Pensées sur l'éducation des filles

. ree of art is nl ious correction. Accidents or tricks are too frequently pu- niſhed, and if children can coneed WF 2 theſe, they will, to avoid: chaſtiſement. Bf Refrain them, therefore, but never F c correct them wi a very ſufficient eruelty to animals, infrriors, or thoſe nenen VICE. * * by — Children 4 e 4 Cob 8 Moral Diſcipline. Children ſhould be ter into converſation; but it requires THC, it No FTE great diſcernment to find out ſuch ubjects as will gradually improve them. Animals are the firſt objects * which catch their attention ; and I think little ſtories about them would not only amuſe but inſtruct at the lame time, and have the beſt effect in form- 5 77 2 7 \ a> ee a- 5 557 +. CCC ing the temper and cultivating the good diſpoſitions of the heart. There are many little books which, have r this tendency. One in particular I ; recollect: 7 The Perambulations of a Mouſe. I cannot here help mention- ing a book of hymns, in meaſured proſe, written by the ingenious author. * 1 Moral Diſcipline; 17 af many other proper leſſons for chil- dren. Theſe hymns, I imagine, would contribute to fill the heart with reli- gious ſentiments and affections; and, if I may be allowed the expreſſion, make the Deity obvious to the ſenſes. The underſtanding, however, ſhould not be overloaded any more than the ſtomach, IntelleQual improvements, like the. growth and formation of the body, muſt be gradual—yet there is no reaſon why tire mind ſhould lie fallow, : while its © frail tenement” is imper- ceptibly fitting itſelf for a more rea- ſonable inhabitant. It will not lie fal- low ; promiſcuous ſceds will be ſown. HY accident, and they will ſhoot up with „ 9 ö 4 W e N n ö . ES; * * Rein A N . * ran? ; N 2 2 — 18 Moral Diſcipline. with the en and perhaps never be cradic of cated. 3 * Whenever a child aſks a queſtion, it ſhould always have a reaſonable an- ſuwer given it.…