New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-23
lIoRACE MANN ON EDUCATION,
FROM ms INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS AT ANTIOCH
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IL su'o'i !. sa"thcf r'p"t"h "' ''' ' W "'
t,n such causes, by ndainnn'ine laN', an' 'hroa-n
HE r,,1, .tra' ms has come our present dri"
and DEPICTED humanity; uheo, dsease' ana corrupt of
M,,l abnormal wasted aud Shori-hved wan lts mann,
r,. a. - a,orn,.d and It's native fires qaenched, thai
our pr,s,nt world compared win what should Ne ana
~hs mishl be. hut I.szarhouse "i disease, and M
a.,nr, Ia, Inc Grho.,nndcd The mbece Of Italy
a,l s,.in ~. hsfgrown u.iihons of lnda AMI Mexico
llr river months only the foul drama,e OF ancestral
continents all gushing with fountains o debhtiiins ani
cOfturtng Woes u,
Tl.n reject that as the number Of ancestors doubles
az each ascending remoyc,-two parents four grandpa
ME- cigh, great grandparents and soonwar-iherc are
even only the tenth degree, than thousand IN
duis Of whose united streams each child Is The recep'ae
aud how swollen with the foculcnce OF all transmission,
mahgAcs, ho,h al body and mind must be ms blood anu
BRAIN. .,,
Why then should We wonder that all our animal pro
pcnsit,s r,pr, scented in ethics thar Manned nv
been The ilcnrgus of much 81 our 'iy pony an. ,s"
denial Of the great law Of Human Brotherhood 80 OMEN
lrcs refuge and resting place IN our poi liar Vovey
IL has Teen somewhat generally co'ec'rien t''' ,;
early g,Lcrauons had some meihod OF 'o ,i .5?
very 4 icf,w from ours. and hence ih"' wy "a n,
Gon ilam to Noah with or two excoPi"ns uli nor,
accc, M 20 the hierul record, live TO me asc u
700 and OaO wears, -ait.rward gadn"iy .dlI'.S -;
, m nos and 700 years. AT the time OF inc E-EPH'i
=, ,snlsyc Eut il - strong II not eohcs' Q " h
IN fav,r of literal version. that II me T'e n' NV
49, ,',b len fines more vital force man u now possess
~, ,nvn ,.,afinn OF all The hws oi healih ana ine
,,.I lnn- err this have cN'in- l'h.i VI u''oV ~
upd, Lad il run down, u'"' ~ ''o '" i' be 80
hut nam way Adam to IN pr,sch' day-he SPOKE
,n.r. If human life only thrccscore years and
EN- Nov ask the Balls of Mortality and me I-io lnsur-
. ,nrsns what lis average Is, and they villcu you
H., in Emo, aud the United States. Il j. but thirty years
oua In great cities but twenty y7ars
Awful eud unspeakabie violations OF God laws nave
dom, ,hs dreadful work. Ii IL the violation -! the laws OF
Health and Life, om hacaly repeat which has cut do~n
Tie wears 10 tbs contemplate bFe'iy ana hifFo"s
those yeais with pain which surrounas me cfla!e WIN
s.asts ta spring like wolves upon the infant M ms
birth and which instead OF TIE oldcn days when no chd
W., ead.born brings such muitiudes nto the world VINO,
though they may not be dcel.porn a. 20 eu %
a. M intellect and heart. 4 i"v thai bad wings aud iangA-
ter once inhabited every JOINT and vital organ o; ma
frame Pain has conquered this festive DOMAIN anu turns
human ~ cath into s9hs. . - -, -
No ofb.r Part of the organic worl! with which we are
ACQUAINTED has suffered this dire change Under nteIl-
cont culture the vegetable world i constantly outgrowng
H., H. IN size beauty and richness All animal hatuies
thrive strengthen and surpass the prCgcn'orS OF ieT
sfo,t when subjected 10 the law oi their being VI m
ala ne o; all the cath, pales and twais ana sckeh'; o
gets Children ho paril-coiored tissue 81 "hose existence
Inc wool OF one disease woven into the warp OF ahOef
~ emit. usaury AID govt and consup' on ana scroiuIa
mncrea., blindness and deafmu'.nes, and those human
fv,yj the branless IDIOTS; spawrs liEhed imbeciiy
- % H. ,ur cios which thew l., ieir wealth. send 70
20 ice 10 be converted into pillar .. Church and state
And why Solely because man Will break he'ven a"s
marry dsease and blood wcc kindred blood. Because
len God commanded Adam to roTk, hat - to take some
form OF exercise tie gordea that - lnthe open AR men
will moi exercise and Will live In dwellings whic add ART
a noops 10 natural ones and then breathe the yrulcn
Popes and hcrarchs send TO Jordan 10 obtain
holy water ior Inc baptism OF Their children, that they
Vlv their ngurHtNc cltai'iE, DIl WuI Hpi
Eecp he physically clean with the pure water at their
door: and the royal sinner imports few cubic yards OF
holy earth from Jerusalem, in which thai body OF ms
nav be buried, wherein sin has rocd ami wan'"aei
tbonoh ali h. life as though they thought the Omnscient
mid be coiocd into iOrgeifuno5s OF the difference be
tween "hoiy water holy earth, and the pure N
heat and the obedieni in life.
