Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-08-05
From the { ,nnecticut Courant.
THE BRIEF RE.N.A RK Err.

I Gail bdStiy W. AuoSUCus ~"
much we are under the power ofcus
tom il binds and fixes our inclination
in almost any direction. That viii. h
VIZ are accustomed 10. almost wlhtrv.
e. il BE-, arQuireth our attachment.
and we are uneas, without il. II our
customary food had been plain. SIMPLE
or never SO coarse. it is sweet to our
relish on the other hand. If we have
been accustomed altogether to dain
ties. we shall feel q kind Of loa,hing
for the ordinary provisions Of thr
human kind.
l once iined at an inn. in com
pany with lady who had Is Jared
sna'ptuonsly every day" Ii was a
plain dinner, ard substantially go"d,
but not such as she had been a"cus.
toned to and the very sight OF il
shrcw her into tragicai Distress. She
wa. not hectical. nor in any 'nannrr
sirkly. Her form WAS the index of
nothing less than ahstemiOusnrss. Bat
alas ! her stomach was turned against
every thing. She barely tasted of
this. of that. and the other norsel,
laying down her knit. and fork. hcr
visage could scarcely have hetn more
ruefui had she been under the hands
OF the exerutioner.
Man is said TO be .. bundle Of hab.
it's And what IS hahil? Habit is
the aptitude we acquire ior that We
are accustomed to; whether il relates
to the body or mind. or hnth. As
by frequency of repetition We come to
BE- more really and expert in whatever
we have 10 do so. also. by frrVuen
cy Of repetation. the appetite. the
taste the Meditation. acquire set
tied direction that way. Nn,. Il the
thing we are accustomed to give US
little OF no pleasure, it's absence gives
US pain.
"Iremember.'' says The far FAM
ell Burke. ito have frequented rer-
tain place ever, day, for long time
together and 1 may tru', say, that
50 far from finding pleasure in it.
WAS affected with sort Of ~earInns,
and disgust II came, went l return.
ed, without pleasure yet if by any
means l passed by III. usual time OF
going thither, was remarkably 10
easy, and was not quiet till / got into
my old track. And he proceeds to
say "They who use snnff take it al
most without being sensible that they
tr,,e, and the acute sense Of sWeli is
dealent.l so Ms to feel hardly any thing
from so sharp stiniuous yet de-
Drive the snulf.taker OF his box. and
be IS the most uneasy mortal in thu
world.
1t might indeed he shown in great
variety Of Instances. some OF an inGif'
erent and others of u moral nature,
that being accustomed to thing
induces, for the most part. such a
settled habit as is aptIy denominated
q second nature. But my object is
TO apply the general principle to the
all Important concern oil education.
Training up child in the way he
should 20, consist not altogether in
pointing out the way. but also. and
chiefly, id accuston'ing him to walk
therin. As the tree grows up
straight, or crooked, according to the
direction given it when a plant. so in
great measure, it, with animal
nature. Of this truth we are deeply
sensible in its application TO the infe
rior animals. and our practice accord:
with our way Of thinking. In train
ing up young animals for use. . colt
for instance, or one Of the canine
breed, murh care is taken to breat
them ,etilncs OF their fault, and t.
render them docilc, and such as WI
wish them to be at mature age. Be
cause experience teaches US. tina
if their faults are permitted to grow
up with them, they will become in
ve,ersly fixed, and exceeding hard L
cure. We know that if the one b
sUHeredto kick, and the other to snar
ami bite, ut every body that come
near them, or il any other scurv.
trick he permitted to grow with thei'
growth; it would be unreasonable t.
expect to fash them Alright in after
time, when age shall have malure'
and confirmed their i'll habits, and re
doubled their obstinacy. Right,
judging on this point. we are practi
cal, because, forso0th. it w~nld be {
pity the young animal should be spoi