Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-01


yelopment OF being In real life
One reason for this state OF things may
be found in The almost universal agree
.ment amongst minds of all parties that
man is only a ttcoyGoLd being. In what
ever other particulars the various secls
and parties may differ they agree in stat
ing that u.an is comprised in body and
soul, and consequently that he is incapa-
BE Of any other than bodily and mental
education Teachers seem generally to
conclude that the physical training may
take care of itself, or be left to The moth
er's treatment, that is to sly to her kind
blunders. Thus there remains only
the mental branch for profsssed teachers;
and BY general consent they are only
called upon to furnish little Of the con-
Ivenlionalities Of reading, writing, geogra.
ply and thesi
La the mean time the third element, the
deepest and most precious portion of he.
child nature, is allowed 10 langnsh un-
It'll il is attenuated to the last thread Of its
existence; which, even in the darkest hu-
man being never can be severed Thisis
Echerishing the husk, and the cotyledon,
and forgetting the germ in the seed. AT
Ter such Treatment can we reasonably ex-
pect crop? Is it not like setting apples
for seed, carefully cleaning the skins, aud
Idepositing all the pulp, but throwing all
THE pips away, insisting that they are lit
tie useless dark things Which are Of no
use in the generation OF the expected Tree ?
Something like this seems 10 me 10 be the
utter forgetfuIness of the third. the divine
nature 10 man which links him with De-
| ity himself.
Without the admission of This highest
element in man, philosophers, as they are
called, are. sadly puzzled to account for
many facts which they observe. They
are, for instance. incapable of marking
distit clly the line Of separation between
man and other animals. Some worthy
men Insisting that brute creatures below
man in creations scale have souls, while
others argue that they have not. Neither
party. it may readily be imagined, under.
lslanding very clearly whal they are con-
testing, and knowing still less Of theiI op-
ponenls' meaning. This and many 9th
Ter questions vastly more in.portantto man
| would probably be easily solved It man
| would look for the solution of them ia the
right direction. There is a universal sol
vent for all human doubts and questions
and it lies within this third and neg cctec
nature in man himself
|. is almost a useless office 10 lay be
fore The Intellectual world any sablec
which does not agree with lis most cur
rent modes of thought lnteIIectualst
would require logical proofs, sep by steF
for this affirmation which we make. Ru
as this nature and ground in man Of whici
/, we speak is itself the basis Of all proof, il
existence is beyond any logical deduction
whatever. We therefore propose not /
saIgue o. 20 contend about it wilh an
one. And to parents ne rather affirm
than enforce it. and urge it more froe
moral considerations than from inteileclc
!. i.al arguments. We may indeed endeavc
:. to render our meaning clear by illustr;
tons, and this we have already done pro
J ably not altogether in vain,
' To parents, then we would appeal
, take UP this forsaken yet vital point. 4
5; neither the stale, nor the sehoolmaSter RI
It cognzes the weIl-spriog oil goodness, II
n never falling fount of love in the huma
+ breast. let the mothers and fathers nah
20 the experiment. They should at lea
g, have confidence enough In goodness
Of undertake The enterpFize. They Dug
i, 70 know, they ought to acknowledge III
II amidst ali The sins Of conception, and IL
~ quities of beselling, there must yet be
ID least solitary point Of goodness there,
NJ else such mass Of sin aud mighty mu
e. necessarily fill TO pieces al once. A he;
y Of entire corruption ;rust rapidly desa
81 Ahouse built entirely of rubbish eou
IS not stand one minute.
Ike Despair mol then, parents. of.humanit