Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-11
Postal OZZl
a gsnsrsi account Of the METHOD f'ur-
sued By nm. =
Translated from the work OF DR.. Ghayannes.)

stPes,alozzi mas given the nanse OF nc
%ziod 10 his new plan OF instracvon, as e IS
not SO much the subject, as the mooe OF
manner of instruction. ~ which MS Piaa
differs from any hitherto adopted. .
sThis method embraces alt those eie-
81 mentary or primary means, 6y the alu Oh
which the powers of the hum snFmind may
Z be the most naturally Developed. seit IS the
: result of deep reflection on the progress OF
nature. from the mo anent that the infant,
opening its eyes TO the hight, begins 70
~, combine the materials which ars TO serve as
$ the Foundation of, all his fa,ure' knowiedgs.
"rhese elementary materials are furnish
led by the impressions which il receives
from exterior objects, and here n would bs
s-adf6cult 70 form an idearos the Proofg'oas
number of various sensations, wnien 1ne
8 infant can receive and retain, with scarcely
49,. any assistance from'art. fnrrn,n the na,-
-tiolici,y of objects which are forced upon
Ira notice; produces an absolute chaos IN
= IFS feeble brain. Insensiby, however, the
, Impressions produced by the objects fami-
= liar TO il, acquire more correctness DySoe-
! prees he learns t8t hear, &c feel, TO taste,
to touch, and above all he.iearns TO SEE ];
.he begins to distinguish Objects ne iorns
an idea of their size and their number. At
- she same time he begins 70 'ieel wish or
impulse toimparr to others what nc ieels
= himself; soon after the organ OF speech
DEVELOPS itself, and he seeks TO give names
Ito all the objecss'whlca surround aim.
with the+aid OF the sigus OF language
his sensations acquire IRON day to day more
precision; because, discovering each day
. new properties in the objects which tad IN
~ der his senses, language furnishes hitH, az
1.-THE same time, new dcnomlnationforeach
=. of these properties sAt last, these FIRST
Impressions, produced BIZ existing objects,
!, develope In his soul the faculty OF rising 10
; still highe. operations. - fnsensiblyt pre-
sence of the object is no longer necessary
.v-ic order to give him the sepsaron OF iIi1by
"A simple act Of his will, his-imagioatoecan
eretrace, and his memory recall IT; he sees
Z by the eyes of understanding. he can trace
:, its form, he caa determine its proportions;
.he compares, he judges, he reasons. He
: is no logger that feeble being who, IN the
first DAYS of ITS existence, appeared interi
.or TO the brute :; he is the chef d'oeuvrc OF
,s~crea,ion upon earth; he Is MAN
ssSuchis the progress OF nature, such
EsGehe guide Pestalozsl wishes TO follow
= His nsmerors observations haye-conviuced
him: first, that the intellectual powers OF
s:she infans needsouly TO be developed IN a
qs-snre and certain manner, to elevate them TO
the highest degree which man eau attain,
SECONDLY, that the little success hitherto CO /.
tanned. must be attributed to the feebieoess
sand Inconsistency of the Sfound2s'ons on
which the different systems cot instruction
have been raised but, particularly, to5the@
y.<li,tfr attention which has been aid, TO give
10 the 6rst impressions received IN infancy,
>Na direction conformable TO the indications
furnished by nature.
"He has assiduousiy sought for the sur.
s.est and most simple method to give this di
ERECTION TO the infant mind, and TO harmo-.
zpise the instructions of man with those OF.
nature. But to accomplish this we must
~ commence with the true elementary or Prl-.
mary principles; We must lay nosa OF the
y first operations Of nature upon the mind o.
~vhe infant, In order to subjectthcm to rules
; which NAV removethe errors, aud supply
the deficiencies In the perceptions OF TINS
aearly period; these rules should be genes
(. raj, and adapted TO the intesior as WEI! as
'Shighersclasses of society.
!" After long continued researches, and
many expeTimen,ssp essaloazi is convinced,
= chat the first distinct ideas produced 10 the
mind, by exterior Objects were the result
of the observations the child naturally made
con ,heirgota,, ADD their number, connecteo-
with the knowledge it had acquired OF their
name aud most striking qualities = hese
are. in truth. the first things which &c tries
ssoslearn. When he sees al object that IS
new 20 him, he demands the NAME; ne