'Tis seldom
observ'd that he who keeps an Account of his Income and Expences, and
thereby has constantly under View the Course of his Domestic Affairs,
lets them run to Ruin: And I doubt not but many a Man gets
behind-hand before he is aware, or runs farther on when he is once
in, for want of this Care, or the Skill to do it. I would therefore
advise all Gentlemen to learn perfectly _Merchants Accounts_; and not
to think 'tis a Skill that belongs not to them, because it has
received its Name, and has been chiefly practis'd by Men of
Traffick." p. 316.
Not only the _Skill_, but the _Habit_ of keeping Accounts,
should be acquir'd by all, as being necessary to all.
(* 11) Mr. _Locke_, speaking of _Grammar_, p. 252. says, "That
to those the greatest Part of whose Business in this World is to be
done with their Tongues, and with their Pens, it is convenient, if
not necessary, that they should speak properly and correctly, whereby
they may let their Thoughts into other Mens Minds the more easily,
and with the greater Impression. Upon this Account it is, that any
sort of Speaking, so as will make him be understood, is not thought
enough for a Gentleman. He ought to study _Grammar_, among the other
Helps of Speaking well, but it _must be_ THE GRAMMAR OF HIS OWN
TONGUE, of the Language he uses, that he may understand his own
Country Speech nicely, and speak it properly, without shocking the
Ears of those it is addressed to with Solecisms and offensive
Irregularities.
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