New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-18

the loNesi clouds would be scarce lofty enougl for "a
canopy II man continue TO grow on 10 20 years
A. fast a. he does the fret u years OF MS life Ike Poly
uhemus be would the trunks Of the lote. trees for
/ walkingstcks and devour whole Jocks a meal
Mental sfvsncelneuis are IN an inverse ratio 70 the
Of man and after twenty-five years u there Il sci
dom any rnodiicst q character and sieT forty I've
name faith an his philosophy are beyond the reach OF
secondary causes Wills, 10 Old age the brain har1ers
% a degree 0f almo- impeuiabliiy. And y may ,. D.
Eeued o. those specimens Of sandstone that ind IN
the cabinets Of geologsts on which are impressed the
loot prints Oi birds AID perfect they and - IN
indciiby imprinted thereon that tel not only
the character OF the bird but which way be walk
in- and whether b. vas going up hi W down nay,
these tracks aso 20 he seen the hardened
MARKS q rsndrCps and from the cure 81 the indcnta
ton tel which way the wind blew when the rain
was falling And get these once 20 plant are now 30
hard that re1al can't penetrate them Just 80 plant
s the brain ofchidrOod-the finest the most delicate
impressions then be made upon ii-shs so il bar
Gens 10 cd age And what hideOgs tracks Of the KITE,
and the vuture and the buzzari We find stamped out
upon II And there il necessity for locking these III
re specimens Up a cabinet curiosity; Tor the only
difficulty j. 10 find withOu; these marks upon 1t
loud Applause
How fsr more desirable = il that should ind
stamped the brain IN old ase. the glorious herogyph
ics OF beauty. love and truth Immense applause -
Moses carried the m0untsntvO tables os,cne because
God could wrle easily % flint az on sand but man
musi write IN anr and youth # he would wri'e al ALL
applause
The power Of memory-of retaining what we earn
is precisely Ike the other - its operation that sha
not stop % draw the parallel.
Much has been sad shout developing the mind sym
metricaly some say that we must beat down certain
otae faculties and elevate certain others admit I ].
better o. break down certain propensiie' o. cnid
though IL be weak butterfly rather than allow
them 70 Govern But sui It's much better 10 let them
retain al these faculties un1roken and advance the an
tagonist ones-elevse moral ones. II Luther had hsc
ais mind broken IN youth, We never should have heard
the Reformation o.! 1917 For that reform sprsu-
A. much from the oocipm the ciucput Some mon
there in the world with the highest and pures moral
feelings imaginable aud yet timid and nervous and
vaclaung from having bad their spirit broken IN youth
that they unfit 70 pa tcpse in any OF the great
f1rmatory struggles oil the day From mind that had
low tone ia ~ natural forces, or too feeble power
IN the moral ones no great reformation ever came-lAp-
pauscl There vices 10 the world IN abundance that
have be attacked and subduedand these were never
yet subdued by milk sops and the chcken-hearted -
loud sppiause) For high Achievements, We want men
OF high spirit hyc.auscl 70 u ~ well known that the
horse which has the highest spirit also be rendered
the most dOcie Bat we must have man Of talent and
courage, not coward OF clown. 20 render him So
Applause)
DO not advocate tho dQctrine tha; the passions and
impulses Of the mind shofd be cultivated 20 the injury
Of tho moral character. Not az all But thar whilst he
moral faculties must have the ascendency, the others
should not be depressed Il il better 20 have Ounce IN
society than deinagOgue Il is better 10 nave an ID
than maefactor better 70 have King jug than hns
Siork Applause
Those who exclude evil dispositions from the mind Of
of the prince OF peace But those who by fear and ter
ror cast out devils from their dispositions cast out Dew
IL by Beelzebub, prince Of Devils Laughter and Ap
plause)
have alluded to the producing pleasing and ssonish
ing effects by education IN early childhood. Bur the
Truth i that the happiness OF parents very uncerr ain Ia
precociOus children and very short lived never knew
a1undan; fruits come from forward spring. or a Tor
Wal child CLsu rhter and Applause Al these grea, ~
ienons the n the mind of no use without
a due attention 20 the wants OF the body applause
4 kaif flffr.un have looked found
10 be- Of in society than many remarkable
ape (ROars ofiaugher and applause think no more
OF them than DO OF the remarkable at boy from North
Carolina and no more OF him than do Oi a remarkably
huge Margot (Roars OF Laughter and Loud APPLAUSE
