TO A

YOUNG STUDENT,

IN THE

FIRST STAGE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY PERKINS & MARVIN.

PHILADELPHIA:
FRENCH AND PERKINS.

LLEGA

LIBRARY
Edwento. Luegoiste tu srey

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1832,

BY PERKINS & MARVIN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

vii

ADVERTISEMENT,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTRODUCTORY PREFACE, . .........

LETTER I.

GENERAL REMARKS ON THE FORMATION OF

CHARACTER.

Introductory remarks--Importance of a right course in the

first stage of study-Importance of a high standard of

attainment-Decision of character-Self-control-

Fixed principles of action-Influence of habit in the

formation of character-Self-knowledge, ..... 13–34

LETTER II.

HEALTH.

Unhappy consequences of neglecting a due care of health,

Practicability of preserving good health during a

course of hard study-Food-Exercise-Mental relax-

ation-Sleep-Early rising-Eye-sight-Use of tobac-

co-Care of health a Christian duty, ...... 35-50