Rrt besides lefyinc all the laws OF God in regard 10
unro air. cleanliness diet, exercise, and the election u
teafiul OCCUPATIONS ard beautiful sites for residences
besie these sin. OF omission, how nunceress are the sns
W.
all manly power and womanly endurance from the race
To say nothing OF the stimuans taken IN our common
morning and evening beN (which more neces
sary or useful 10 enable healthy men or women to perform
theirabo than morning dram is for the lark or The eagle,
for the buffalo The ovathan to say nothing oi these,
de peole OF this nation annually madden their brains
witt 90 0oO 600 of gallons oinoxicati liquors; and not
only surify aud defe Themselves but transmit irritable
nerves and contaminated blood TO their children by the
CONSUMPTION Of than $50 000 OO0 worth of tobacco.
OF this immense sum, squandered for this foul and abom-
nable weed is estimated by Dr. Cole-an able writer on
Physioloey-tlHi the members OF the Church OF Jesus
Christ take g 900 worth for their share. Il an IN
Gispnabe fact that taking the whole United States TO-
ther much money expended for the single ar;i
Gle of cigars than for all the Common Schools in the Union
Cigars against schools cigars against the great of
POI ular education and appetite trlunphs over intellect
and morals Ard where these natural poisons OF alcohol
ond tobacco are used most freely the Ch9rch ana the
:, hoohouse are most rarely nothing of opium
aud other narcotics. And after qnenChng still more the
expiring emhos of vitality that yet gnmer in the
and corrup,inc i. corruption 10 more malignant. type,
call ourselves civilized and-mHy heaven pardon the
dac tyC Christian Are those the practices OF civilization
which The bones and leave the muscles sodden
while the, initiate the and evaporate electricity
from The hiar l. that Christianity which obeys the
mon al law rather than the eternal which asks the blessing
al heaven uIon IL coG aud then ccrges itself like wolf
which offers morning prayer but all the day ongpssses
by the hungry the naked the sick and by the
prisoners door, The time viii come when will speak
Of Christian and un-Chrisan health they ds OF
Christian snd un-C hristan character.
For all these ancestral sins posiory suffers through
ai lis organism and in every endowment We suffer for
ire ofenses o progenitos: descendants viii suffer
ter ours. The seuslfyng ancestor may asseverate that
his sureits Of vionds and wines aud his indulgence in
aois do m no harm, but three generations aorward
laium and gout will shrek ou Their denial in his great;
Gods heart STUN Of mechanical and new physical
blessings for the He only waits for the fllness If
inc when Physiology and Education shall produce the
reE with talent and genius worthy to be the medium of
heir transmission Ia mankind. God krew the weight Of
De eimos here and the law of ersvatron; lie saw this
western continent He knew how books could be printed,
cloth could lac woven 10y machinery. and how light
,ing world through iron, - well 10 the tine OF solo
non ard Socrates since bat in the order Of His proyi-
!crco. lie had TO wait for rorrice and Newton. f''
'oiumhus end Faus,us fer Aikwyght and Franklin. be
ore He could bless mankind by the o"stcwineni of thai
II the lie waits FOR Us. tir'ucha
,pow led e Of the laws Of - ysio"gy and Education aud
II Of odence to them, 10 the new men or the new
blessings Men ideas OF the earth are yet Ia be a. much
hsnce by chemistry as his idea. al the hoayens hG'o
,ee, hv astouonv Chemistry viii vet beauty the earth
IS r,,it n AZ astronomy has elorii!cd tho heavens.
"For aueneniiig III ACRE gate amount Of intelligence
nd mower y any community the greudest ins'ru
.enftv ever vet devised is the institution al Common
ehools Tie Cor.uon 5, hoo realizes all he facts, OF
aies Whenever bey may he. of tho Dviuiug Rod 1t
les s eyrormeas over the whole surface of society,"
nd vher.cr buried fountain of genius is flowing in ihe
crkross below II brincs above and pouTs out It's
a;ers 10 fcriilze the oarh. Among MANKIND hitherto
a-clv one person H. million has had any chance for The
,veopnent Of his higher facnltes. Hence, whatever
oc, orators philosophers diynes, inventors oS phar
lrclsis NAV have ny 20 bless the world ihey have
n e, "a from not more thai one mionih peri Of the race