INTRODUCTORY PREFACE. Ir gives me great pleasure to commend this little volume to that class of persons for whose benefit it is particularly intended. They will find it of great value, as embodying the results of recent experience, set forth in a spirit and manner at once inspiring respect and confidence, and awakening the best affections of the heart. It is the counsel of a friend and brother, Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1832, BY PERKINS & MARVIN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Introductory remarks-Importance of a right course in the first stage of study-Importance of a high standard of attainment-Decision of character-Self-controlFixed principles of action-Influence of habit in the formation of character-Self-knowledge, LETTER II. HEALTH. Unhappy consequences of neglecting a due care of healthPracticability of preserving good health during a course of hard study-Food-Exercise-Mental relaxation-Sleep-Early rising-Eye-sight-Use of tobacco-Care of health a Christian duty, 13-34 35-50 LETTER III. INTELLECTUAL HABITS. Diligence and perseverance essential to high mental culture-Mental symmetry-The habit of accurate and profound investigation-Due self-confidence-Attending to every thing in its proper season-Order in study-Neatness and regularity in the studying apartment-Success in study dependent more on the preparation of the mind for it, and the mode of study, than on the amount of time devoted to it-Fixed and intense thought-Caution against being in a hurry, LETTER IV. INTELLECTUAL HABITS. 51-69 Study of Latin and Greek-Habits in the recitation room- LETTER V. MORAL HABITS. Caution against deferring high Christian attainments to a LETTER VI. MORAL HABITS. Levity of deportment-Value of time-Absence during termtime-Neglect of prescribed exercises-Punctuality -Economy-Religious reading-Caution against be 109-136 |
