Smyrna times., 1855-05-02
Criminal AttitIes.
Written JOr the Smyrna Times.
NJ E N T A L Gull T u r E
Continued from last ,oeek,)
BY CHARLEY

INSTEAD of doing to suppress the action of
Individuality in children, pains should be taken
to develop it. This can be done by showing
them objects and pictures, and in fact all things
remarkable, which will excite their attention
and create in them a love of study and desire
to pry into things Then learn to search after
the cause and effect of things. and they will
have a better education than could be acquired
by years of study without it; because this lays
the foundation upon which our education is to
be formed and when once layed the rest of the
work may be done with ease. But all educa-
ton reared upon any other structure will avail
but little, it will be parrot education-words
without meaning, | tell you, parents, learn
your children to observe; for education with
out observation and reflection will avail but
little. | very much doubt there being any
mental discipline without them.
Eventualty-Memoryo of fEvents.-Functions
of this faculty being to remember facts and
events hence, must be cultivated by remem-
bering them-by memory fact tight-so that all
you get in your knowledge-box may be secure.
you may improve it. The extent to which
memory may be improved is almost illimitabe
Persons who are unable to write, generally
have stronger and more retentive memories
than those who can. The cause of this is OBJ
vious-they have to tax their memories with
everything they wish to remember, and there
by increase the powers of their memory
While those who write down everything they
wish to remember starve their memory, so that
1t becomes weak for want of food. Hence,
those who wish to improve their memory should
keep diary, not upon paper, but in the memo
ry. They should, at the close of each day, re-
call to mind every act and event of the day
at the end of each week, the occurrences OF
the same-and | will assure them that the in
crease Of the power of memory will surprise
them. Mr.. Locke says, "Attention and repe-
tition help much to the fixing ideas in the
memory; but tn h.se which naturally at first
make the deepest and most lasting impression
are those which are accompanied by pain ol
pleasure" Then fix your attention upon every
thing you see, read or hear, and your reward
will be ample. The following is good method
for improving memory: Read a page, close
the book and think over all the facts which i
contained, and SO on, until you have the whole
by heart. True, some persons have stronge
memories than others, but generally this is be
> cause they exercise them more. Some mel
are remarkable for the extraordinary power O
this faculty. Seneca gives an account of tn
Roman orator, Hnntentius, who was able, aftc
sitting a whole day at public sale to give a
account from memory, in the evening, of a
things sold, with the prices and names of tn
purchasers; and this account, when compare
: with what had been taken in writing, wa
d found to be very exact in every particular
II Abercrombie, in his a" Intellectual Philosophy,
gives an account of an Englishman who wei
to Frederic the Great, OF Prussia, to display h
T. great power of memory; the king, concealin
the man of great memory, sent for Voltaire
to read poem; after the reading of the poeI
- Frederic said that 1t was not original, as the
was man there who could recite it the En-
+o lishman recited it ger batinu, upon which Il
enraged author tore the manuscript to pieces
Id (T'O be COntinued.)