ΤΟ HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. MADAM, I feel much pleasure in availing myself of the gracious permission to dedicate this translation to your Royal Highness, inasmuch as to no one could it have been more appropriately inscribed, than to a mother who has practically shown, in a manner which calls forth the gratitude of the nation, how fully she appreciates the importance of female education, in the extended sense of the term; and, in fact, no better illustration of the benefits which it tends to confer, could be offered, than that of the love and devotedness with which the entire population (how much soever divided in opinion in other respects) regards our gracious Sovereign, whom nature has so liberally endowed with those qualities which, cultivated under the superintendence of your Royal Highness, contribute so materially to the happiness of her subjects. Let any one reflect for a moment upon the disastrous consequences likely to result in the present times, from the occupation of the throne of these realms by a Princess whose education had been conducted in a superficial manner, in order to form a due estimate of the advantages which we now enjoy; and if the rule be more especially applicable to those who are called upon to fill high and public stations, it likewise holds good when applied to the relations of private life. History presents but too many examples of the pernicious consequences which errors in the education of princes are calculated to produce upon society, as well as upon their own destiny. How fortunate, therefore, may not England esteem herself, that, as regards the prince who, most probably, will one day reign over her, the virtues of his parents afford a sufficient guarantee that similar errors will be avoided, and lead us to indulge in the pleasing anticipations that "This royal infant (heaven still move about him!) Upon this land a thousand, thousand blessings, God shall be truly known, and those about him, Shall see this, and bless Heaven." Thus may posterity have reason to bless the memory of your Royal Highness, and to appreciate the lasting effects of maternal influence. I am, Madam, With sentiments of profound respect, Your Royal Highness's most obedient EDWIN LEE. XXV. Of the harmony between the intellectual and moral XXVI.-What constitutes intellect separated from the soul XXVII. Of the danger of separating the faculties of the soul CHAP. FAGE III. Search after truth in logical reasonings IX. Of some attributes of the Divinity X.-Study of God in the works of nature XI.-Search after truth in the laws of nature XXII.-Man always inclines to the great and beautiful XXIV. First appearance of political liberty on the earth XXVII. Of labour-a law which establishes the right of property 284 XXX.-Application of the laws of nature to the laws of man XXXI. Of war according to the law of nature XXXII.-Appreciation of the laws of Crete, Sparta, Athens, |