The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-23

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.'hcontroverhhly eitablifhed, will nroLabI,.
c cSr the unprejudiccd reader, thar n.
iNiPenRon or the publication of nv r,ro;ettn5 /
'sa'he on education may be fairly inch,JsJ |
a,nohgr thoie inhances which tbe ,,,r;,.r !
To- ,u' 'le Paragraph In the Recorder, admins -
oe oeieahnie. = II nine.ccr wears off,.
was eiected protector of humanity in ,bo r..
us VIZ. ie%tourg academy. Inps3fecutino tbe I'D
he,s OF JuFeniie inttruction, was led - al.
/ expecting the utility Of Tome branches NJ -.
icuitomary courfe of fcholaific educstio. ~ ~
20 depart IN feveral inltances mster;oli,, 80 ',.'
the ettaoliihed plan. Toward; th, cioc. 20
tac iecond year after my removal m FraI.-
cikurg, formed the idea Of writ;,,r -
on education, and employed the final, $50
OF my ieiure then enjoyed, in coj,ec,;pe, NV
terIais and 6igefting reflections, for has a,.
pole In the proiecntion of this deGo,
found greatly Interrupted and fcttaSsd ~.
the multiplicity and ncellane rec,,rre,,ra ~
my protcilional duties determined ~
tore, to reign my department. in the ac,as,,,,,
and devote eighteen months to the prrnar,t;,,g'
OF treatlfc on education With this via,,
retired to lequeftcred and rural Icena ,nd
pro!ecuted my dehen with fuch ardour. that 7
weakened my eye-iight, injured nv health
and was ie'zed with occafional fits of profnu !
melancholy. / found, moreover, uson takina
a nearer view of the fubject, that more t;n,e
would be neceiiary for the completion rs my,
deign, than had Originally expected. This
Ic'rcumitance occaiioned another obGacla A.,
pecunary rciources were nearly exho,{fad
and my puriuits, however ulefll or agre..ts,b l.'
were wholly unproductve Of emGlGmen,. or
means of immediate lubGhence. Thus Cir-
lcunitanced, formed the refolution lnerhans
raih'yl OF iiiuing propofals for the publication
OF my propoied treatiie ON education. and 10
lclung part of the money in advance. Nv
temper, naturally ianguine, led me TO expect
that under the influence Of motives 10 NO t1er-
tul as thote, which this iolemn OBLIGATION
would create, my arddur would be redoUhled
and my faculties lfmuIated to the utnof ex
ert'on OF which they were capable. obtain
lea numerous and Respectable liz of Uhfcri.
bers, and returned to the proitcution of nv,
deilgn. For icVeral months | reflected and
wrote incehantiy; and difincty conIcious.
as became, OF the immaturity of inv under.
itandIng, and the iniufficicncv of nv inforns
ton, Perplexed by the difficulties OF fubiecr
intlflatciy connected with many OF tho mo}
aaitrute and diipueabe topics Of ethical. mata-
Phyiicicai and political enquiry. and occaGo-
naiiy arreted In fpite of every effort, bv there
femliiions OF intellectual energy to which per.
IONS OF my age and temperament are pec,iii-
arly liable. continued, for many months
20 devote my leiiure exclufvely 70 the labour
o! competition, and determined 20 leave no.
taing undone, which | could do, 20 cou,nIv
with the engagement into which had vojnn-
taftly and fosmniy entered with my iuoicri-
bers in proportion, however, as | reflected
iteady and inteufely on the PRINCIPLES had
undertaken to develupe, a Clearer conviction
OF their difficulty and importance, and a more
diitinct coniciouinefs of my inability to an
nAlyze, lilutrate, and apply shem with fufici-
ent correcneis and peripcuiry, reduced me ~
TIE alternative OF pretending to my fubfcribers
very crude and superficial treaEiie, or of Guf-
pending, FOR tlme,the profecuti0n of nv plau
az the fame time, diftinctly fore{aw, that
few additional years of practical experience
IN the bultneis Of education, aided BY more ex-
tenhve opportunities Of reading. Conversation,
and reflection, would, if lived, enable me 10
execute my debgn in a manner more honora-
bic to myelf, and ufefuL 10 iociety. Theft,
combined with other circumstances Of a per
tona nature, reduced me to iufpend, for rin1e,
the Proiecurion Of my deEgn. accordingly
pubhihed ihort addrefs TO fublcribers, in
which the caules which produced the delay Of
my projected treatiie were ingenuouny Rated
In that address, l engaged to return to fucb of
my iubicri6crs as might be indifpofed to wait
! for my book, the money they had advanced,
| and whenever applications of this fort have
been made, either pertonally or BY letter,
they have been Immediately complied
with. lii the iamc addrcfs / made known
my intention of again returning to the
profeGional inaruction of youth, and of
continuing to employ tho greater part Of my
lcilure IN preparing troau(e on education,
intimatng, at the Cane time, hope, that it
would not prove he more impcTtecs, for hay-
ing its principles tried and corrected BY ex-
pertinent and practice. Since the period At
which this address was Publiihed, my time
has been devoted to the inltruction Of youth,