Excerpt from Addresses to Young Men, Vol. 1 of 2

Next to the difpofitions and manners of Y 01mg Women, thofe of Young Men may be regarded as of the greatefl confequence, both to the prefent and future gen erations. It is certain they will be attended with the mofi powerful influence on that fex, whofe empire is tini verfal. Their mutual intercourfe indeed is evidently much more efficacious in moulding the minds, and direé't ing the aétions of others, than the highefi authority, or the wifefi example of age. How deeply fociety Will be aflefied by the connexions Which Young Men {hail form, and by the conduét which they {hail hold, as they advance, it is not difficult to imagine nor can it be neceffary to prove, that, as the behaviour of individuals in their early days gives for the moii part a turn to the refl, Io from the charafter of our Youth in general, we may prognofiicate favourably, or otherwife, concerning our own times, and thofe that {hall more immediately fucceed them. For thefe reafons, and others that need net now be Gated, the improvement of the rifing age in the befi things, h'asififi ways appeared to me an objeét of the fiiii magnitude: On this principle Sermons to Young i'vomen were at tempted. From the generous reception with Which they Were honoured by the public, many perfons, whofe judg ment I mni'tl ever refpeéi, Were induced to intimate the mofi obliging wifhes that I might proceed to addrefs the Youth of my own fex. But fuch an undertaking'was at firfi rendered impoflible by ill health; and afterwards, when I thought of engaging in it, I hefitated long from real diffidence.

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