Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-28

an II breaks assunder During the frs, FIVE or SIT
yeats Of a ehilds life it should be the parents sole
object 10 establish the functions necessary iOf the Po
motion Of good health end strength Of the ocdy Ana
their efforts, after TINS period Of the ohds e should
not in the less degree be RELAXED bet they may ao"
them with saici, commence such studies as are
suited to their capacities Bu, forcing into ohdrcn's
heads sin seven, by blocks aud other machinery
knowledge Of arithmetic, &c, Is no less absurd man
1t would be Tor parent to try to bring the stomach OF
an infant by the use Of medicine retain and digest
the food requisite for grown person. Parents are so
DESTROYS Of seeing their children advance in knowl-
edge that they often suffer them TO be confined on the
hard seats ia our common school rooms, until those
rudy checks become pale and the organs Of digestion
become impaired, and the life Of tie child the forfeit
OF its parents folly.
Let parents SAYS an emnen, writer, mo, lament
because their own children do not exhibi, uncommonly
active powers of mind in early life; because, com
pared with some other children, they are deficient IN
knowledge that is derived from books Let them rath-
rejoice il their children reach the age of nix or seven
with well formed bodies good health aud no vicious
tendencies though they be a, the same time ignorant
Of every letter in the alphabet
The celebrated Tissot physician of grea, dis,nc-
ton in his work on the Health of Men Of Letters
which IN Europe has had great influence, says, The
effects Of study vary much according TO the age OF
the student Long continued application in infancy,
destroys life. have seen young children OF great
mental activity who manifested passion for learning,
far above their age, and foresaw, with grief, the fate
that awaited them. They commenced their career as
prodgies, and finished by becoming idiots or persons
of very weak minds The age Of infancy is consecra-
ted by to those exercises which fortify and
strengthen the body, and not to study, which enfee
bles it and prevents lis proper increase and develope
ment. No custom is more improper and cruel than
that Of parents who exact OF their children much
intellectual Labor and great progress in study. 1t is
the tomb their talents and Of their health He con-
cludes with this advice, The employment for which
your children are destined in after life should regulate
their studies in youth not requiring (as is the custom
with many parents) the most study in early life, of
those who are to be devoted literary pursuits, but,
on the contrary, the least OF infants says he. 'des
tined for study through life should prefer the one
least learned at the age of twelve
When look into the history of other distinguish
ed philosophers, discover that they advanced and
demonstrated the same ideas Whenever search
the ponderous tones of ancient history consult our
own observation, shall find that those who
have been the greatest adopts in learning, have in gen.
eral been the most tardy in their early education
whilst those who the most progressive in their
juvenile years, have either found premature grave
liTed TO experience the ills entaed upon eniee
bled intellect, and weak and nervous constitution.
Shrewsbury VI. PHILoMATH.