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at a sudden knock at your door you are
startled and alarmed at the. Interruption,
and for a second or two doubt whether you
are in your own study with classic in your
hand, or upon the plains of Lombardy, gaz-
ing at the hard and weather beaten counte-
nance of Hannibal. Read, if possible. SO in
tensely, that the morning shall have passed
away two hours before you imagine 1t was
finished, and let many night be given to
inquiry and meditation.


The great bar of improvement is what
may be called a languid st"dy; that indolent
and remitted occupation which requires no.
thing. and leaves us only disguised by a
fruitless effort. To profit by study we
should determine to possess; for it is like a
nettle; he who presses its surface lightly
only stings his fingers; to grasp it firmly, is
the only way to escape its mischief, and to
hold it safe.


A great deal has been said about the
question whether we should have stated
hours of study, or commit ourselves to occa-
sional appication-he who can be sure OF
his desire to apply at all times. may trust
himself to opportunities, but in general, 1t is
better to limit the irregular fancy of man.
This may be safe Recommendation, DO as
you please to do right The truth is, that
little hard thinking will overcome the
tendency of the mind to dissipation-by hard
thinking, mean determination to conhne
the fancy, and to this effect shake yourself,
try to rivet YOUR attention-ifit it flies off new
er mind, it will return-the images which
perpetually float before it become less ire
ouent, and you are finally absorbed in the
object of your study. The mind OF man is a
restive colt; all your effort is to keep IN
track, from which it is constantly flying off,