Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-06-07
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Education. NV

..'. Education.
Oh, how little is understood Of the i'm;
port Of that word. b. the instructors Of
youth generally, or even by parents them
selvc. How few seem conscious Of the
fact, that upon the youth OF our land will
soon rest, not only all the sweet and en-
dearing relations Of the domestic circle,
but the aoeal or noe Of great and mighty
nation--the destinies Of an enlightened
and glorious Republic. Can the fond
Mother gaze upon the daughter, in whom
is garnered up q thousand precious hopes,
remember the yea-s of toll and anguish
She has borne, cAeerfully and unn,urmur-
ingly, for that daughters sake, and forget
this fact? Or can the Father, as he looks
with pride and manly tendern upon the
sporting eye, and the youthful but firm
tread Of some cherished son, cease to re-
member, that all Of future life to that son,
worth living for: will depend entirely
upon the habits now formed, the principles
instilled within tho mind; in one word,
upon the education he is now receiving?
Can the instructor forget it, Levcn though
'0or" and dispirited with thankless toil,l
when the light laugh Of childhood falls
upon his ear, or the bright and blessed
hopes OF his o,on youthful days come mir
rored back in the joyous faces before him?
The mercenary and the selfish may; but
the faithful, the devoted and affectionate
teacher, never.-His is high and holy
foAice, second only to the parent in its
great and important responsibilities. Pa
rents begin the work Of instruction;
through their assistance, the teacher car
RES it on. In this life it can neuer be
perlected--but many Of its de- ects may
be rensedied when its Importance is fully
realized, and its import understood. Il
consists no: merely in impar,ing knowl-
edge to the mind, in going through a Ger
tain routine Of study, or simply spending
80 many years within the halls Of learn,
ing-all this the term may include; but
oh, how much more, sealed up to the view
Of the many, is Hnsealed to the thought.
full and rejecting. Education refers not
then, only to the intellectual, but also 10
the moral and physical relations Of our
being; and while health should never be
neglected or sacrificed at the shrine Of
ambition, or over-wrought menlal exer-
ton. How important, also, that the no
bier and higher principles Of our being
should not De disregarled, or the inteIlec-
tual faculties lie dormant through idle
ness and inaction. In these three re-
speets then, should education be coumenc-
ed; and while we live, euer progressing.
This cannot be the work simply Of days,
or even years; but Of life time. But
leaving general principles: Let US defin-
itely point out some Of tho duties Of in
struc,ion, and we think the first great
principle brought TO bear upon the youth
full mind, should DO the clear, idea Of a
Supreme Being, and our obligations as
dependant creature upon Hin, -ouf own
Immortality and the great and leading
principals Of repelation. Thus our rela-
tion 10 the Creator fully ablished, next
the relation we bear to each other, as fell
low creatures duty to parents also
should be daily and afsetionately placed
before the mind, the vital principles Of
truth-and adherence Of falschood should
be eDgraven upon the heart as with tho
"pen ofiron and the point Of q diamond
This must be daily and hourly work,
ssopsn in with the recitations and various
duties Of tho instructor The noble and
generous in.pSlses Of the mind should be
drawn out, its syspolkiss enlisted on the
side Of cirtGs and humanity eli that
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