![]() ![]() Imprinted upon the papers for rooms, as fast as his eye can roll, and his fingers move, and no two of his draughts shall be alike. A man who has been long habituated to it, shall sit for a whole day, and draw upon paper fresh figures to be I think there is a particular occupation in Europe, which is called a paper-stainer or linen-stainer. Nay, your common mechanics and artisans are proofs of the wonderful dexterity acquired by use a watchmaker, in finishing his wheels and springs, a pin or needlemaker, &c. Newton and Locke are examples of the deep sagacity which may be acquired by long habits of thinking and study. The virtues and powers to which men may be trained, by early education and constant discipline, are truly sublime and astonishing. Education makes a greater difference between man and man, than nature has made between man and brute. It is capable of attaining to degrees of wisdom and of goodness, which, we have reason to believe, appear respectable in the estimation of superior intelligences. Human nature with all its infirmities and depravation is still capable of great things. ![]()
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