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e cboicft of tlic teacher should not depend upon themalone^ but upon a power made up of all the three gutr- dian powers ; and at nil timei<, the liberty of wilh- drawiD^ the youth should be in the hands of the parents^ and the examttiutton of the schools ahovJil be open to tht; jiublic eye, and the neglect of duty 1 i OH BDUCATIOV. 937 should be utitler the cugnizance of the law. Aod thus, while Uie priesthood, ag the most sicn^d aind c^ttholic ofSce, aiul :hc proper guardian of ihat which U the root o( morals, and the check of private aalBahneiis, and the highest function of humanity^ ought lo have devolved upon it the coD&tant and careful MiiMTiuiemiattre nf the u:houl«,^ihere ought to be tlio«e checks and safcguardit froni tli« others, in the day that it shall become sel&sb and sectarian, fanatical or super- «titiuu5 ; to prevent it from carrying the r^chools which arc the ounscricft of the state, along ^vith h into the ^amc fearful ahenaiion from wlialever is profitable uiul hcJpful in natLii^fl knowltrdge to man's estate, from whatever is prosperous and blessed to his soul» in the chaste and enlightened, and wholesome imercourse of life. If a ca»c were wanted to confirm the doctrine of this discourse in all its parts, that case would be fonnd in Scotland, where, for three centuries there has been a reIigion*i, and nothing hut a re- liL^ious educatiotiof tlie |>cople: fur our universi- ties were but a part of our religious cfitabli^hTncnt, where the »chook have been wholly imder the su< pcrintendancc of the clergy, with those checks of private interest and public good which have been described ahove; and the restilt hath been. liot uiily loeduc%i1e, hul to nnile the country a-*i ofie great family. Our love lo one another, which they admire^ and sometiincii blame, in foreign parte, is only one form oi the union which ismad^ ID our souls by the commonness of our early in- struction and early habits. All classes of the ^■pommunity sit down u^Kin the^ume forms, under- go the same tuition, are taught the same principles. I 888 ON EDCCATIOy. [ZXf] and subjected to the same discipline. Rarely arc tlicrc any prizes for emulation ; rarely any n* ward»cf iiieril, except those inward rew^ards to wbjcb we arc tau^lu to look : we Imvc no scliolar- abipa, hardly any burBaries, — no fellowsbipaj hnrdly any foundations, to vrbjp and spur oup education on; but, instead, ysc have tbc sweet iticitemenU of knowledge^ iind the ivtrong motiveft of duty, and tbe ever-abiding i^entinietit of re- ligion. Take away the religious siip