Waverley Volume 1 Chapter III - Education

In which the youth Edward Waverley receives a somewhat irregular education, shaped more by the indulgence and distractions of his surroundings than by strict discipline or steady guidance, allowing his lively imagination to roam freely within an extensive library. The narrative gently contemplates the perils of instruction sought solely for amusement and warns of the lost opportunity to nurture habits of earnest study and intellectual rigour.