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|cient agents The facl Is, the characters Of men
arc formed for better or worse, before the child
leaves the mothers arms. Ii has received there
an impulse, Which all suhsequcnt education tends,
not TO change, hut to strengthen. You may ex-
pend any amouat of money upon schools, and
teachers, and books, and apparatus remember
that the bias Of the chiId's habits are generally
fixed before il crosses the threshold Of lie school
room. Why I" we see proprtriy oi conduct,
coed manners, :nl responsibility, cmoi!ed rs i
were upon som, families, and poverty, and vul-
garity, and torvatlaton, upon others? We an
swer mGther5 THE twig IS bent" III the mo-
sher'e lap, ana 1y lhe fEeside, and no subsequent
training can malerially change he "1ncl'nation'
which is there received, Do you ask, why such
man is rich or poor, polite or vulgar, nir'nons or
deEased, or mar',ed by any peculiar characteristic,
we answer, niu, cases in ,cn, because he ,rG$ nar
sed by has moi"r.


Give us the erection Of education till children
are twelve years Of age ard We would DEFY all tie
Jesuigs in Europe to radically change the public
character. Does any call in question The cor
rectness of thCse proposions Then we will
call in question the philosophical fact, THAT the
stream cannot Use above lis fountain" Both are
based upon precisely the same unaltcrahlo princi-
pies. The one will fail cotcmporary with the
other.


We hsye extended these random remarks much
farther than we intended. And yet, we have
hardly begun TO enter upon the subject 1t is
field Of illimi.abe extent. A volume could not
contain the evidence we obtained, and the impress
sions we received on this important point, during
twelve years employment in the business of teach
ing. If we taught nothing 10 others, a, least


earned this ore great trnth-that upon the train
ing ard education Of females, the happiness of
individuals, and the welfare OF the community,
morally and politically, materially depend.