Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-08-29
-, -. From the Ladies' Repository.
Extremes In Philosophy.

Extremes I'M PhiIOsOpIiy.
sss9t Rk8. f6~lR6 Fu0MsOS, p..pD.nf
PHlesoFHy, ii is widestacceplaliep de-
gqses sbe spin .clal Of lisYsleaalic, kn9wledgs
butin|i,s ordinary use, is limi,ed ,oI The study
NfNni1fa| obisslssc TlieTeihqds adopted ip
lis pursuit Spry luceefdipg sos the degree, ,ef
spensql euIliya!ion he eslepl gf kapwledgs,
RndNhe GENIUS. 4 IttP peQPlss Tbsgs mslh
Rds are greedy diversified among our hslst-
ogeneous popul9iiQ q 4etHs posice. .theiex;;i
yrsmqs; naplely, ,hasl nj EXCLUSIVE oNbseBga-I Z
1ioDs and that Al exclqsye cQlptionii the
farmer is often demon lnaledss The ipEQciical
I RhiiQSop the lasiet ths specOlasiyes To
4Ile fifAttwe are prone ipi ibe morning Of life
Youth b .hePeriod lo,see. and feel. and leap;
70 interest ourselves with particulars ralher
Than ,geperas--wiih mnlIer ra,ber than spirit
with things, ,ralher ihpn signs--wiih dia-
grams rpiber than symbols. This 100, is
,hs philosophy q, rude ages, A pa.ion's
primitive songs are addressed NOT TO the rea
son, but to, the imagination and r the hearts;
and q People's, primitive religion seems 40 be
reached by the scaffolding OF external OBJ
Jscls,7 Then savage conlelmplalas, leading
iru.hs through visible signs, as God ih:opgh
the Sun, Providence through lhs .s9cred
thawk, or lhe resureeii6p through .he eimemt
S9ry ofsOsirfs, lePPingi as a new born, OmS
lato the arms of his mother Isis. Hence
God ,iaugh man az first ihfough the .sepses,
walking syisibly g and Inlking ,eudibly in the
green walks Of Eden; conversing with, pa
ysiarchs beneath lhe, shade Of elms, PnhacI
,ceplpg praise in The ipcense Of smoking al
.tars; ,he instructed in righteousness; bg, q de-.
lXiouring .dsluge, and ip1, .he docWAeIofb im;
morality By an ascending prophet in a,char-
W. ef fire, Even when be gave law, j, was
ron ,i,apgible' tables pnd amidst thunder and
lightning. The same Thing is seen. in This
Nhis.ory al, edpeaiion, ,A5nallon 5lskes her
ssarly lessons, in singing, numbering and qb!
serving The skies; she learps ,noll 10 ahlalyze,
sflasSilye sNeds ssp9olh bsr speech 'iIl
, she has mado consider ab(e ADVANCES 10 ma:
sursy. This is The philosophy Of uncu'iva-
ied, minds WHOSE education and worship
b@uss g genera aNleIj ebjns be ehisas by forms,
ard eo0Fl aQd! Sounds sIsaaa Gsyo a.,iyaa
A.lIis GQty ISs insNli99 % dissNfsI SN III 'fs FqPt
Ject a. length, but n'ersly y PNiipI. oul some
pfthe errors Of !heSe fxNemes;s i m,I
and fi'S''bl'gAhal's II lbbs9 prss'lfal RPNosOi
els in danger of man, eItgrs!y, n s,;5 among
which are the following; s,.gni4 ~
y 4 4. He makes observalions with top, much
yrsdulhy. II lsaw,l heard, u Lfelsn', he cries;
4jcan my sense, deceive meH' Ills posi-!
,hsy may. Il saw ,be jugCIcr,''' says the
lekllas ssGrfs ,waleh fem pistol and
r satsr sha,lering j,P fragnle9isy igsiqntlal! ana
neously restore j 70 ali lis beauty and per-
fselion;" bu, you Know the, child did not see
This. Passion has nhusacs upon Psrcep.
lion. g., ~ no
80 what world of vile, ill7fayored! faults
looks handsome in three, hundred pounds
yearp' y,L,I udo4 ,uy1
so, too, Imagination. You saw O ghtst a:
ydu came through The graveyard; youIdoult
Dol be deceived; the countunance, ibelIhilt
lorobe.i lhcluphGed hand ,nwefe also plain
o'Did you, however, expect TO see sione3dil
so, your (ancy4may have dressed a slumt
inihe habiImen,s OF the phhupbn.I So, 100
whh the prevailing tone Of nind,I For il
tlls,ralion, take The following story from Ad
diBon: 81 see," says the suspepubfe youn,
tbby. as she looks a, the modn, throhgh tn,
Tfescope, two. lovers convsrsiug sweeliy!
NO. says the parson, as lhelputs his eye &
ed,he Yins,ramenioq'tAe gare 1.-TWO, churcl
cSaseeplssi iAcljDing toleaGh o,her1h! OureoI
ceplions, us yeAas sensations. may mislcad
Sometimes they are so yiyid-gs ~ pass fi
perceptions; as is often the casewirh The arl
is. who draws an absent obiecLYhh a1leni
pdrary belief of its presepcenola 4 81
ss2. He does not sufliciegIlY accumpat
fpcls before he draws his conclusion; Ihe
ioptmeitofliqs iha, an ,ayresedephandl qcou
sdsequRn. sand to reaehotftsE inAhe relqli9n
cause and effscl,I lln ancient times disease
we're accounted for by The aspeepo(Phe STAR;
So in our own times, whsnJB, ,cpmet is sue
!. eeeded by war, the post lhpc ois frqquenl
,pken for the proptcr hoe. Allied sp this i
gpolhcr error. thai pIs overlooking .wher
loabere aFa several ante ,ecedsnls, rsogpepl yhic
sGsysbqyesbsaqag jnaasRe9 iRRrad9Sipgah
result In exbe!imenatsi where all the cau'
ea.operaling are cognzableib ibYnthe. Ystnaes,
spgle experiment is suffiGiepstor rau,hqFize
general conclusion: as whenjn alglmsyelo
Yebring an oxyd and aaasld iPl cQrla'
Rpd produce salt; bu,s ia ahel science {
qdnd, Of meteorology, Of dmsbicipeNeic
where a .housandauNpbssEyaq !qposssHma
gosNeES aq j jqaSspcss Yaipssd aolarge, Hccu
edFA aseSpb dplorIPciF " P tlRf
pie. 10 ceases. .Ehsrsi!heFes are many eau
cooperating 10 produce a refplik kwa mpoaeg a
sign 20 some one an hndueb shere,pll llnfl
anco Evan vhero thera ie hnt n ainu