New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-18
VOL. Nv. NO. SO.

capable by the very constitution OF their nature oil
transccnding or violating in any essential respect
the fundamental conditions of their existence Man
alone OF all the inhabitants of planet created
with the power of Improving indefinitely his con-
diton-ot transgressing by voluntary effort of his
will, the laws OF his beng aud OF coun,eracting if
we may be allowed 10 use the expression, so far as
he himself Is copccrncd, the benevolent design of
his Creator, in the bestowment OF the high privilege
oil an intelligent existence. With him alone the
work OF education and the formation Of character
commences in early infancy, and is susceptible Of
continued progress through all the subsequent
stages OF life. He alone possesses that indesuuc-
ube germ Of heirg which we term The soul or
spirii-the badge OF his proper humanty-,be
pledge OF his mmorality-the distinctive character
stic Of his high nature.
This, too, is admirably put:
An early and intelligent acquaintance with The
constitution, structure aud functions OF the human
frame; the laws in obedience III which only health
may be preserved and occurred, and Tie mlnh en-
abled TO accomplish It's noble MISSION undeprcssed
by the Iisheartsnng Influences OF debility, disease
aud pain; the organic functions OF the various mus
ces bones nerves vessels and gatures which are
distributed throughout the body, and the princip pies
III conformity 10 which The action of each ana The
combined operations of all reguinted-is indis-
pensabie 10 an enlightened development and judi
cious cultivation Of our whole nature. The able and
accomplished Secretary OF the Board OF Education
Sixth Annual Report has accumulated mass Of
facts bearing upon this important and elementary
process OF education, and has enforced lis CLAIMS 10
more general and universal adoption in all our
Seninaries of pubic and private instruction, with
an eloquencc, a beauty and truth, which cannot
all 10 carry conviction to every intelligent mind
'The laws of health aud lie, observes tins dlsln-
gushed advocate OF Popular Education and OF the
best interests of humanity, are comparatively few
and simple. Every person is capable OF understand
ing them. Every child il the State, before arriving
at the age Of eighteen years. might acquire coupe
tent knowledge Of tiem and OF the reasons on which
they founded. The profession OF 6ledlcnc, on
the other hand, is mainly conversant with the laws
OF disease. Ii is these which are so nurnbercss and
complex as TO defy the profoundest TALENT and the
study of the longest and most assiduous life for their
thorough comprehension. Every difference OF eli
mate, of occupation, OF personal constitution and
habits, mobiles their character, muupes their
number and perpexcs their intrcacy. Human
Physiology, or the science Of Health and Life, may
be written in book; for Pathology, or the sci
ence OF disease, thousands and len thousands OF
looks have been written, and yet the subject seems
at the present time TO be hardly nearer exhaustion
than in the age OF Galen or Hppocrates.'
What exquisite music to stir the heart withal
is this
"The goodness of Providence, in the constitution
of the moral and physical world, and in the benevo
lent adaptation OF means 10 eHuS Is III HouuS inoie
conspicuously displayed than in the fact clearly
folded by an intelligent acquaintance with the fun
damcntal principles OF human nature, that not only
the desire, but the abundant means of happiness,
have been conferred upon each ra'ono! individual
of the species-a happiness essentially independent
Of external circumstances, springing from an inter-
nal impulse, and awakening the slumberng tones
of those unearthly hermonies which have power to
Danish for ever the usurpers OF the moral Kingdom
of the soul The teachings of that philosophy which
exercises the phantoms opassion and the evil spirits
of Ignorance delusion and temptation; which re-
echoes within us The Of innocence, Of pristine
purity and unsullied youth; which reawakens in
our breasts the high and holy aspirations Of the
spring-tide of existence and renova.es our weared
and care-wom spirits by the balmy and blessed in
nuences OF the higher and holier nature implanted
within us,-comes TO all with healing on lis
wings 1t smooths the aspcti,ies of Lies rugged
Journey; causes The innumerabe flowers scattered
with a bounu hand over the daily paths Of exist
ence, TO bloom with grateful fragrance and sweet
ness. and hliuses over our whole being that JOY,
and peace and hope, which take fast hold OF mmor-
alitv. o JOY that in our embeTs
Is something that doth live,
Tint Nature yet remembers
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