The Improvement of Agriculture
being useful to all (* 24), and Skill in it no Disparagement to any.
The History of _Commerce_, of the Invention of Arts, Rise of
Manufactures, Progress of Trade, Change of its Seats, with the
Reasons, Causes, _&c_. may also be made entertaining to Youth, and
will be useful to all. And this, with the Accounts in other History
of the prodigious Force and Effect of Engines and Machines used in
War, will naturally introduce a Desire to be instructed in (* 25)
_Mechanicks_, and to be inform'd of the Principles of that Art by
which weak Men perform such Wonders, Labour is sav'd, Manufactures
expedited, _&c. &c_. This will be the Time to show them Prints of
antient and modern Machines, to explain them, to let them be (* 26)
copied, and to give Lectures in Mechanical Philosophy.
With the whole should be constantly inculcated and cultivated,
that _Benignity of Mind_ (* 27), which shows itself in _searching
for_ and _seizing_ every Opportunity _to serve_ and _to oblige_; and
is the Foundation of what is called GOOD BREEDING; highly useful to
the Possessor, and most agreeable to all (* 28).
The Idea of what is _true Merit_, should also be often
presented to Youth, explain'd and impress'd on their Minds, as
consisting in an _Inclination_ join'd with an _Ability_ to serve
Mankind, one's Country, Friends and Family; which _Ability_ is (with
the Blessing of God) to be acquir'd or greatly encreas'd by _true
Learning_; and should indeed be the great _Aim_ and (* 29) _End_ of
all Learning.
Pages:
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336