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2387. EDUCATION, Course of.—

I have
never thought a boy should undertake abstruse
or difficult sciences, such as mathematics
in general, till fifteen years of age at
soonest. Before that time, they are best employed
in learning the languages, which is
merely a matter of memory.—
To Ralph Izard. Washington ed. ii, 428.
(P. 1788)


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