72 INSTRUCTION: A POEM. BY ISAAC BRANDON, ESQ. RECITED BY MR. GEORGE FREDERICK BUSBY, SON OF DR. BUSBY, LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO. SHOE-LANE, FLEET-STREET. 1811. 661 THE ARGUMENT. To distinguish Man from the Brute Creation God gave him Reason; which is rendered of no use if not cultivated: As God has made nothing useless, he involves the Duty of Cultivation in the Gift. Line 1 to 8.Which Instruction is to be promoted? that which holds out good examples, or that which leads the Pupil into vicious habits and every species of lawless principle? 9 to 20.-How often, for want of Instruction, the finest talents are converted into instruments of guilt, and end in ignominious death! 21 to 26.-The Blessings of diffused Instruction, by which many fine Geniuses may be called into action that otherwise would have been lost to society. 27 to 32.-Great Honour due to LANCASTER for the introduction of his fine System of Schools for the Poor. 33 to 36.-The SCHOOL described. The many future Sages and Heroes that may arise from it. As vicious habits produce the worst diseases; so, on the contrary, these Children, being virtuously educated, will grow up a healthy and vigorous race, giving at once a moral and physical strength to the Country. 63 to 70.-Eulogium on the Lancasterian System :-) happy power to facilitate universal Instruction by its Simplicity,-the multitudes it embraces at the same moment, its mechanical Discipline, and its Rapidity in communicating its impressions. 71 to 80.—Address to Instruction, exhorting her to impress gratefully on her Pupils, that the first Patrons of the System were the Royal Family: and that by the A 2 37 to 54.55 to 62. -Its |