...than in the following instance of Dr Beattie's son. The doctor, speaking of his son, thus observes : " He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the Author of his being. [Surely, this was most culpable neglect in the parent. J In a corner of a little garden, without informing...

...as ignorant as ourselves.' ÇA. Lyall. 7.— My eldest son had reached his fifth or sixth year,knew the alphabet, and could read a little; but had received...yet understand such information, and because I had learnt, from my own exptrience, that to be made to repeat words not understood is extremely detrimental...

...extravagance." "He had," says Beat tip. "readied his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could rend a little, but had received no particular information with respect to the Author of his In-ill;:. hi-eaiiHU 1 thought he could not yet understand such information, and hecause. 1 had Imiii'-d,...

...was born at Aberdeen, November 6, 1768. " He had reached his fifth or sixth year," says his father, " knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had...yet understand such information ; and because I had learnt from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood, is extremely detrimental...

...children would in like circumstances think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment : He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the...thought he could not yet understand such information j and because I had learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood...

...children would in like circumstances think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment : He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet, and .could rei.da little ; but had received no particular information wilh respect to the Author of his being;...

...extravagance.' Imparting lo a Soy the First ItUa of a Supreme Being. ' He had,' says Beattie, ' reached hie fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; bat had received no particular iuformution with respect to the author of his being, because I thought...

...reason could go in tracing out . . . the . . . first principle of all religion, the being of God. . . . He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little. ... In a corner of a little garden, ... I wrote in the mould, with my finger, the three initial letters...

...Hay Beattie written by his father, with various stories of the boy's childhood. Here is one of them : "He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the...little; but had received no particular information as to the Author of his being: because I thought he could not yet understand such information; and...

...speaking of his son, thus observes : ' He had reached his fifth or sixth year ; knew the alphabet, nnd could read a little ; but had received no particular...information with respect to the Author of his being. In a corner of a little garden, without informing any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould...