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The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 07 (of 12)

Note 10 — THE PLAIN SPEAKER (continued 2)

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School-boys attend to their tasks as soon as they acquire a relish for study, and apply to that for which they find they have a capacity. If a boy shows no inclination for the Latin tongue, it is a sign he has not a turn for learning languages. Yet he dances well. Give up the thought of making a scholar of him, and bring him up to be a dancing-master!

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