The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-26
For che Recorder.

VISIONS " ~ " SAtucu - talulty 70 D
sreaglheEed. - leisure % Be adorned
or % . room in The soul 10 be furnished
Parents may desire the culture Of in,
moral sense, and teachers may, nos an.
shea. endeayar alter il; bot the sysiem
az sysfem. embraces il not. The do
tiss growing o0s Of The eonseienee. fin
deed. il 10 the very fountain Of duty, Il
man. may be essential 10 our well being
The lruIhs relating 20 10 directly, may b
osnsrnus. AID mediaieIy, all truth Il
she mind. al knowledge has q near and
special RELATION 10 IL. Therefore. hos I
can BE- systematically uareeognized. er.
cepl when there Is sbsoluis necessity r.,
ils aid. ur kno~ NM. And uhy. st each
step in intellectual culture. The relslion oI
acquired ruth 10 The conscience, should
not be pointed out. We know not. Bul
now. the young learn. not as 20 the ser use
Of dais; we refer moi our knowledee 10
csnseienee. far character. and measure.
Oar intellectual desires. like The cravings
ii an appetite nf the body, are 10 be salts.
EsL. II any thing has relation 10 inter
eel. 10 a name. or 10 pleasure, lee IL be
hal. and Cor this The passion eries give,
give. and the mind is 10 made 10 eugoree
al. on the selfish view. Now in opposi
ton 10 This craving 80 like mere passion.
aud in apsosison 20 this engorging Of
knuwle'lgs so like mere eluliony, The
Coincidence, recognized 10 this end, would
afford principle Of selection a. 10 What
should be slpdled. and What was acquired
d would saneiify.
The culture OF the moral sense Is 90
nearly related 10 virtue. ss 10 any cause
TON effect. But, 10 not virtue necessa.
Tyl What have we, u We gain eli be-
sides. and have not genuine virtue Of
mind and lifel
And if experience deceive not. the nice
culture Of The moral sense 10 closely con.
nee,ed sth high literary merit also. In.
deed The supremacy Of this faculty enters
into the very idea Of merit Of every Kind;
and there 10 no merit in The results OF
mems actions. however shining and pro.
disious they may be, unless duty we're
the impulse. But We do not see high re-
sulls of intellectual efforts, when abstract
I'd from duty and eonscienes. Especi-
ally 10 youth. noble consequences Of in.
telleciusl exeriion are produced only 10
cases connected with a ruling aud 81
prema regard to conscience. Bot it 10
proved that they do appear in instances
Of this kind, BY works that are now
much read aud admired.
The season Of culture Is youth, which
10 the time Of The highest excitement,
aud strongest passion. But does no,
mental improvement demand esImness,
aud steady perseverance, 7 Something
there must be, therefore. to check ex.
element, 10 control passion. Passion
ass, not rule in him who aims al even
literary excellence. In mental sequisi
lion, 10 disturb the mind is 10 overthrow
us power. To strive for literary dis.
tinction, and be at The same time The slave
0t passion. is like trying To do ,wo things
al once; il cunfounJs reason with sense.
and sensibiii,y with BRUSH INSTINCT
Nothing but The sway Of conscience will
therefore give the intellect opportunity
for exeriion. Aud TO forget conscience.
to even dspress it from The supreme place
in all decisions. is equivalent 10 cutting
or The chance Of literary Distinction
This, q mournfui experience also is ma
nifestinp; for how small a harvest has
the culture Of thu mere in,eliectoi long
time yielded Us Rather. Is il not "in
the sweat Of our btow." that we cal
one morsell and truly, .shorns and bri.
ers" are the reward Of. our tillsgs.
We should remember. there 10 In the
young a moeal faculty; and there ere
trG,hs kindred and correspondent there
10. The plan 81 education should have
had as plain reference to these, as sf
the intellectual faculty. and lis kindred
truths. The wisdom Of including the ont
faculty. and i,s truths, is at least as esi
dent as is tina, which embraced the 9th
er.
For, can tha, be considered an abe
qnate system ri instruction which has re
ference to no more Than The wants, weak
nesses. and seusibiliiies Of a single tacul
~! Surely The moral sense is heresile
20 be brought into exercise, and chieii!
depended on; !, will define the charac
ter, it has its effectiveness, aud there
lore must be cultivated.
VIVA, has the painter done. il he ha
deliaes,ed and colored but half counle
nance! Or what is the work OF the scuiT
tor called, who. from the marble. has nc
yer wrough, but the longitudinal hall
his dgurei We should say, whalevs
skill he had shown in wha, be had don't
since he stopped short, his half 6nishe
subjec. moro resembles monster than
man. would spply this to the noe'
ART of education, which 10 to the huns
being what the skill Of the ESTUARY, q
painter. is to their respectively beausil'
and finished models.