Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-10-24


the maduc.s, and the ambition Of managers,
and those who insist upon false and temporary
issues, designed only to dIs,nc, and divide Us.
NORMAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.
Tho proposition for the establishment Of
Normal Agricultural School. somewhere IN
ihc County Ut O,forj. however II NAV he
overlooked by the multitude, or ,ieWcd with
inI.d.r,rr, and even jcr.jcd by the un,hlnk-
INC. nevertheless involve, subjects which
y.eli To- no other 10 point Of deep and per-
yalnr interest, and which cannot be- thrust
,Lourhilcs,ly aside as matters Of minor cone
,,lcrauon withou, lalPblc injustice to the
most pressing claim. OF the age. There
should BE- such a school iu each county IN the
S,a,e. and ,hls would be- preferable to one
State Agricultural College, bccaus" more ac-
r-sib., ro all classes IN every par, ct the
state. We ought. however To have b0'h a
CnlIc-, ahd Normal schools Bu,vc would
moss I1n. io the irtg,c,, OF our own county,
and ,rc before Ne conclude our subject, what
can be- done 200 30, b.haIf 10 looking over
,he long and crowded programme IT topics
which engage ibc pebble cye ant public mind,
We discover none superior, few indeed OF
equal interest. with ht, pmIcct, when rou-
trmrIai,J tn the hrm Of educational Vuys-
tons, which bear upon ii che uPc necessities
which demand ils cNrcu,ion--lhr prop.Iuus
circumstances ct time and place which attend
1.-THE immense beneficial results Which will
follow 0, Il started upon correct principle,
ana ,hc mischisis and disasters which twill
originate. should % arl ct expected sur,css.
The establishment oi an Acldrmy ~ Normal
School, tur the common purposes Of such an
institution, although At an times au interest.
iug event, vet has nothing 90 % SO striking W
r,culilr as On dcmlnl extraordinary attention.
nor cau th, sup,raJJ,J attraction which move
c'iy ct design, higher perfection oy plan, 90
more useful and practical object, NAV cuulcr
upon such IN occurrence, c1ti'c % 10 special
ur rr.-gmIarr, consideration. I, D. ro, ibg
single circumstance required DO ITSELF ct
founding such o school irr lhr h.urft ui sg.
rrulurr. 90 which see solicit attention. bot
Co ih1, crrcum.iarcc in ,l,c m,d,,of uumrrua,
and iurur,lu, relations, Inkrrs rnr'i Co thc
adjustment, u, mom.u'ou, questions, and sat.
.nc general rursrr'r, OF as.unw'rirol m
poraucc, is Doc 90 ,hr rra,osiihoughIoilhr
afclur
W intended ,br. rmc Co oiI.ra sN sur.
er.ucas dr.,rurd ,o unfold some OF Ihc im.
rorau, and interesting feature, which ih'
subject ha, Tor these Who ate inclined to cuo.
template o. The umr On, come Cor action iu
ta., matter. ana with % hls come doe occasion
trr thorough and ,.arsmur discussion, iu.
rr,h,r with a promp, ssuI,m,o, Of whatever
principle, b, may Involve, OF whatever 4u,s'
uuu, agtia',j.
Whatever relates 60 agriculture must ho
,mm,Ja,,', interesting Go man, lur lbr ,ery
aHrc, ,g uh,b h., l.dy BE- constituted, 90
we'll a. rbu-, which cover %, age lhc cNglu-
,,,r product. ct ,hi, AT
Tho human hlIy 900 oac of .', aspects, may
bc considered a, an apparatus OF dr.,rucuon.
auI 600 ,ur perfect regulation Of tbs puc..-
t.p,al. cuutuu,d Ulc. Among %, several
organs sc luuk 100 vain lnruoc Which pu,sc,s-
,, ,H, rov,rot crrai,ag materials upon which
thr general organism j, iosub,l,,, u cla trans.
,cr. appropriate. a...m,.aic, aad destroy, bot
% can create nothing
Tho power Co invest matter with Ac mys-
,ruous property Of Do. abide, solely IA ,hc
vegetable world The dead PARTICLES OF mll.
Ter ate there attracted together iu,o organic
forms. LIVING TISSUES ATE there fabricated, OF
saurlrd structure, arc there constructed, aud
bodr,, endowed with llr created there alone,
Man a, au animal derives irom plants these
highly organlDd Substances, and employs
them as a,llD-ul,, ihus in slucI sense Dor.
rowing his hle from the vegetable department
uf creation. /, b, lbg office OF plants ,otraus.
I1,c matter from th, inorganic To the organic
world. combining D, iu ucv forms, and invest.
ing 10 with new prop,ulc, by rbe change.
Animals ou The contrary, under ,he guld.
aurc OF instinct, appmpria,lne these products
of vegetable growth, rob them OF their pocu.
liar properties, aud extracting, as It were
their hlc. return them IN more staple and ell
cmcu,ary forms back again to lIe inorganic
world, thus essentially reversing the mus,
marked function Of vegetable economy.
|, matters nothing lna, some animals live
only by consuming the flesh Of others; the
organic elements OF this lcsh may have pass
81 through 4 series OF transformations in sue
c5ssiye bodies, but their ultimate derivation
from plants remains certain. What plants
do animals undo The former creates while
the latter destroy.
These two au,agonis,ic effects, exhibited
by the two grea, departments Of organic Ia
turc, the discovery at which D. due Ia recent
science, are found 80 universal and constant,
that they have been seized upon by naturalis,s
as Characteristic distinctions, as defining pc
culiautcs, Distinguishing each division So Ia.
hllibly as To b. made the basis Of classifca-
ton. There is no other circumstance in
which plants and animals are found 80 uniyer-
sally to differ External and even physiolog.
zeal pecullari,ies, though answering the oTdi-
nary purposes Of distinction, are ne,orihelc.s
found too infinite 10 mark the exact limit
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