Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-09
&. .,rb. .sasia of his elementary instruction

Z is intuition, WnfcE Hc SB"i % - - y
r.. tou,; dstion ofon knowledge, Z the mos.
sprogrr msans of unfolding tie PnwsTs OF
r.thesnurlan n,,nd 10 The Tiost natural manner
He seeks 10 conveysiastTuctlons atncr info I
the eyes than the ears; system we ihusS
: NOT confound with that ionnd Up the eic-
,nenlary books which every day appear IN.
der new forms, and in~which authors un.-
! der,ak- TO give by plates, accompanied win
definitions, exPlana ions absolutely beyond
the understandings of those torwhom they
are designed. Pestalozzi wishes The pro-.
eress of instruction to be always proper
rsrionate to the intellectual powers OF hispu-
/ oil he commences whk the meet simple
and Ineligible ideas, aud his fundamental
principle consists in at first choosing the
most EASY and familiar object, and ~ CIV
!. ing the child the most perfect knowledge OF
il before he presents a rev !dea and1by re-
GUITAR add progressive steps presenting new
! facts, only after yhe yoeihiuianind @hss per-
/ frc,Iy comprehs nded these already fecelv.~
( &c. " hen new idea IS presented, It ma.
k,uraliy arises from thu, already inculcated,
/, aud paes are taken that tie knowledge OF
T. the thing should always be connected with
/ the srGe acceptatiJn Of the word walch is
! ,fneant 70 designate ii.
| " "A child, ihis eaaca,ei, viii! perhaps not
! appear 20 advantage, when compared to one
iaugh. IL the common manner lie will rot DC a.
c 20 rspeat 90 n'any ths2;es from msElory, or 10
| talk OF, - many fybleS}s bus whatever he Goes
! freak abops he July cgmp,shends. I his habit
acquired in infancy, viii b found Of fhe greases
a..e 1nsse. in oil his future ga5ies at,d any one
employed in ihr ruisiun children, viii be al
icntlhed al the ftibfantisi fupeIian,y which the
pu acquires by this habit, over one who is
taught Ia the coanoa rapid afit iupcthc.al man.
ncr.
80 This; ani this moG particularly is the end
| which Pettaozzi propofss TO nf-l. and which
he believes be has attained sc ihort time az
YET has eiapled since his ideas have been put in
psaaice, that ne cannot judge a ffsae'io,i o. hs
iyEem exccpt in his inlt.tute !; bat the mott ia
vouraD!e .p'slunlt'ob ray lie entertained
in ielpet t, lke tr.idity of its PRINCIPLES,
and otthc harry efets ii vii! have on iutus &C.
| ncFatiofs. If We fo.m DOR judgment from the nj.
| e,et report p5efcned 70 The iielvetc go,ernment
in 1891, ~ aen def fving Of the highef conf
u-t't h"4i tt.S ei''i11ii ~ B va tu'"c>' ~
learned ;rnen who on their visns TO Eti,houd.
have en- ahoninled at the furptiGng refu!s they
witndled; and by the general ioteref. Witch
,he hGa experiments, and th, FIT wo:ss OF tbs
xraasd.na,y man have excited ,hsougllcnt Or
! many
propoCe giving 70 my readers an account
OF this new 4 itsm, which as becn 10 lar tics
t. enahie Us 10 form, tho not complete, ye;
adSo aate ilea CT il, in order to app:eciat: 1t;
Utility,
/" rhc freqasut Wits / have made to Boz.
thond /; tie attention with which / have exa.
n!cd th!s ait Ah!Il!. u,c, 10 which no parent Gao
ye nal4Hent, the ~ conEdcncc w!lh which /
nave pinc.d oy ION auier the OF PcttaiozAi,
a'tng slet i"Guct ne 10 hope however imPe.itct
his,gsacI may o,hctwlic oe, that II VA at Ieali
not o. dtV, d OF iDse'c, particularly Tor my Tel.
w clsizins vi tie Canton dc Vaud, at a PSI led
tnen branch Vi this lLttuuc has JUL been hHed
among them.
I III ,ilf q give ione account Of P:aaloZzi;
ztly. Of h, + Am n g:ncts, 5diy, OF Tome O
Giteitnt IN, hes, aud ihal Terminate by ome
details CO cesn. slc e2lsiGg lsa.e Ot the Until
tute.