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ience） that there is no ttg hi to take kdlyto the law, which i wi射d hi to study, or to theology, the eenof the all i would like hi to be an honour to his faily, as welive days when our kgs liberally reward learng that is virtuoand worthy; for learng without virtue is a pearl on a dunghill hespends the whole day settlg whether hor expressed hiselfrrectly or not such and such a le of the iliad, whether artialwas decent or not such and such an epigra, whether such and suchles of virgil are to be understood this way or that; short,all his talk is of the works of these poets, and those of horace,perse, juvenal, and tibuls; for of the oderns our own languahe akes no great aount; but with all his seeg difference tospanish poetry, jt now his thoughts are abrbed akg a glosn four les that have been sent hi fro salaanca, which ispect are for poetical tournant&ot;

to all this don ixote said reply, &ot;children, senor, areportions of their parents&039; bowels, and therefore, be they good or bad,are to be loved as we love the uls that give life; it is forthe parents to guide the fro fancy the ways of virtue,propriety, and worthy christian nduct, that when grown up theyay be the staff of their parents&039; old a, and the glory of theirposterity; and to force the to study this or that science i do notthk wise, though it ay be no har to persuade the; and whenthere is no need to study for the sake of pane crando, and it is thestudent&039;s good fortune that heaven has give