The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-03
LETTER III.
Ny pEhR NEPHEW.

Bath, Jan IL, lT51.
Your letter from Cambridge affords me man,
very feniible Peafares; rt that you are at la in
proper place for hudy and improvement, n!fead OF
lolng any more of that moi precious thing, time in
ondon In the next place, that you ieem peafed with
the particular iociety you placed in, anu with the
gentlemen to whole care and nitruetions you are
committed: and above all applaud the found, right
enie and love ct virtue which appears through your
whole letter. You are already PoHefcd Of the true
clue to guide you through this dangerous and
ing part OF your fe's journey the years of educate
on and upon which, the complexion of all the ref
OF your days will nfallibly depend fay you have
the true clue to guide you, in the maxim you lay
down IN your letter to me, namely, that the ufs Of
learning Is, to render man more wife and vrtuous
not merely to make him more learned. Maae tua
VIRTUE; Go on. my dear boy, by this golden rule,
and you cannot fail become every thing your gene
rous heart prompts you to with be, and that mine
mott afectonately wihes for you. There is but one
danger in your way and that is perhaps, natural e.
noueh to your age love Of pleafYre or the fear of
clofe application and laborioss diligence. With the
lat there is nothing you may conquer: and the
irit iure to conquer and inave whoever does not
hrenuouly and generouAy rsia the 6ra alluren,ents
OF 1t, LETT by fmal indulgencies he fall under the
yoke of rreliitibs habit. Vtanda eft Improba Siren
Dedia, do6re may be afIt t. the curtains of your
bed, and to the walls of your chambers. If you do
not rife early, you make any progrefs werth
talking of and another rule is, if you do fet a.
part your hours OF reading and never furr yourelf
or any one ellie to break in npon the your days will
Hip through your hands, unproftaby and frivooufly
unprafed by all you with pleafe, and really unen-
Joyable to yourfrlf. Be siIured whatever you take
from plesiure, anuiement, Incidence, for thele
hr few years Of your life, will repay you hundred
fold in the plealres houours, and advantages of all
the remainder ofyour days. My heart is 70 full of
h. nrOR IeEr -, z. l.. Il.
find my letter has into lome length, which you
Will, know, be 70 good to execute. There remains
now nothing to trouble you with but little plan for
the beginning Of your Guides, which deire lin a par
tieuar manner, may be exactly followed in every tit
tie. You are to qualify yourfelf for the par,
IN iociety,to which Your birth and efatc call you
Yea are to be gentleman of fuch learning and
qualifications as may diaingph you in the ervice of
your country hereafter not pedant, who reads
iy tn be called learned, inead of conderipg learning
as an intrument only for action. Give me leave
therefore, my dear nephew, who have gone before
you to point out to you the dangers in your road !;
TO guard you zsainR fuch things, experience my
own defects to are from; and at the fame time, If
have had any little iuecefes, in the world, to guide
you to what have draws many helps from. l have
not the pleafure of know ing the gentleman who is
your tutor but dare fay he is every way equal to
fuch charge, which think no fmal one. You will
communicate this letter to him, and hope he will be
10 good to with me, as to the courie of tudy
deiire you may begin with; and that fuch books, 81
fueh only, as have pointed out may be read. They
are as follows: Euclid courfe Of Logic courfc
OF experimental Philofophy Lockes Conduct of the
understanding his treatiie alto the Underland-
ing his Treatife Government, and Letters on
federation. | dcfre, for the preient, no books of
poetry, but Horace and Virgil of Horace the Odes,
but above all, the Epi1les and Ars Poetica. Thefe
parts, Neeturna yerfate manu-, verfate durna. Tul-
ly de Ohiciis de Amicitis, de Sene Cute His Cati-
inarial Oratiops d,Philppes, SalluR. AT leilure
hours, an sbridgment of the Hory of England to be
run through in order to fettle in the mind general
chronological order and ferries of principal events, and
fpeeeion Of kings; proper book, of Englih hftory,
on the true principles of our happy contributions fia
be pointed out afterwards. Burnet's Hiftory of the
Reformation, abridged by himfelf to be read with
great care Father Paul on beReficiary Matters, in
Englh. a French matter, and only Molieres
Plays to be read with him, by yourfelf till you
have gone through them all, Spectators, Especially
Mr. AddRor's papers, to be read very frequently at
broken times in your room. ! make it my requef
that you will icrbear drawing totally, while you are
at Cambridge: and not medde with Creek, other
wife ian to- know ii;le the esynoloEy nj words in
Latin, or f'gii1h, French nor 20 NEEDLE with
iiIisu. hope this little courfe will foou be run
through ! intend il general foundation for ma
NY things, Of iniiue Utility, to loon this is
Gt1iisd.
Believe me,