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Great improvements have , within a few years , been made in the prevailing modes of conducting education . Dr . Priestley , in his excellent essay on the subject , was among the first to point out the imperfections in the plans pursued in his day , even in the universities , and to suggest many valuable remarks for their rectification . At the time when the course of studies at the universities was first laid down , the majority at least of the students were intended for the profession of divinity , and , in consequence , the pursuits were of such a nature as were thought best adapted to prepare young men for the
discharge of ecclesiastical duties . Those among the laity who were desirous of enjoying the advantages of a liberal education were so few in number , that their specific and peculiar wants were never thought of ; educational legislation took place , as was to be expected , in behalf of the majority , and the interests of the few were neglected . But the great changes which the pursuits of commerce introduced into the relations of civil life gave rise to a large class of young men , most respectable in character and weighty in influence , who , in order to maintain the station of life to which they had been raised , required a course of instruction calculated at once to enlarge and refine the mind , and to extend a beneficial influence on their pursuits in life . In this case , as in most others , the demand created a supply : in many respectable schools in various parts of our country , and pre-eminently in some
of the Dissenting academies , a course of education was adopted and pursued , which , while it did not omit those studies which are peculiarly suited to the profession of divinity , embraced most of the subjects which have an important bearing on the duties and happiness of civil and domestic society . Tardily and late the English universities have improved their modes of instruction , embracing a few , but by no means all those branches of study which are requisite for a proper discharge of the duties of active life . "What , in this particular , we apprehend to be now chiefly wanting , is , an extension of these improvements to every respectable school in the kingdom . A wider range of study should be adopted , a wider sphere of exertion given to the mind , A knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages is a valuable
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Where ' er thy vast dominion shall extend , O ' er the wide earth , dnd to the utmost sea ; Where ' er the tribes of men their streams shall blend , To swell the ocean of humanity , O ! glorious Liberty ! Still be the human heart thy holiest place . There let thy presence keep the ark divine , And guard the holy law . Let all unhallow'd things from thence withdraw , And come not near thy glories , as they shine ; Nor dare pollute the covenant of grace . 0 5 glorious Liberty ! Shed o ' er the soul the light that comes from thee , And breathe around its still recess eternal sanctity . V .
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44 Thoughts on Education .
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THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1829, page 44, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2568/page/44/
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