Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-04-10
For the Enquirer.
Education and Wealth.

IN acquiring knowledge Oh 'nc O'""cnOs
studied, but in studying them in such
manner that the mind shall thereby ac>
quire strength and ac.ivity-also habits
Of attention, accuracy. industry and per-
severance, These acquisitions carried
out into the business of life, will eontri-
butte more to success than it is frequently
supposed. Hence we say that a high
standard of education among all classes OF
persons, is favorable to the acquisition OF
wealth. To some this may seem nov
ell doctrine, but we shall cndeavor to
show that il is not new, and to substan-
ciate it, 6rs,, by adducing the opinions 81
others.
An ancient Gsecian philosopher having
been asked, what advantage an educated
boy had over one uneducated, "Send
both destitute into a strange place, and
you will See" evidently believing that the
educa ted boy would be the better quail .
fed to take care of himself. Dr.. Frank
lin. speaking of educatioH. says-"1fa
man emp,ies his purse into his head. no
man can take it from hira. An invest
ment in knowledge always pays the best
interest" No one who reads Dr.. Frank
ms Will can doubt that he aequir ed
greater wealth land made better use of
it,) on account Of the money which he
paid for books in his youth. and on ac-
count of his devotion to study and the ae-
QUESTIONS 10 knowledge Lord Brough>
am in an address to the members Of the
Manchester Mechanics Institution in
answer to the objection that education
would not feed the people with bread.
and trash of that sort, as he callsit, says,
"Why, they might just as we'll complain
Of the baker or butcher, because with
their beef and bread they don't fill peo-
pies minds. But every one knows that
"man lives net by bread alone, that
knowledge leads to skill, and that skill
leads to useful and lucrative occupation,
and that the gain derived from lucrative
occupation enables men to get the staff
Of this mortal life, after getting the staff
Of that Immortal life which improves
and strengthens his better part-his
mind" The Visitors Of Public Schools
Of New Haven, Conn.,, where the stand
ard Of education is high, in their annual
report to the state superintendent mi $40
say, Extreme poverty, comparatively
unknown in our happy commonwealth.
is rarely Witnessed here. BY the school
book it has been repelled from our bor-
ders ever since the fouadativn Of the
State" "Dut unless we take care of the
school book, it will not take care of US.
The superintendent Of the common
schools Of Pennsylvania in the last annual
report. says, Educate the masses, and
millions of acres Of our unimproved lands
will be fortified, the barren wilderness
turned into fruitful fields, smiling with
plenty. and many of our hills now waste
and unproductive, will be clothed with
vcrdurc, and yield rich reward for the
labor OF cultivation. A general diffusion
of knowledge has always proved highly
conducive to the UeaiM of country
1t rouses the slumbering energies Of
people, and imparts vigor and activity
which enables them to employ more skill
in the useful arts; the popular mind re-
ceives an impetus which carries it for
ward to the achievement Of mighty en-
terpri:es and important discoveries. all
tending to promote the happiness and
pecuniary prosperity of the community.
The statistics of the most enlightened ma
lions exl hit remarkable increase Of
wealth within few years. as the result
Of improvements in the application Of sell
ence to the mechanic arts. England. by
the aid OF science, with no more opera.
tives than France. is said to produce in
the value Of her manufactures, as much
AZ Francs would do with six millions
more added to her manufacturing popu'
lation. The inexhaustibls and incaleula-
bly, valuable mineral wealth embedded in
Our own native hills, would never have
seen the light Of day. had not the eye Of
seence discovered il and the skill Of Sci
1, nee converted IL to useful and profitable
purposes. /" When eur education
al system shall havS attained that per.
lection TO which NO are competent 10