Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-02-17
For the Enquirer.

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For the Enquirer.
Mind.
How wonderful! how mysterious ia
that immaterial, invisible existence called
mind. An emination of the infinite
mind, its powers bespeak its high origin
and its superiority to everything else up
on the earth. This 10 the animating, pre-
siding genius 10 the comparatively frail
body of man that gives Lim power over
. the beasts Of the field. the fowls of the
air, and the fisbes Of the sea. 1t guides
bis hand aud enables HIM to lay It with
impunlty upon the name of the fierce IL
en-monarch of the forest; to subdue
and tame the pnnderous elephant, make
him q beast Of burden and lead him
about at his pleasure. 1t enables him to
20 down upon the sea in ships and cap
ture for bis benefit 'the rolling mon
ster Of the Deep Mind, educated mind,
guided the hand that constructed the
noble steamship that rides with so much
strength and majesty over the ocean as
to seem to bid defiance to all the winds
and the waves. i Invented the Iron
Horse whose sustenance is wood and wa
ter, whose breath is fire and smoke and
which never ti'es although he almost
flies over the country from city to city,
with long train Of cars loaded with
passengers end merchandise. It inven-
, ted the aerial car which bears man aloft
higher than the eagle ever winged his
flight. But mind has not only subdued
and tanned the wild beasts, navigated the
ocean and the air. and as it were welded
cities together by the strength and fleet
ness Of the Iron Horse, but it has even
decoyed the forked lightning from the
clouds, imprisoned it, studied its char.
acter, proved its identity with electrici.
ty, tGnsed, harnesssd and trained it, and
made it our swift winged courier to car
ry intelligence. from place to place as
swift as it was wont to dart in its wild
flashes through the heaying mind. has all
so measured the distances and diameters
Of many Of the mighty globes that roll
their ample round through the regions
of space and calculated with mathemat-
ical accuracy their density, eclipses and
transits and the period Of their revolu.
tons:
Wonderful too is the human mind not
only because of its intellectual faculties,
but also on account of its moral nature.
and its capability of enduring misery or
of enjoying happiness. and more won
drous still on account fits Immortality {!
When the. body dies the mind-the spir~
twill 60 down to the long night of
endless sorrow-or up through the
brightness Of eternal day will wing its
swift flight to mysteries of everlasting
bliss.
Do not then the origin, the nature and
the destiny of tie mind bespsak the high
character Of the teachers employment i?
He works not like the mechanic or the
artist. on such gross aul psrishable as
wood and stone. brass and iron !; nor yet
as gold and silver but upon the immor.
tai mind-the brightest exhibition of
creative power that earth affords.
The del.pisation Of the mimic man on
canvass and the execution Of that same
image in enduring marble. to adorn the
parlor, the temple Of science or the hall
of legislation, require SO great degree
OF taste and skill that they receive the
appellation of fine arts. But what are
these achievements though regarded as
the highest and fairest in all the depart
ments Of art. compared with the great
vocation of the teacher. He is AN arti.
fcer. forming not frail and perishable
materials the mere picture Of man
but moulding and training the ;mmsy-
tai niadS Of those who are to be the liv.
ing. acting. influential men on the great
stage Of lfe-tracing those lines Of
beauty or deiormity and forming those
lineaments Of character which will last
when the canvass Of the painter shall
have failed and the marble of the
sculptor shall have crumhled TO dust
He. 10 watching and guiding in their in.
cipient development those mighty ener>
gies OF the, sonl which are to bear it on
ward not only through the daties and
trials Of the present life but lhsough the
endless ages Of the future.
The VACATION then of the teacher is
OF peculiar nature, fraught with the
highest duties and responsibilities, and
followed by consequences Of Infinite MOI
ment. For as the future character and
tones of musical instrument, though
originally Of the most costly materials
and Of the one who refits and tunes it.
so the future character, usefulness, and
happiness Of the pupil depend on the
care and skill Of him who touches and
tunes the still more delicate cords ofthe
n. mlnd--the teacher plays and tunes.
Inc harp whose tones. whose iiving tones,
arc lett forever on the strings.
aadwhlch as they roll on through unnum- |
bered ages. will awaken emotions of the |
highest JOY or Of the deepest sorrow!
Il -... K.
SHocKrNG.-Unele Ned, miserly negro
30 years OF age, who has lone Iivad r.