LORD SHAFTESBURY.

And so, under the cover of a civil speech, you escape from the most

specious, at least, of those arguments, which are alleged in favour

of an early travelled education. For, whether it be true, or no, that

other accomplishments may be as well acquired at home, it is past a

doubt that the polite and liberal arts can only be learnt abroad. And

of their use and ornament to our noble youth—

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