The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-05-23
DUBUQUE, IOWA, MAY 23, 1849.
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EDUCATION.

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EDUCATION.
EDUCATION is a term more frequently used
than correctly Notwithstanding of as ma
ny Specifications Proteus had shapes, in the
minds Of different individuals; each one giving
it a definition according TO his own ideas of its
Importance. To the selfish man, with head
denoting large ''acquisitlven ess," and small
"benevolence, ''minus'a proportion OF the in
telectual organs, we have doubt ii is We.
ry unmeaning term, far less mu>ca in its
sound, by several GoldometerS, than he word
Caifornia-and equally unmusical to the man
so entirely professional as to exclude all ideas
of interest in the public good for thong he i'd
mits that the cct did have some interest in
the good old collegiate days, in seeing through
Euclid, quoting Shn kspeare, and Jumping over
comic sections, nay, that he came very near
through its influence, not only OF inventng a
perpetual motion, but establishing new theo
ry OF atoms upon the same principle yet he
docs not think it Of much advanta{ to him
now days;-might we'll let it rcst.any way.
And should the Importance Of this sub ect be
brought up before some Of the good citizens OF
Dubuque, we have no hesituncy in saying, an
equal degree of interest would be IT. anifested
blank indeed, would be the expression of
their conntenances as they walked round the
hotels, looked at the steam mill, examined the
new brick block cast a sldelong glance at the
Mississippi; and, us "dernicr' resort, were
obliged al last to consult the wire, in order to
find out which modern improvement we could
possibly mean by the term Education. Under
a similar state Of bewildcrment was little Jon.
ny. few days ago, when accosting his father
in something like the following manner:
Now, Pa, | shall 60 to the show this time,
and Dick shall stay at home; for he went last
time, and didn't. Sho,U, my son, .9hat do
you mean? There's no show coming that I'm
aware off, Yes there is, Pa; now QUILL see
for heard all the boys down town yesterday
saying that old Education was coming here
pretty soon with an Elephant, un Institute. and
great many other ,cild animals; and they are
60 ng to feed them on essays and debates, and
all other kinds of vegetables, and I'm going
down to see 'em eat-l shan't do "nothing
elso' any how; now you'll see, Pa, if dom go.
Retire, my son, you are getting refractory
and little too far advanced in some things
shall send you to school tomorrow morning
sir, for there's no getting along with you at
home any longer, perceive.
We'll, remarks another parent, have spent
great deal Of money upon my children, first
and last, and don't see that they are any the
better for it. If children only taught tc
read, write, and spell, learn the definitions,
and 60 as far as the rule Of three in arithmetic
| think that's enough for all practical purposes
learning is great jury to people sometimes
especially if they know TOO much.
Permit me to say | differ from you there We
ny much, remarks anothcr:and l am thankful
for one, that my son is thoroughly informed
he graduated at one Of the best institutions i
the Union, and is now finishing his education
by tour on the continent
Now, Angelina Josephine Victoria Augusta
Philomcla Eitz Anderson, CONTINUES doating
mamma) do really try and appear to the best
advantage this evening; for consider, love, it
docs you no good to be so fashionably educa
ted, unless you make it manifest to others
show off your accompl ishments IN some way
little tact well managed, will enable you to
do this; and event you don't succeed in max
ing conquest, yet, if yon only let people see
your superiority, l shall not feel as if Pa had
thrown away SO much money upon you 70: no
thing, darling.
Many mother there is, with no higher aim
FOR her child than this; yet oh how little does
she realize her responsibility when she thus
sends her out into the world wholly undiscip-
lined in mind, and unsubducd in heart; with
no ust views of life ideas Of accountab iIhy
|-5lnLly she rushcs on for few brief years,
in the giddy Whirl of pleasure, withdra NO
only from the world when she can no longer
shine in it, with broken health, worn out feel
ings, peeyish temper, and heart deadened to
all the finer and noblcr emotions. Thus Wo.
man. made but Little lower than the angels
in her holy ations--madc to eioicc the
dcsoIatc places Of cartll--becomes but u blight
upon its iairest prospects; and at last. in the
full vigor Of youth, and the glory Of her days,
sinks down prematurely and untimcly to the
grave. How often, too, docs the young man ,
the pride and glory Of the fathers heart, whose
mind is stored with the Itch gems Of int elect,
through neglect of moral culture, pervert the
noblest gifts Of heaven, and by course Of in
| dale J,S. HAZE Il L.
gray hairs of his parents with sorrow to the
tomb
And what are the causes Of sorrow in such
cases? Not the possession Of knowledge, but Il
neglect of the heart combined with it-and
when thus neg lectcd, what can 1t become, but
a barren waste? unfruitlul desert, where
not single oasis appears togivc life or g lad.
ness to The prospect? This consideration Of
the subject leads at once seriously and So,
lemnly to enquire what should be understood
by the term Education? 1t means not. then,
simply knowledge from books, few years
spent in the halls Of science, or the training
OF the intellect a!onc-but a thorough, practi.
cal discipline Of the moral, mental and physi-
cal being-commencing with the child in ear.
ly infancy, and continued through after life
a progressive work from the cradle to the
grave. The grave, did l say2 All no! it ceas.
eth not there! not when the soul futters on
the confines of the spirit world! not W hen the
sha dows Of earth flee away from its eagle gaze!
not when it lifteth the vail Of eternity do its
powers cease to expand; or to fill with the hid
den treasures of knowledge the vast chambers
| of the soul! but oh how immeasurably does it
! increase in wisdom, and its powers IN yigor
and expansion, when the dull weight which
| oppressed it here, the 'frail tabernacle Of
earth" is removed. If education ceused with
time; if its effects were felt only in this world,
it would still be subject Of importance, con
nected as it ever must be, with happiness here.
| But when we consider that it is work for G.
/ ternity, thut according to its discipl nc here,
such will be the destiny of the sou, forever,
it is then that we feel its importan ce; and could
we speak out what we feel, did not the power
of language fail US, we would write os with III
pen Of iron and the point of diamond, the
importance OF these solemn truths upon every
parents heart. Education must be commence
ed with the parent-the work is nos alone to
the teacher. When the first CLEANS Of ntel-
Iect begin to light up the mind of the child,
long ere his tender years permit him to b. pla-
ced under public instruction, holy principles
should be implanted, habits in some measure
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