The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-05

Miss Bacon's Lectures on History.
Yesterday forenoon, Miss Bscop delivered her sseoud
lesson history, al the stuyvesant Institute Net
withdrawing the storm that ragged shrouehou. the
morning tho sudisnc which principally composed
Of ladies' numerous.
The fair lecturer said that OF the two Of our
nature takes part and Is satisfied with part Of
study while the superior portion OF
the whole. and In fact ndivdaalisss It compes
snayse the relations between different things and
not contented with common places I. the great fault
Of the general system Of education that this grand
ment is not particularly rgardedths grcst quality Of
pu-er nature La there any principle OF unity our
system Of education Is there oneness? What the
principle they proceed Mental discipline Is the
mon unity 1t is the common idea Of teachers to
discipline the mental faculties believe that is the
last result Of the experiments ia education It is the
first ehiect to ascertain what the mental faculties
and then TO discipline them to exe else them Nov it
ton It is not the exact unity we REQUIRE; ii does not
satisfy our minds We require something more. We
need course Of study which the right unity for
their sole object. The exercising Of mental powers
and strengthening our minds is certainly beneficial
but It should be subordinate object What is the
great question which all ask and which alton
should enable us to answer What is the great qusa-
ton which absorbs all nature 1t Is not question
this out door world and curious feelings possess Us whsn
survey this out door world this world OF time space
ofeyents and o. i seems At rst sight ss
harmonious whole could not be made OF that mullitud
nous diversity which the senses and which experience
generally presents to But this 10 Of the great
questions which ought to sympathze With and fully
comprehend, What all this tending to, eli this diver.
sty of action which obtrudes itself on our senses Is
there any unity in it When we have directed our
studies Alright will that every event is prsgnant
with meaning and each bears rlatS1 to That great
None Of the present OF education will teach the
great truth which events display We want to know
that hne hoaA trv vhao
has been and what is to be- the questions all ask
with common eaInesness aud in the solution all have
point Of view you will be satisfied that all things
ofprcgress and however individual lives
to fade there Is something that does not fade All the
monuments Of literature all the of the other
ages that ed should be studied from this
point Of view What have they not to the
common development In our last lesson we noticed
that when the door Of history opened when tho curtain
Of the historic theatre of the historic stage rises find
that great work has already been done and must
pre- suppose other actions which depicted the
scene What does the first Of history exhibit!
high state Of civilization not SO high as now exists in the
south part OF Asia and in Egypt and on the eastern
shore Of the Mediterranean notice separata
states where history begins But also find another i'm
portant factthat those states formed unity-r they
had been separated Miss Bacon here referred TO the
chronological diagrams mentioned in my last lecture
rightly defined and settled ia this period further back
than thousand before Christ where you the
the scholars say be called chronology
need be disturbed on that On the present
occasion must be allowed still to adhere to the
chronology which placed Moses 500 years before
Christ and the book Of Job be put the
Peptateuch. Here then the first contemporary records
appear at years before Christ These records exhibit
civilized states already existing and the who wrought
the great events OF which told evidently of
higher than the alb original inhabitants They all have
common account they have common traditions the in.
dcatons imply ormer unions among the superior people,
who founded civilization and formed an arisocracy or
priesthood fer aristocracy then sacerdota order
am Teadng now diputed ground but having studied
the subject very carefully and earnestly, have been
forced to think that these had union amongst them
have been broken up violently and yany endeavored to
restore IT. but Providence forbade that restoration and
thus were overthrown al their ambitious hopes They
sought in vain to restore their overthrow civilizations
WANDERERS the earth The beginning of history is
very mysterious; there Is story among all civil
lied people OF antiquity, OF some wonderful event.
The background is occupied vita some grand his
and divine illumination to people who had lived
before as animals to whom intelligence had been
diyugsd and who knew nothing Of the arts; but, hay
ing been taught BY this creature half human half d.
yine they advanced in civilization. We thence trace
fully the history Of civilization What food for reflection
are we thus afforded Just think Of the Importance OF
etters-think of language; is there any thing
derful any suoh great monument of human ROVER as
by evolved. and 1t has come down to us by means
OF Language in one unbroken link After general
dissertation the features whish early history
presents, the fair lecturer drew the conclusion that
Providence is working out great end in the
various changes that have taken place. and daily and
hourly occurring for after each overthrow civilization
her lecture by a running commentary the different
races OF mankind, and endeavored to show that the
world owen its present high civilization to the impetus
given by the Semitic and that, though the Caucas
slams present gTnnder picture 1t is acquired
greatness and net inherent as was the ease with the
Sc mtc people.