Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-08-02

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nMRJ HAxRn,-Presuming that you woald be
pleased to keep your readers informed OF all the
useful inventions, and improvements of the age,
please, insert the following address by Mr,aW. Z.
DRNroES of Cineinnathoqa L. w. sTRASK.l "
s"Man's dominion over the physical world in.
eresses every hour. Science, has put on her
Seven league boots'i and isstriding forward with
the paceofag giant. Man hcenes intothe world fee
Bile esnd puny she gives him an arm Of earthly ON,
Impotence, in comparison with whchthe strength
the elephant is weakness; his steps are slow and
he lags behind when chasing the flying deer, but
science harnesses the water-spirt to his cars,
and the feet winds Try in vain to bear him com
pany as he skins over hill and dale: He cannot
fly, but she blows him silkcn bubble and he
visits cioudllhnd and views the rolling world be-
nesth bis feet. His voice cannot be heard as far
as The, lions roar, but she presents him with a
telegraph, and all the world is next door; the man
thousand lniles off hears his whisper as soon as
spoken, for science has made the lightning his
messengets and inobly does il perform its work.
Kn5tsiedgeiJ the life of man, and Reading and
Writing are the, life of knowledge; destitute of
these I'VE. .shonld be Little better than the savage
picking the bones Of his enemies, or the monkey
clustering in the tree. Knowledge lies in ma
thfss, s,ore-housps,, Reading and writing are the
keys by which to open and supply these stores to
our use. Past generations laid up their knowl.
edge in books and transmitted them to US; BY
reading, we receive tho benefit of their treasures,
and by writing send them and our own tu others
He who teaches child to read is greater ben
efactor to his race than he who founds city, and
and that system which enables it to read in, one
unworthy the attention ofthe wise and good. i1l
We have in the English language forty-three
sounds, and only 26 letters to represent those
sounds; the consequences is dire: the spelling Of
eUsry word must be csNmitted to memory, and its
pronunciation leurhed from the living voice
Years are spent at school in! cumberhg the mem
ory with Useless lumber, and the mental power of
the world lamentably retarded. d gio..r Ia. q af.q
We pile up arnlountain as high ms: the Alps,
and as cold as the glaciers, which our children
must climb before they can pick one flower or
eat one fruit III the garden Of knowledge; thou.
sands become discouraged, ,lis' down and never
snount, and our warehouses and prisons arcIfilled
with idle and vicious persons, who have been
made 80 THE barriers that have stood in the
way Of acquiring knowledge, i. bs..ag gt,., aa
Phonetic reformsrs represent she iforty-three
elementary sounds eft the language by forty y-thrce
letter, using distinct character for the represen-
taton Of every sound, thus spelling is no longer
necessary, or becomes so easy that no time, need
be spent in teaching it Reading is acquired
with ease and pleasure in one. fourth Of the usual
time, and the pronunciation Of every word is
learned OF the same time that the child is
learning to read it. This isno unsupported the
ory. In England, Massachusetts,, Ohio, and 9TH
er portions ofthe United States, these statements
have been proved, and no unprejudced person
ever examined this subject. without giving it bis
unqualified appreciation. TO the Teacher it's ben
cfits are incalculable. Teaching is difficult and
children are stupid because our syste ms are un-
natural. God starts them fsir, on the pathway Of
knowledge, but our absurd and unnatural systems
place stumbling. blocks at every step of the way,
and ii is only by dint Of scolding and 'flogging
that many can be induced to ADVANCE, ] never
heard practical teacher who was acquainted
with the merits Of the question, lconyerse upon
the subject without acknowledging the incalod-
liable benefit that teachers and scholars would de-