PREFACE. EVERY man of determined inquiry, who will ask, without the dread of discovering more than he dares believe, what is divinity? what is law? what is physic? what is war? and what is trade? will have great reason to doubt at some times of the virtue, and at others of the utility, of each of these different employWhat profession should a man of principle, who is anxiously desirous to promote individual and general happiness, chase for his son? The question has perplexed many parents, and certainly deserves' a serious examination. Is a novel' a good mode for discussing it, or a ments. proper |