Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-06-21

hair Of their heads. yet say :" Down with
the clergy
A. Aye; abolish the office, but spare
the men.
v. LANGUAGE.
@. Is written and printed Language
an evil, or is it in accordance with mans
social nature2
A. Let US see.
@. Would a child four years old
sooner learn to remember the names, and
describe or tell the form and use of an
equal number Of objects or things than re-
member the names of the letters of the
alphabet
A. Aye, SO believe.
| O. Would youth sooner learn to re-
member the names and TO describe the
character or use of most objects with
which men are acquainted. than he would
learn to spell, read, and write the names
Iof those objects without gaining any
knowledge of the objects themselves
| A. Aye, so | believe.
@. Then does learning the use of a
written and printed language prevent or
retard the gaining Of knowledge!
| A. Aye.
] @. Would man sooner learn tospeak
| fuently and intelligibly the language Of
any nation by friendly and familiar inter.
course with the people speaking it, than
he would learn to read, write and speak
the same language from books with the
necessary Instruction.
a. Aye.
| @. Would he by the former mode o.
learning the language have an opportun
! ity Of gaining much useful knowledge o
men ant things as well as of communicat
ing and receiving much social enjoyment
whereas by the latter he would have few
if any advantages Of this kind ?
A. Aye.
@. Then does the learning the use o
written and printed language deprive
men Of the opportunity of gaining usefu
knowledge Of men and things, and OF so
cial intercourse and enjoyment
A. Aye. all true.
Q. Is free and friendly social inter
: course allowing of conversation or talk
Question and answer, explanation and re
marks, and giving action to the socia
sympaihies or love, the true mode OF com
:. munication, and of eliciting or learnin
and teaching truth by social man2
}, A. Aye (See introductory
@. Is the free discussion which sue
? intercourse and communication allow es
sential to the detection of error and the de
velopment of truth, and justly regarded a
the key Of knowledge!
: A. Aye.
" @. Is the mode of communication b
written or printed language faulty as n'
" allowing the friendly social intercours
- which gives action to the social sympatt
les or the free discussion in its perfect forl
which is essential 10 the development I
uulh2
A. Aye.
" Q. Do the arts OF writing and printin
20 tend to ALLEVIATE and estrange man fro
~ his brother man, by taking the place c
o. and consequently preventing and exclu
i; ing the friendly social intercourse whic
ne is the true mode of communication by s
10 cial man2
NJ A. Aye; and this alone should doo
H. them 20 OBLIVION.
y @. Do the arts Of writing and priu
ae ing furnish the means and present Il
u temptation to the production and dissen
IL nation of an incalculable amount OF co
nj ripping error,. absurdity and falsehoo
$; which without them could not have al e
81 lstence, 10 the form of songs, fiction, al
s. novels, thus spreading a poisonous mia
&C ma, destruction to truth and purity
y mind and morals, and in this respect is
III an enormous evil
4. Aye; all true.
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