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Instruction
Instruction was represented by the ancients, in Sculpture and Painting, by a man holding in his hands a looking-glass, about which were written the words;
Inspice, & cautus eris. (Behold thy self, and thou wilt be cautious.)
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Instinct [in Painting and Sculpture] *
Intoˊnate