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ambition would never have prompted (though your gracious goodness has) to aspire to the honour of subscribing himself thus publicly,
(May it please YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS)
YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS'
Most devoted and
Most faithful humble servant,
JAMES BURGH.
One hundred and twenty Miscellaneous Directions on Prudence in Con-
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Of Promisers
Of Prudence in case of being obliged to stop Payments
Of the Connexions between the different Parts of Men's Characters
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Of Marriage, and Directions for proceeding in a judicious Manner in
that important Concern
Of the peculiar Management of Daughters, and Education proper for them 94
SECTION IX.
Of placing out Youth, intended for Business
SECTION X.
Of choosing Employments for Sons according to their various Capaci-
ties and Turns of Mind
Of providing Fortunes for Sons
SECTION XI.
Of settling Children of both Sexes in Life
SECTION XII.
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100
Of retiring from Business, and Requisites for making Retirement agreeable 101
SECTION XIII.
Of Disposing of Effects by Will
SECTION XIV.
Of Old Age, and Requisites for passing through it, and bearing its Infir-
mities with Dignity
SECTION XV.
Of the Dignity of Female Life, prudentially considered
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SECTION XVI.
Two Hundred Miscellaneous Directions on Prudence in Action
BOOK II.
OF KNOWLEDGE.
Knowledge valuable, though not a subject of Vanity
Immense Difference between an improved and an uncultivated Mind
The Improvement of the Mind by Knowledge an indispensable Part of
our Duty
Human Knowledge, scanty as it is, truly admirable
Despisers of Knowledge the Disgrace of the Species
SECTION I.
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Of Education from Infancy, and necessity of laying the Foundation of all
Improvements in the Knowledge of Morality
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Objection answered
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Of Moral Principles fit to be established in the Minds of Children at
three or four Years of Age
ib.
Essay toward a Method of instructing Youth in Morals and Religion
at private Places of Education
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Of Exciting in them a Desire to understand Holy Scripture
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SECTION II.
Intention and Method of Education in Human Learning
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Plan of Education from six Years of Age to the finishing of the Pue-
rile Studies
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Queries on the Constitution and Method in certain Places of Education ib.
Concurrence of the Parents necessary
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SECTION III.
Of French, and proper Books recommended
Process of Education from four Years of Age; and first, of Grammar
and Latin
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Of Latin Authors proper to be read from the beginning to twelve Years
of Age
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Of History, Biography, Theory of Government, Law, Commerce, Econ-
omies, and Ethics, and proper Books
Of the Greek Language, and proper Authors
Of improving their Elocution
Of Book-keeping
Of Latin Authors proper to be read from twelve or fourteen Years of Age
and upwards
Of giving them a Tincture of the Principles of Criticism
Of the Knowledge of the Globes, and Geography, and proper Books
Of Algebra, and proper Books
Of Chronology, and Rudiments of History
Of rational Logic
Of Experimental Philosophy, and proper Books and Apparatus
Of Dancing, Fencing, and other ornamental Accomplishments
SECTION IV.
Of Manly Studies, or those improvements which a Gentleman must carry
on by himself, after the finishing of his Education, and preparatory Books
Importance of getting early into a good Method of Study
Great Advantages of the Study of History and Biography; and Authors,
ancient and modern
Of Ecclesiastical History, and proper Books
Of the Theory of Government and Law, and proper Books
Of Commerce, and proper Books
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ib
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Of Economies, and proper Books
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Of Ethics, and proper Books
Of Physiology, or the Knowledge of Nature, Advantages of that Study
Of the higher parts of pure Mathematics, and proper Books
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Of the Newtonian Philosophy
General List of Books on the various Parts of Natural Philosophy, and
Mixt Mathematics
Apparatus for Experimental Philosophy
SECTION V.
Of forming a Taste in polite Learning and Arts
Extravagant Admiration of the Ancients to the unjust Disparagement of
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Error in carrying this to Excess
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the Moderns
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General List of the Writers in Belles Lettres, and polite Arts, ancient
and modern
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SECTION VI.
Of Travel, its Use, and Perversion
198
SECTION VII.
Of the comparative Importance of the various Branches of Knowledge,
respectively, and with regard to different Ranks and Stations in Life 195
SECTION VIII.
Cautions against the common Errors in Study, and first, Of Over-reading 201 Of too confined Studies
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rung Studies inconsistent with one another at the same time
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Of icading by Fits