Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
“A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.”