ABSTRACT
It has been asserted, That no being, merely human, could properly educate a child.’a I entirely coincide with this author; but though perfection cannot be attained, and unforeseen events will ever govern human conduct, yet still it is our duty to lay down some rule to regulate our actions by, and to adhere to it, as consistently as our infirmities will permit. To be able to follow Mr Locke’s systemb (and this may be said of almost all treatises on education) the parents must have subdued their own passions, / which is not often the case in any considerable degree.
