Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-26
EDUCATION,
RarfAsr Extrasts from wsld,s Report ON
Manual Labor.

Manual LABOR
The ruinous effects of the present sys-
TEN upon the body are onl as the dust Of
the balance, when compared with the jim
roa1s made upon intellect, moral feeling,
the habits, and the character remark,
H. THEIPREsENr SYSTEM OF EDUCA-
TIoN EFFRMINATEs THE MIND.
=" "the Ianguid eye; the cheek,
Deserted Of its bloom the faecid, sArunk,
And withered muscle; and the rapid soul"
belong together Poetry is sometimes ic
ton; here it is not only fact but phiIoso-
ply. That state OF the body prodsced by
insufficient exercise, dims intellectual per
cePtion, clogs the suggestive princi pie,
chains down the imagination, and loads
the mind with torpor On the other
hand, that state of the body which is the
result Of sufficient. regular exercise,
quickens the principle of association,
strengthens the memory, animates the
fancy, concentrates all the powers Of the
mind, and gives impulse to their opera
tons. An appeal to the experience oil
every individual would seem quite suffi-
cient to set this point at rest But in mat
ters Of moment, explicit testimony is rare
ely out Of place:
The advantages Of exercise are not
confined 10 the body. 1t refreshes the IN
tcLlcetuoL pOtrers, and gives to them a
spirit and sprig htliness which can be de-
rived from no other source. Disorders
OfLiterGry Men.
"A disordered stomach earthquakes
the flame of genius. "-KOt7'6~s.
The difference, indeed, between the
movements the mind with and without
exercise, is as great as between the move
ments OF clock clogged and grooming
-wiIb -Estst:oa and dirt. and one newly OIL
ed and cleaned, with every pivot. wheel.
aud pin, in place.'-Dy'pePsy FOresta!l-
ed and Resisted.
"A feeble body snfeebIes the mind."-
ROHsSedR.
The cultivation Of the mind suffers,
unless physical improvement accompanies
It step by step. II we exercise the body,
il will become strong aud active. In this
state il will inyigorate the mind It will
renleS il manly, energetic, interchangeable
firm, AMI courageous. '--PreteSsOr Salz-
NAN, Germany
'The soundness of the understanding
depends much on the bodily powers
Disorders of Literary Men
"Who does not know that the mind
participates in the condition Of the body
that il is cheerful when the body is strong
and healthy, and depressed when the body
Is iaEg0id. "-ProfcssOr VOetker, Ger
sasany
.- " Il is wonderful how much the mind
is enlIvened by the motion and exercise o.
the y."--Ptiny, Epistles, |, 6.
Take care Of the health Of the body
! for without it the mind can accomplish
nothing. "--Cicero.
'WouId you cultivate the understand
lag ofyour pupil7 Cultivate the power.
it is to govern. Exercise his body con
'tinually render it healthy and robust, il
order to make him intelligent; let hin
toll; let him act; let him be ever in mo
iion."--ROpssean
"A we'll formed and exercised BODY i
precisely. what insures the proper per
Torrance oGthe mental functions "-SaIz
NAN.
"Whatever enieebles the body, debiIi
tates the mind. "---J0hM HOtoGrd.
Exercise, while it increases circuls
ton, insensibIe perspirsiion. and muscuIa
Development and vigor. PROPORTIONAL,
increases respiration, and thus the bloc
Is more fully and completely purified an
renovated in the lungs, and becomes pos
sessed OF more Of that vital spirit who
stimulates and exhilarales wherever
flows, and diffuses nasntal and moral a
well as animal uni organic yioor, an
cheerfulness, anil elasticity, and buovat
cy, throughout the whole man. Heuc
a due proportion Of exercise is indspens;
bly, necessary, in order to the greatest j,
tslIectuaI strength and activity, and
tkatmeataI. bOLdsess and ttes1Om a.
GeERcn,, and pysheRsiOas. and heroic da
ing, which marked the movements Of Il
great minds Of the earlier. ages of Il
world. Indeed, il was. to the condition
their bodies, resulting from their peculi
regimen. more than to anything else, tn
the giant intcllec:s Of antiquity owed the
psculiar superiority over modern minds
r---Syisetfer GyahaM. LectayeT on Heal
l6sd bongeritEsF5 49, 81 % t-- 80 -. q
aar.A jadicioas combination Of physic
end mental labor IN our literafy instit
neas'would tend 10 Strengthen and il
Pfovetheinteiisci Of the -stndenis, 40 "
40 preserve their bodily health,
Cas"ss''er Waissrta, Albany, ~ Y,