The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-10

Massaennseus has an absolute, a. WILL
ohe exists for her nr..-..
PIE ana iof ther Posterity, as well 80 20
Union al large Though relatiyslv S-.i',us
when compared with the whoIs ueehaing,
there IS an actual aud constant inc,ay' Yet
numbers within her narrow bo,ds,~ IN her
soon nave million Of people; and -s.a~u
power can adequately comprehend tn Ahi's
the hoPesand fears, the honor a. ana
Of nl'hoh .. human beings, belobging ,aan
same generation; or sum no The f.f.s 70 Tie
gate Of happiness or misery for thsnn-i sggrs-
their descendants. yourselves and
"Let US thank Heaven, too. ,h.,
other standards Of greatness b-.;ds- . ls's are
territory; and other forms Of weal,b I'd
mineral deposits or agricultural srnL..' oesoes
ihongh every hili were Potosi. thon.S "'
valley, like that Of the Nile. ~ every
| fatness, yet might nation BE- noor = -. With
Desperate sense;-benighted in tbs S.' J.ie mos,
barbarism, and Judgment-strieksn - NJ OF
Tor ssins. State has local boupds,,.-ea
cannot nghtfully transcend; bur tba ,.' Tneh
ihteiilgence' the sphere Of charity ,hs
domain IN when the soul can expand and Ia
1 "a'o, arc ni'i'ao'e,-sast and bOundl.ss :. -
omniPrescence Of the Being thai crsa..s Is The
Worldly treasure is Of thai ns,,,. ~ mem
may corrupt, or the moth destrov III rust
steal; but, even upon the earth. thsys '''eses
treasures which are unapproaehabl, kv t.la
| imPregnaDie 10 violence, and who's. vsI.-l'
not perish, but Is rsdOubled with m. -. u"e'
state, then, Is not necessarily f.t,d 10 $ a
canoe because its dimensions ars
doomed to obscurity and powerls..n..' 80. nor
its numbers are few. Athens was - aa's
low as were her moral aims, sh, Light -, ye'
whole earth As lamp lights up temoI. IN, s.'
was small; pat her prophets and her ,a..S'-.
were, and viii continue TO be- the guiSs. ~ ,s
wona ne narrow strip Of half cutivsbI- -
maj nes oet"een her eastern and western go
dariss, IL not Massachusetts,; but h., $3.50,
ineOruptible men. her pure and .Y,l,.5 '' aAa
the children in all her schools. VIII 80
ons are the Preludes and rehearsal, AZ ~ ''s'.
dni'es oil liie' and the prophecies Of futurssrHi
nenes-rHrsE ARR THE STATE" -''-
u Wsmight look far before finding .mO,-,,,,l
Jog representation Of the importance and VI.
Of the science Of Physiology, than in N. =,
lowing extracts
"Not only will general Know ledge of Him..
Physiology, or the Laws Of Health. IA No.
| 70 superseoe me necessity Of knowlsdgs -
Pathoiogy, or the Laws Of Diseas.. ~ 49,
: fermer u As much better than the latter =. o..
a vsntion 10 better than remedy;-as mpch -.
ssai the comforts and securities Of an un6rH~.
% dwelling are than twO-thirds Of N, 49, :.
;, money nom the Insurance Office A g-p.,-I
o diffusion Of physiological knOwlsdgs viii s,v.
millions annually TO the State Il viii y,,J..
ally revOlutionise many Of the absurd custom,
~ and nSages OF soeiety'-eoRhrming them nor,
10 and more TO the rules Of reason and true spiov,
n ment, and Withdrawing them more and mo,.
from the equally vicious extremes Of barha,;,-,
and OF artificial life. IL will restrain the e.nri.
70 ces and foliies Of Fashion, in regard 70 80.
IN and amusement, and subordinate il ridieuIoB.
g excuses to the laws Of health and decsncv I,
will reproduce the obliterated lines thai one,
y divided day and night Ii will urecIsanlioe..
sr and purity, more intimate and personal ~,
he any the laundress can supply. IL will t..rs
men "t0 eat that they may live, instead Of h.
ing that they may eat" When Satan approach.