Zcrah Colburu than great incarnaied Nu
iipicaton Table whilst Warren Coburn was Arithmetic
Itself. Immense APPLAUSE
The great error in education comes nom the immense
sproportion bestowed the intellectual culture as
compared with that bestowed on the moral culture
And that the latter requires the attention
man will dispute. Although the mind Is SO flexible that
may be trained in any direction the gardener trains
bis vines yet such il the effect Of surrounding influences
during the progressive growth Of mind that among the
various countries Of the earth ind poyiheism prac-
used in one nfaniicde in another poygang in anoi1er
the burning buryng the living with the dead-and
cust various 10 induce the belief by some that
there a separate Adam and Eve for each sect And
yet on cuvaung the intellectual thousand times
more than do the moral ones. (Applausc)
Look At the exercises in public schools See what
attention s paid in reading % the tone the accent the
mpdulHtuu IN grammar tnt rue dUu uf
soforh must all be deliberately attended TO in geo
eraphy the population and latitude and longitude Of cities
the nights Of mountains and lengths Of rivers are al
thought Of the highest moment IN arithmetic the same
occurs in regard quOtent dividend fraction and in
fuiessemal Look the rcieraiiOn and perseverance
in the whole machinery ofmarking. placeiaking prizes
and soforih Look ~ this page and then turn 10 the
blank leaf Of moral appliances and indictments. DIN
mcnse applause
such his been he ncclec, in this matter that marvel
there any smiudc % the moral nature left among
wonder that morality, truth love and honor has not led
from earth and left hearess aheisiical and devish
Great apylausc) wonder that the spirit OF morality
has not lied ike Asrea the stars expelled from earth
by the folly and wckedncss Of man. loud applause -
But fortunate that II otherwise that vice OF the
fathers folly OF the mothers. can expcl nial love
from the breast Of their child (applause) as when the
auumnal fires of the Western praires rush over them
leaving waste Of desOlalOn behind-yet when
waiered By the refreshing rains Of the following spring
beauty loveness and fragrance may burst forth anew
and from the ons Of wicked and diseased parents spring
up hopes and new susceptibility Of virtue and Of re-
lgOn. Loud appause)
Another truth also must be attended to in the educa
ton othc child The power or faculty that Is 70 be in
creased only must be melted 20 action u you address
child in language not understood will be as useless as
II bo,anist TO address number Of plants and How
and direct them how to grow. (Appausel There
is much that called moral teaching that is utterly
unworthy of the There be no moral good Ct
eccd unless all the intelligent activity Of the moral ma
turc be aroused 10 action. Applause) II the teacher
cannot command the attention Of the child the enid
grows worse or else h. grows smaller daughter Inc
best 10 be proceeded n that the mother should
early begin this APPLAUSE The ount OF mater
nal love never runs dry applause She waters The
plant daly-and though the leaves seem dry and with
cred Yet there may be life in the root Time and tate
are ~resiled with by mother. and despair hurled 10
distance See how the mother will watch by the bed OF
her sick child the hectic hush the parched tongue the
rattle IN the throat potens more terrible 10 her than
al that shake earth sky. She would give her
whole fortune for single remedy that should save that
chics life applause And yet AL this is only for the
breath IN the body How much more, then should she
10 u 10 prevent thu death Of the soul Here PIN could
have been heard 70 Drop There IS no death bed on
earth horrible the exnguishment Of virtue IN The
human soul Death of the body indeed terrible 20
contemplate, but the pangs of rcnorse who can bear
Bear IN mind, then that whilst Susceptibility remains
NJ child Is utterly rreinevably lost The renovation
AM redemption Of mankind depend on our knowledge
and ncans Tor cuitvsi.ng aud forming The mind as Il
passes through the successive stages OF childhood
That part OF our nature created in iho image oi God
should tc rendered bold hrm serene and awful IN the
exercise OF virtue that which base should iremble be
fore toe power and bow to the will OF the laugser.
applause In this way may render our common
noble, learned and maay and all alike be beautiful and
true instead Of being the seezy, NANCY and generally
diseased set that TOO many now are daughter and sp-
plauseD