(* 5) See in _Turnbull_, p. 415. the Description of the
Furniture of the School called the _Instituto_ at _Bologna_, procur'd
by the Care and Direction of Count _Marsigli_, and originally at his
private Expence.
(* 6) Perhaps it would be best if none of the Scholars were to
diet abroad. _Milton_ is of that Opinion (_Tractate of Education_)
for that much Time would else be lost, and many ill Habits got.
(* 7) _Milton_ proposes, that an Hour and Half before Dinner
should be allow'd for Exercise, and recommends among other Exercises,
the handling of Arms, but perhaps this may not be thought necessary
here. _Turnbull_, p. 318. says, "Corporal Exercise invigorates the
Soul as well as the Body; let one be kept closely to Reading, without
allowing him any Respite from Thinking, or any Exercise to his Body,
and were it possible to preserve long, by such a Method, his Liking
to Study and Knowledge, yet we should soon find such an one become no
less soft in his Mind than in his outward Man. Both Mind and Body
would thus become gradually too relaxed, too much unbraced for the
Fatigues and Duties of active Life. Such is the Union between Soul
and Body, that the same Exercises which are conducive, when rightly
managed, to consolidate or strengthen the former, are likewise
equally necessary and fit to produce Courage, Firmness, and manly
Vigour, in the latter.
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