Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-14

81 40 ~, VIII y ssnsurs any ons Tor |
hnvhr rcconfss % an 70 hide the defecn
q na.6rs: md. I have exprssslv saii. that
snch pFa<iicss are comparatively innocent;
bul 4 sccms y me, that they esase 70 Be L
innocenl and become passive and praeti- Il
sallir, also. n when men and women hear
he 6ncnr>s Of their eclnplexion. hair, or
lccih eommsndrd in their presence. they !
q noe own ihaf the beauty 80 commended
= entirely artificial. provided such be re-
ally the ease
'psach.rs q schools are frequently 10
much Involved ia the guilt Of lying -
rafrufs. How many q time. have we
s<en fhem express the highest satisfaction |
a he ca|l Of visiter urge him to re-
main: nnd then request him 10 call again
when almost every pupil Of the school
knevihaf his preiensions were all hollow;
and that be was not only sorry At hear 70
receive visiicu a. his school-room. but
NOS, profoundly glad when they were
How, many sims. moreover. have we
seen reading lesson introduced as fair
specimen Of the pupils progress, which
had been read ever end over TIL il was at
shs tongues end Of every pupil We
have not only seen this done. without
any remarks on the part Of the teacher,
IN which case it was lie. even; but we
have also heard teachers state, again and
nrain. before selecting the lesson. that
tker had no choice in regard to place !.
fh,i the class would read. for aught they
} A0,R. about as well in one place a. an
HUI L ID no, In regard to the reading
lssson alone, that we have witnessed these
klsehoods. The whole business Of t" ex-
hibiiingn in schools. 90 far As more than
thirty years Of observation and experience
warrant us IN expressing IN opinion. Is
bur tissue Of deception and ialsehood |;
and when We reflect on the combined in
fnsnce Of family and school TO teach this
fbrm Of depravity, we marvel not that
there i 90 little truth remaining among
On. but rather that there 10 any At all.-
We wonder not that athe whole head y
a the community !" i sick. and the whole
heart faint" but that there IL any moral
soundness Of body. head or limb smong Us.
We are driven, on every hand, u simi-
lar conclusions; /. thsfther Is little. il
any. eonscicntiousness among n and 2.
that there i "a universal neglect Of the
command. Train up child in the way
Ne should 90" The love Of gain Is the
prsdominsiing passion. Mammon reigns
supreme. We had almost said -sole mon
arsh.n The tongue is educated. but it's
10 hIsehood, IN one form or another
Children are not only trained to lying.
almost a. soon a. they ere born but to
expect those around them 10 lie. We
know Of individuals who sxpsct nothing
ftom those around them in the state Of
simpls truth and. who no more think o.
hearing q statement without finding j
necessary 10 interpret II. :han they sxpec
q witness a miracle. Every where they
sxpect % 6nd insincerity, duplicity. false
ksod. and hypocrisy. No person means
thsy suppose. what the plain language b.
usss would seem 70 mean, uninterrupted
no person. they believe, 70 what he appear
% Be-. This . sad condition. bot IL ]
tkal Of many an individual among rs
and every successive generation, increase
the number Of such persons. Where
this state ofthings 10 end
Whht seems most shocking Of all is, thu
In both families and schools, we often en-
ployed alying 70 cure lying" There
8 an article on this subject. IN Vol. vi {
this work, At page l67. which may sew
a. tolerable illustration OF the principl
we now advance. 10 which We beg leave
refer The reader But not only do we en-
pIov direct ialsehood IN ourefors to cur
Il We teach Il indirectly, and. in som
families perpetualIy. For falsehooc
among other crimes, the threat 10 eontinr
sllv heard. arll whip you, If you do $
again. = II ever find you telling ar
other wrong story. I'll lick you" An
vsi. though the crime is repeated by scor,
81 hundreds. the threat Is seldom. il eve
/. executed. Children who hear this sort
threatening. seldom expect i to be execu
"a: and they.are NOT only emboldened
s.Il lies as before. with impunity, but evs
a. no on from strength IN strength. in
habit which parental example. with .
most svsry breath, tends to enforce
Surely. the tongue is educated, but il
hid education. Surely. IL any depa'
mens Of education needs reform. i j. IN
What can Be- expected, where the educ
tion ofths tongue to lying is so comm
ssscarssly TO arrest public attension1