The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-22
for he Gaisdonian.

\ Mn, Enron AT the late Common scbs,l
Convention holden al T.yndon,a few remark,
we're made upon one n the Resolutions 70.
ported, which may be Of service 10 some Of
your readers the Resolution read a. f,l.
lows "The most deplOrabe ignorance 10 our
community 10 Ignorance Of the minds value 4"
The Chairman remarked in substance, As
giYep Relow.
"Tbero seems 10 be truth implied IN mi,
Resolution, which IL not perhaps, az G.,
sight obvious. The Fundamental erfor which
strikes adeady blow al all soTrset system.
Of edueation i hers st firth, mean N,
want Of a due appreciation Of that imm5rtsl
and divine principle Whirh cqsGtniesy oar.
sehes, Those Ofns engaged 10 the proG,,-
ION Of teaching know very well what are lbs
common notions upon this subject. When
'snAn brings to Us HE boy who i TO eom,Aene.
a course ofIudy, he Gtst inlorms us wha, /.
20 lac the future employment Of the lad. hon.
Jog that bis attention viii he called onIy =,
aiich branches ~ shall haveA direct tendency
20 III him for his expected avorations. Jn.,
~ " mans highest end we're TO become A ma.
chine that will Teriorm the greaIest amount
Of labor at the least expense Why does dc
father wish his son 70 study Book Rsep;ng
Merely because il will enable him 10 count
bis dollars aud cents correctly. True. he
that provides not for his own household 1.
worse than an inddel9 bat no less criminal IA
be Who makes the noble powers God has eiy-
en- us subservient only 10 the mental Office.
Of sense. Why does man seek wealth N,
aim Is Happiness Does he vAinly suppose
that this is occurred by the qualification ~ a
sirTfe proprnEity1 II isR Law oTNature that
the happiness Of an intelligent being shall
consist in progress In the development Of
that spiritual germ which renders him what
he Is; in his approaching simiIitude 10 that
Orhnlroient Being ofwbom he Is the ieeid-
mate Offspring. Men do not enough feel that
this i- bat the threshold Of existence. that We
arc IN go on. and ever on. through tho pro-
grrs. Of undying ages enlarging. purifying
and ennobling the elements Of mental capaci.
~ now seen bat IN their feeble. incipient sta.
gcs. Let the grand Injunction eKnow Thy.
self" be Glflled, and this fatal ervor OF the
public mind VIII vanish Ikea meteor. Dol
lars and cents, economy and physical labor,
bccomnr means will cease to be ends-the
parent being familiAE with these great truths,
tho child will ratrh the inspiration, the now
barren soil will heroine fruitful field and
the seeds Of knowlcdse sown by the ,aysid,,
even, will "sPring up and bear fruit, an hun.
dred fold" rf.'
You. who are going forth to teach. Il Il
Your highest prerogNtive 10 unfold the dignity
and destiny Of the human ,oul You may be
called TO secluded retreats where the rAys Of
knowledge have scarcely begun to difTuse
their genial influence. Remember tina, YOU
are not there TO teach Arithmetic or GrogrA-
phy merely, bui TO insfill noble thoughts, to
increase the distance which separates mAu
from the brutes, to elevate the standard Of
ihuhanity and cause il to he eonformed to that
FgrtNt ideal Or human character, "God in the
] 1esh."