Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-04-21

well as its due proportion of time. Some, and
perhaps most of you, have your regular busi-
ness TO attend TO. This YOU are constrained
to discharge, and you should not, and need not,
neglect or omit it. This in itself has this great
advantage, 1t teaches you how to economze
time, as the necessary means 10 save the waste
of intellectual energies. This is a precept
| with tho importance of which the young mans
mind cannot be too deeply impressed Have
then your regular hours of business, your regu-
lar hours Of relaxation, and your regular hours
Of study, and you will find time enough for all,
and will venture to guarantee beneficial re-
suit. The vast importance of time is not suffi-
ciently lnculca,ed, nor is it properly appreciated
by young men. Every young man spends, yes,
absolutely wastes In improbable trifes, as
much time as would make him an eminent
scholar, if it were but rightly employed. 1t
should be remembered that the moments are
ever feeting, and bear upon their wings YOUTH
vIgor, health, influence, wealth, knowledge
power, honor, and distinction, yet to most of US
they pass on unregarded and unimpro, ed. Sys-
tenn should be the great regulator of the amuse-
ments and relaxations, as we'll as the labcrs
and studies of young men, Rules wisely made
should be observed by every one. 1t is by
fixed rules that the skilful mariner turns to ad-
vantage all contrary winds and shifting currents
III his tempestuous voyage. Without these he
would be the sport of every breeze, and the
victim of every gale. So in the great and
eventful voyage of life; system keeps the mind
secure and steadfast in its course, and prepares
it successfully to meet the changes of time and
circumstances, and enables man to guide his
course, and TO make the most out of his uncer-
tain, short, transcient, and ever changing life.
Another advantage which they possess is
hsir natural tendency TO preserve health AS
have already said, most of you have your reg
ular business 10 attend 10. This gives you
sufficient bodily exercise 10 promote and pre-
serve health, without which man cannot be use
ful in life. Without health we can do but little.
If the body languishes through disease, so will
the mind The learned invalid is but illy suit
ed to the active conflicts of life Study is more
likely to impair the health than any other pur-
suit Disease of the head and heart are incl
dent to intense study, and sedentary habits
The eyes and nervous system are often their
prey, and thus, not unfrequently, we wines.
the student hurried 10 an early grave Look at
literary and professional man, and mark the
ravages of disease ard DEATH You are all COM
paratiyely young, and therefore your acquain-
tance with men Of studious habits may be but
limited; nevertheless, | doubt not but most of
you have seen some Of the sweetest and most
promising flowers in the garden Of mental cul-
ture prematurely cut off by the unsurpassine
hand of death, and thus fall fruitless TO the
ground. The cause of this mortality is not
concealed. 1t is want of muscular exercise.
The mode OF study suited to, and adopted by
most literary societies, has this advantage,
while it improves the intellect 1t Is still mind
full of the leaks, wastes, and debilities of the
most tender springs oflfe. Mental application,
blended with proper degree of bodily exer-
else, are most essential to health and bodily
Vigor, and indeed even labor acts upon the
system like the wind that bends the mountain
oak, which but strikes the deeper root, and
forces up still stronger growth.
Gentlemen, you have another advantage oil
no ordinary import-that is, union of science
and practical industry. This consider of vast
importance, and more especially so in this free
country and in this age. The political and lit
erary world are at this time rapidly undergoing
complete and entire revolution. Reform and
improvement are the ruling spirits of the age
This is universal, and embraces all mechanical
branches, and extends alike to agriculture, nav
lgation and manufactures. thousand doors,
great and wide, are thus opened, and still open
ing in every direction for the practical and
experimental scholar. Mere theory now has |
but little profit, and is losing much of its honor
Nature has to be studied, and all theories must
be reduced TO practice.
The delusive spsculations Of former times
are fast giving place to productive realities,
founded in common sense, and made profitable
by actual experiment by all the every day bu-
siness of life. What this country most wants
is not only men who can write out and we'll
define abstract principles, but also those who
can, and will put TO their hands, TO put them
in advantageous and successful operation For,
after all, the true principle of mans usefulness
consists in this, that he knows much and has
sufficient industry 10 bring this knowledge to
bear proftably upon all the useful employments
of lifs
The mode of acquiring knowledge, which