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1

An

Inquiry

"Whether the time usually spent in the study of the dead
languages be usefully occupied."

To ascertain the best use of our time
is the most important, and perhaps the most diff-
icult of all our inquiries. It embraces the whole
scene of the present life, and contemplates eter-
nity. But in order to determine with respect to
any particular portion of time, how it may
be employed in the most useful manner, we
must compare the merits of the several objects
of pursuit, which present themselves for our
choice. And that, which promises the most ad-
vantage to ourselves, and the greatest benefits
to society, we may safely conclude to be the most
worthy to occupy our time.