life to thoſe that are afterwards more under the direction of reaſon. In youth, the fondeſt friendſhips are formed, the genial juices mounting at the ſame time, kindly mix; or, rather the heart, tempered for the reception of friendſhip, is accuſtomed to ſeek for pleaſure in ſomething more noble than the churliſh gratification of appetite.
In order then to inſpire a love of home and domeſtic pleaſures, children ought to be educated at home, for riotous holidays only make them fond of home for their own ſakes. Yet, the vacations, which do not foſter domeſtic affections, continually diſturb the courſe of ſtudy, and render any plan of improvement abortive which includes temperance; ſtill, were they aboliſhed, children would be entirely ſeparated from their parents, and I queſtion whether they would become better citizens by ſacrificing the preparatory affections, by deſtroying the force of relationſhips that render the marriage ſtate as neceſſary as reſpectable. But, if a private education produces ſelf-importance, or inſulates a man in his family, the evil is only ſhifted, not remedied.
This train of reaſoning brings me back to a ſubject, on which I mean to dwell, the neceſſity of eſtabliſhing proper day-ſchools.
But, theſe ſhould be national eſtabliſhments, for whilſt ſchool-maſters are dependent on the caprice of parents, little exertion can be expected from them, more than is neceſſary to pleaſe ig-