NJ o in thatform, in which he has hitherto b--p
most seductive and successful, the form Of in.
toxieating beverages,-thOse who wear IN.
CO talisman Of this science will have an sntidot.
OF against his temptations IL i lesson Of m.
speakable importance, 10 learn that noursb.
ment and not pleasure is the primary object d
lis food. God, indeed, in his benevolence, Ia,
nd made the reception ofthis food not only rep.T..
ha tive but pleasant. But TO lose sigh, Of III. 6,,
object, IN a british desire for the second Is yo.
UNFAIRLY to alter our position in the scale Of Be-
nj ing; and, from the rank OF men, 10 descend l.
the order Of beasts Physiology would rsvsrs
Al the ancient fable, and transform into men ths
swine who now sit at epicurean tables, and
:" drink Of the Circean cup. Every Intelligent
&c man dePlOres the almost universal condition Of
IN. our dwelling-hOUses and public edi6ces, whiei
~ have been built without regard TO the Reesss
ties OF the human system for pure air Wsr.
ter Physiology universally understood, no mar
lie would think Of erecting a mansion, withOutsr
"a. apparatus for its thorough ventilation, At a
times, any more IMAM without windows for n.
"g admission Of light APertures and haes for ID.
he ingress and egress Of air, into and from sitting
h rooms and sleeping rooms, are as necessary 4
L. the architectural idea Of q well-ini.he hOass
a. nasal orifces are TO the anatomical idea Of
u' man; and dwelling without the means Of ven
tation is as incomplete and as unsighty Is
in man without nose. A knowledge Of this sci
-. ence would establish new standard Of beau
ty,-the classic standard Of the Greeks, in whici
h' strength was a primary and indispensable ss
ment;-and il would demonstrate the unsPeak
No able folly and guilt Of those matrimonial allan
- ces, where hereditary disease. and even iAsaHt
itself. are welded, and the health, mind All
as happiness, Of family Of children are saenheed
for the mercenary object Of adowry."
n0
ng each Of our organs Is an avenue, tkTOug
ro- which death NAV invade US; and nnumeIsoi
Ily ldeaths,-thAt is, innumeTable agencies, eaci
en- one OF which has the power Of causing desh
re- hold perpetual siege al every avenue, and wsic
for an opportunity To enter and destroy. An
yet, air and nOuIishment, heat and cold, mOstuH
90 and dTyness, we must encounter, and Ne mus
sc have; for they are the permanent conditions
"a our being. How ineligible, then, and hOw 50
% thOntatiye, does the dOctnne become, that hsi
% health, and high health alone, Is harmony vii
/ A n 49, IA INST 4,
81 much at wal with nature, a guilty soul Is q
or war with God; and the struggles Of our fra
u bodies against the resiStless nigh, Of the ee
81 ments, will be unavailing that Of our sous
As against the IetnbutiOns Of OmnipOtence"
- "One more idea IS insepaTable from this sub
iect When the religious man reflects, ihst ou
H. bodies are Gods workmanship, he sets that il'
lie avs impressed upon them can be no les lhan
us Gods laws. II these laws, then, are God !
laws, we are bound to recognise and obey them
We are bound To obey a Law which God has I'M
u pressed upon the body, on ths sane pnnclPi'
re that we are bound to obey a Law which he hs'
impressed upon the soul And, here, how Peil'
nsnt and f6rcible, - the great idea which has
~ - been set forth 50 distinctly BY late vnlei,-
Mr.. Geo. COmbe, that, when We knoS q a~
" 70 be Coils law, Il matters not BY What means
~ we may have arrived at the knOwledgei ihe ia~
- becomes imperstively and equally binding aPol
Us. Between the law OF the body and ne la~ u
"a the soul, there may, indeed, sometimes siss
what we call a conflict Of duty, when me seooi'
dinate Obligation Of the fOTneT must Yield % ne
supremacy OF the latter; but tins refers 70 Ieia-
J. tive Importance, and not to inherent Obligation
- "My general conclusion, then, under TINS head
~ IS, that It Is the duty OF all the governing mnds
- in society,-whetheT in Office or cut o. RIO
IN diffuse n knowledge of these beautiful and Be-