This distributed among the principal inhabitants gratis; and as soon as I could suppose their minds a little prepared by the perusal of it, I set on foot a subscription for opening and supporting an academy; it was to be paid in quotas yearly for five years; by so dividing it, I judged the subscription might be larger, and I believed it was so, amounting to no less, if I remember right, than five thousand pounds.
这本书我免费分送给当地名流；我能够猜想他们看了之后立即会动心，我就开始募捐以作为开办和支持一所公学之费用；所捐的钱可以在五年中每年捐付一部分；由于分期付款，我认为捐款的人会更多，如果我记得不差的话，这笔钱算起来不在五十镑以下。