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'fIlEtR HATRED OFSTUDY AN!) REFLECTION. 309ofit, andgp thrpllgh aU the tJ;ouble of the prefatory process, with maliceprepense aga~nst themselves, rather thansustain the ennui of re..maining in- their senses, of ~owmuning w~th thcmselves-such bad corn..pany is self found to be.which pervades!ill mankipd.Education alone cancheck the propensityTbishereis an evasion of :Mohommedaninstitutipn (on s'«vise javt(J,isçle(out). ~lbe~rksomeness of mental inac..tipp, which Tacitus charge,s .t9 the anciept GerPlans as au inconsistency,that fnandatory principle, which CPPlpels totllor!iI effort, good or bad asif i,s induced by the objects w.bich present themselves, is most predo..minant ,vith those who are capab,le ôf rt~flecting the least.Bence manrcc,urs, for respite fro~~,l1Ïs Q.wn persecutions, toc every palliative, from(E,il .df1perPrix to hangflPd the toadstool, according as his situation,pl!ices hiOl in the telllperate.climates, ip the Deccan, or at North Cape.The same yenchant governs.froID the equator to the pole, Spain pel'';'hapsexcepted, where stoicism seemS tohave completely supervened it..Tbe abstraction ..which MohoIDmedan institutions induce from scienceand study, must have powerful nwral, aswell as political effect ; political,indebasingmen'snündsfrom thoselegitimateand useful pursuits wherebytl}e comllJQn stock of knowledgc is in a regular progress of increase, atthe"salUe time tl)at a. due share ~f individual occupation preserves tot4emthat eguilibrium oElife so little kno!Vn here, where no third estateexists betweentorpor and turbulence, whepcearises the spirit of intrigue,th!it cijrse ofpoJitical.organization, withaIl its baleful conseg u~nces.As unguesÛQnably a divine trqip. as it is, that po LIT leALIN STI..TU~IO~S SUOULD. BE ~EGUr..A'fED BY TUE SCALE OF HUMAN KNOW­LEJ)GE, it is no less" a pojnt of fact that education should be diffu.s.edand advancedin proportion to the growthof nations. The immediateeffect. of want of education on the mora1ll1an is destitu tion ofideas: whether this he, or be not, negative bappiness, here is now"no