Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-05-22

s ,h. >, .asa ex,rescen5es Of his moral na.sse.
lie secs vast musIde of SPARKS falling Oh Inc eon3"o-e
surface of society," but he wiki uncancer' %'7', A''
ever the missions have become inG7oa, ana threaten 2;
consume GU, temporal bessngs wA@a rage has tired }a N
fra,cl moi aad destruction and Gca:h stare hn = ta
a~a. Ate,l he lies diligently all the energies Of Law
R., .aa ogcrs Of the Law simply punltoy me l4@g'
has no prooavac,c virtue. You mny, Indeed by ba''asA
e tho ,arors Law sometimes deter from wrong 5l
something vii! meet the evil al to TIRES 'a7-d
Nothn- sound an! thorough educaon VII. ro2r
the root bis UPas, whose branches saed basa
influence al ar7oad. proper cTectual education
would Law ru.i;y; for where there il 10 tf"nes
sion. - ..a9".
There arc many, very many dis:esscs Of soeetE !'E
there redress in the statutes Of the land i3efo
are Thousands Of grievances watch fad palliative N It.
sa:iye caacmeats. Il Is upon the ignorant aad he s'-
persttious the quac and the mposor feed
Enghen and improve the multitude, and the uae Nne
and 1pos.or will lose their prey.
Philosophers hydrosatic PARADE: % nm
c.pe by which very slender column Of water VIII nos oy
raise great weights; which capable Of causing nous
;ans remblc fall asundcr There IS prnc pie IN
Education equally powerful, equally competent to po-n-e
amazing results contemplate the progress of Q
chd's and drop by drop nstiIod into is lit
tic mind. rarely DO look the probable result Of
this ample operation. The minds of children thu
e tubes which pour the principles o. truth o. Of
error: the great community Of mankind is = be
acted upon.
Education dcspse this seemingly insignificant; -
sumen It is aught with the clements OF good or OF e'
1t is full Of power l. is capable Of lifting up nations 4
can rend asunder the world This great Educato,se
pgra&or.
Its paradox; a5suGi.y. Il is easily Gaaoa-
stra5c Education, good bad is stuPondons
But because it does display its effects at because il
saric with the explosive force OF voirano o
attention by Of thunder; because It does 50:
dazzle enl like the gAinss flash. ae course Of
operations, almost UNDECIDED 1t has senosion
voice utter, to alarm excite No! Education
like of these. 1t Is the snowflake, gently stealing
ground is the ran-d7op falling where, ba:
heavily nowhere. Il IS these combined, forming the t.c
s which by doors Il the nils running
gather forma great rivers And lastly, it is the rivers
uniting together i'll of waters Here Is the u
innate result CT ;ho disrcgarded snowflake and the rain
d7o2. Here. if the Education be bad is the mighty i"su
presses like the una thomaba deep, upon the mora!
energies people Here is that gathered power ot
ready break through all the barriers Of Law and a1g
,-u '~'.0"', '~--t
religion. for what il the voice Of reason. to the furious
mob! or single Of WISDOM the infatuated hut
taae It the finger Of ehI.d agoips, al oraanche
BREATH against q uni7Iyvind No! it this stage Of
.anz7 that YOU can avert tie evil. Exer:ion comes too
lae at this period I. Is at home, and the schoohouse
shat YOU apply your energies and your "'sa7in-
Here where tho snoakes lodge, and the rain-doPs fall
f,avirz then IT our command, instrument Ct 50 much
ocr does Il no: benov direct operations TO teit
cn5t Shall sleep, while il il exertng its Ter
rblc acanr! Fer instrument which never rests
n il IS oin- 10 good doing evil. Ceaseess and nosa
less IN u action. potency may the attention oi
Inc needless; BIZ, their ultimate
effects, fail neglected education, opening rs
Il. the groy shop. the theatre, the gaming
table at all POLITICAL religious, social
and domestic relation On the other hand, he oi.
,r- if. in |a rrr-
per tuton Of physical, religious, AMI Intellectual aco!
ties little lessons of home and of sch2a
multiplying their the broad surface Of COM
lun.ty: ralsing the the scale of being Like
drop the tube of he hydrostatc bellows, the
higher the lesson the magnificent the effect. lesson
tends preserve and strengthen the animal powers, is
something: lesson " ich facilitates intercourse
man. and drives the and bats of superstition
abodes, highly important: lesson puri6es
il the elevated of all lessons; and allowed
proper action it s that that empha,cally 'exateth
son.'' If tendencies Education are we no,
called upon, loudly called upon lend helping to
direct its operations il its right channel
And here lie, add. tina: the kind of Education which
demands earliest sympa and deepest interest,"
is shat which lays the foundation for greatest in
nftore; rot thar which will make splendid
BILE. There degree learning which never. per
haps. be dlsed throughout all the ranks of society
happily it IL necessary the welfare Of Il would
neither extend sphere OF his uselnes enlarge the
boundaries OF human happiness. The Kind which We ad-
that solid and readily acquired ledge which
Is accessible every individual. The nucleus nav be
panted every juvenile mind that the child passes
into manAoUd and the through life It viii constantly
gain by the accetion of those things whch Immediately
intellectual and accountable beings like
the oadsonc. it will discriminate and sepa
the pure tai from Elusive substances. Like mag.
nec needle. TOO. it viii always direct the great
dlnal points OF human life. Suspend simple wire upon
pivot, and what is 1T It the things
creation, every breath Of dst1rbs IT, points this
way and that wind; every
il, however rightly il may have been moenlrly directed:
there is confidence pc placed in This uned
ucased mind. But masnesise by s&iful touches Of
Education; and whatever deviatons recsude may
Detail ~ its tTGe'cg VII. always be towards tie pole