The Improvement of the Mind
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Popularity of Watts on theM nd. Probably no other work upon the same subject has been so highly and so justly approved as this little treatise of Watts no other upon which the hours of the reader and student have been so pleasantly and so usefully employed. And of all literary subjects, this seems to be the most important 2. Object of this Work, The grand object which the author keeps continually ...
MorePopularity of Watts on theM nd. Probably no other work upon the same subject has been so highly and so justly approved as this little treatise of Watts no other upon which the hours of the reader and student have been so pleasantly and so usefully employed. And of all literary subjects, this seems to be the most important 2. Object of this Work, The grand object which the author keeps continually in view, and continually presses upon the readers attention, is to improve and enrich the mind; to teach the young idea how to shoot; to unfold and invigorate the faculties; to store the mind with the most useful knowledge ;to nip the buds of prejudice; to counteract its poison; to stay the tide of passion; to emancipate the mind inthralled; to expand, to elevate, and liberalize the views; to form the habits; to subject every power, thought, and pursuit, to the empire of reason ;to subordinate all to the service of God; in short, to prepare the mortal and immortal part of our nature for the greatest possible usefulness and enjoyment both here and forever. 3. Usefulness of this Work. Of all human compositions, then, this is probably the most useful for the young as soon as they can understand it. Such a conclusion might be warranted, though we considered merely its immediate effect upon the mind. Much more must it appear just when we consider that the chief advantages of an acquaintance with this work arise from its more remote influence.
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