A blind will, eyes without hands, would go a very little way; and perchance his abstract reason, that should concentrate the scattered beams of her practical reason, may be employed in judging of the flavour of wine, discanting on the sauces most proper for turtle; or, more profoundly intent at a card table, he may be generalizing his ideas as he bets away his fortune, leaving all the minutiae of education to his helpmate or chance.