There  must  also  exist  a  desire  to  promote  the  right  and
the  general  welfare.  This  will  be  induced  in  right  in-
struction, and  will  thus  become  not  a  mere  blind  im-
pulsive distemper  of  the  mind,  but  a  noble  sentiment
characterized  by  intelligence  and  wisdom.  But  in
order  best  to  promote  right  motives  and  right  pur-
poses, especially  in  the  youthful  mind,  it  is  necessary
to  induce  a  trust  or  faith  in  the  rectitude  of  a  Higher


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Power.  Here  seems  to  be  the  very  point,  most  acces-
sible to  the  teacher,  arid  upon  which  he  should  seize,
in  order  that  he  may  become  master  of  the  will.  Chil-
dren are  themselves  dependent.  Parents  or  instructors
are  usually  the  objects  in  which  such  dependence  cen-
ters. The  main  object,  therefore,  is  to  so  mold  and
fashion  these  motives,  etc.,  as  that  they  shall  superin-
duce the  proper  volitions.  This  will  apply  to  the  in-
tellectual culture  as  well  as  to  the  moral.  But  the
modes  of  culture,  as  far  as  they  relate  to  the  motive
power  of  the  will,  in  directing  the  application  of  the
intellectual  faculties,  will  be  noticed  in  the  Art  of
Teaching,  under  the  topic  of  "  Modes  of  Study."

SECTION  2 — INTENTIONS  AND  CHOICE. — No  sooner  are
motives  judiciously  placed  before  the  mind,  and  the
proper  desires  and  confidence  inspired,  than  it  at  once
sets  about  forming  intentions  which,  under  the  influ-
ence of  the  reasoning  and  judging  powers,  soon  ripen
into  determinations  and  well-defined  choice,  one  of
the  primary  functions  of  the  will.  These  may  exist
at  first  in  the  shape  of  half-formed  purposes  of  action,
and  may  be  weak  or  strong,  according  as  the  cast  of
mind  varies  and  as  the  motives  have  been  feeble  or
powerful.  In  a  mind  uncultivated  and  unused  to
grapple  with  the  difficulties  of  contending  interests
and  forces,  the  great  danger  will  be  that  the  will  will
be  tempted  to  yield  those  determinations  or  resolutions
without  making  the  necessary  effort  to  maintain  them.
