The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-01

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From The .Norih-.lmerican Rerie'o.
r,,coiion.--When orr fathers We're
,ld1ren. they learned nothing, without
S.,nc for il a fall price, IN labonr; our
lb1dren have all sorts of eXpedients and
cs,,tites contrired, by which they mas
nav law and learn too, aud perhaps the result
III he. that their children will refuse II be
heated into learning, aud SO play all IN
,h.se DAYS. every science aud every arr Is
naa1e nlaything. child is putting
ta,stber dissccted maps, and thereby
learns geography another is dlvertlng him
,eIf with musical game, very scientific in
is principles, and no doubt equally ANA
sin.l and instructive and another is sci to
work upon the royal game at Goose, by
way of becoming an expert mathematician.
Nav tnere is some danger perhaps, lcst the
children should carry the sport too far, and
when their instructors turn the things they
yo,lld teach into games, the children may
nossihly make game of the things they
should learn.
Man must work : he cannot earn physi-
cal or Intellectual sustenaucc orWeal,h, but
by physical or intellectual labour. All the
concerns of this work must undergo great
change, and stand in very different rela
lions TO each Other, before fins decree VIII
he revoked at all events it stands now,
and is not to be evaded aud therefore IA
knowledge of the elements OF the sciences
that is. a Superficial, indistlnct, indlgested
knowledge of certain desultory aud very
peaeraI elements of "A few scirnces--is
hardly recompence enough for the aban
donmeDt Of habit Of prompt, willing, aud
earnest cxertion, which a boy may and
should acquire while his chractcr is grow
ig. Batit may be asked, SINCE children
must and ought to play, why not make
their amusemcnts odiiyng and useful in
such measures and manner as may be pos
sble? We have no objections To this, so
long as their amusemenls are known and
regarded as what they really are. 1t IS on
" when they are considered impo' tant We
hieles of instruction., that they become
worse than useless by faHoring the preva-
lent mistake, that the principal object Of
education is not To invisorate but replenish
the mind, and the yet more injurious no
lion, that good thing may be gotten with
out toll. Set your child at work Upon
task, suited to his age and capacity make
HIM woik as hard as you can without do.
ing him harm, and compel him to learn
aad feel that labotr, and necessary evil of
lie, must be borne, aud if borne patiently
dimnIshes, til in Ire end it Disappears
A distinct practical conviction Of this truth,
is worth hundred times over all the mu-
sic, or geography, or history, or mathema-
ties that Il child ever learned from his play
things, since the fashion of tins day came
in.
The same principle has been applied TO
literary amasements which are calculated
for children of a larger growth. aud per-
haps with more good. Learning has
thrown by her stills aud has come down
from the study into the parlour. She no
longer loves ouly the light utthc midnight
lamp 1T the solitary toni OF the stud n
bnl gathers IN Jch homage iii warm sum
Iuer afternoons, aud often exhibits her
charms TO some Joyous circle round IL
cheerful fire. True it is. that the intense
'cspcct and admiration which were former
y paid her, have become rather scarce,
and the sincerity and entire devotion of
most OF her worshppers my well be
doubted But perhaps thai is eompensa-
ted by their increased number. and t. c
wide extension OF her empire. Many who
would have fled rom ID book, between
whose covers learning was suspected to
lie, ale tolerdbIy willing to meet her,
when she comes only as an additional
charm aud ornament to something they
ika better.
Ii there be- no royal road to learning,
there is at least fashionable Que, aud ma
ny walk therein. who would not have fol
lowed the old paths. Now ont Of this state
Of things much bil,c stockingiSm-male and
fem,Ie-has no doubt arisen, and this is
sore evil. But evil and good generally
Keep close to each other in this world of
improvisation, aud the good caused by the
easy access to Ii crlture, is indubitable and
important; the tome of small talk--the
great cement of society--is much elevated,
better and hls her things are made the sub
leei ofeonvcrsation ; a lady or "A gentleman
must know mare and think more than
formerly and this is all extremely well,
Tor 1t is much better to discuss the las
hooks than the last scandals, however the
Change be Effected.