PRINCIPLES

OF

EDUCATION,

INTELLECTUAL, MORAL,

AND

PHYSICAL.

BY

THE REV. LANT CARPENTER, LL.D.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1820.

ΤΟ

JOHN YOUNG, Esq.

PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW ;

ΤΟ

GEORGE JARDINE, Esq.

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND THE BELLES LETTRES;

AND TO

THE REV. JAMES MYLNE,

PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY:

AS

A THANKFUL TRIBUTE

FOR THE GREAT ADVANTAGES WHICH HE ENJOYED,
WHILE ATTENDING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS,

IN THE CULTURE OF THE HABITS OF REFLECTION
AND MENTAL INVESTIGATION,

AS WELL AS IN THE ACQUIREMENT OF IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE,
AND IN THE EXCITEMEnt to usefuL EXERTION;

AND AS

AN EXPRESSION OF THE INTERESTING RECOLLECTIONS

WITH WHICH HE RECALLS

THE ENCOURAGING MARKS OF APPROBATION WITH WHICH THEY HONOURED HIM;

WITH CORDIAL WISHES THAT THEIR CAREER OF Public SERVICE MAY LONG BE CONTINUED,

AS IT HAS BEEN,

WITH HONOUR TO THEMSELVES AND USEFULNESS TO

OTHERS,

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED,

WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,

BY

THE AUTHOR.