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"There are many birds which, in twelve hours after they are hatched, run about and pick up seeds, selecting them
from amidst the earth and gravel among which they are scattered. How different is it with the infant! How many
efforts must it make before it can even pick up a pin!"-p. 28.

"The mother sways the dominion of the heart, the father that of the

intellect."

SECOND EDITION.

NEW YORK:

F. J. HUNTINGTON & CO., 174 PEARL STREET.

MDCCCXXXVIII.

UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION

"Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all
means endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect
when it beginneth in young years; this we call Education, which is in effect
but early custom."

Bacon.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

PETER PARLEY'S TALES.

Samuel Griswol

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NEW YORK:

F. J. HUNTINGTON, AND COMPANY, 174 PEARL STREET,
AND WILEY AND PUTNAM, BROADWAY; WEEKS, JORDAN & CO.
BOSTON; AND HERMAN HOOKER, PHILADELPHIA.