The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-03
EAnLY RENTAL ACTIVITY.

"Experi nee, n.says DR.. Spurzman, dem |
onstrated that of any number of children ofI
equal intellectual power, those who receive no
particular care in childhood, and who do not
learn to read and write until the constitution
begins to be consol dated, and who enjoy the
benefit of good ph, cal education, very soon
surpass in their studies those who commence
earlier, and read numerous books " hen very
young. Tho mind ought never to be custiva-
ted at tho expense of the body; and physical
ought to preccde that of the intel
lect and then proceed simultaneo oasly with it,
without cultivating one faculty to the neglect
of others; for health is the base, and instrue-
ton the ornament of education.
Let parents then check, rather than excite
in their children this early disposition to men-
tai activity, or rather let them counterbalance1
it by due proportion Of physical and GYM
nastic exercises; for it is not so much the in
tensity as the continuity of the ment il action,
which is injurious to the constitution. Let
them not cause tho age of chserfulness to be
spent in the midst of tears and slavery; let
them not change the sunny days OF childhood
into melancholy gloom, which can, at best.
only be source of misery and bitter recoliec-
ton in maturcr years. ~ $3.50 81 CIcgsSges3
Physical exercises aud the cults alton OF the
perceptiye faculties should with the reading of
moral and instructive books, form the princi
pal occupation of children. Their expanding
frame requires the i1yigerating stimulus OF
fresh air; their awakening organs seek for ez-
sernal objects Of sense; their dawning intellect
necessarily calls for the action Of their obser-
want power. This is the great law Of ma
ture. She has given to the child that res tless
actiyity, that buoyaney of animal spirits, that
prying inquisitiTeness, which makes him de-
/ light in constant motion and in the observa-
ton of new objects. IF these intentions of
Providence be not frustrated; if he be allowed
to give himself up to the sportiyea feelings Of
his age, he will acquire healthy constitution,
and physical and percept;ve development,
which are the best preparations for mental
labor.
OF the men who have conferred benefit on
| society, and have been the admiration of the
world the greater number are those who, from
various causes, have in. early life been KEPT
/ from school or from serious study. They
have bv energetic and well directed efforts, at
a period when the brain was ready for the task
ACQUIRED knowledge and displayed abilities
/ which raised them into the highest eminenct
in the different walks in life, in literature, the
arts and sciences, in the army, the senatei the
/ church. and even on the throne. The historj
lfbf the most distinguished among those WHIT
.lhaye received q classical education sufficiently
proyes that it is not to their scholastic instrue
i ton. but to selfeducation after the period Q
of school, that they chiefly oTTed their super
-lority. & 50
/ David, the sublime author of the Psalms, fol
llowed in his early occupations the Dictates c
nature; he had in youth, muscular power I
tear asunder the mouth of a lion, to resist tn
: grasp of bear, and to impart pebble wit
. velocity sufficient to slay a giant. Napoleon
when in the school of Brienne, was noted i
: the quarterly reports of that institution as er
!. ieying good health; no mention was ever mad
: of his possessing any mental superiority; ou
lin physical exercises he was always forefnos
& Sir Isaac Newton, according to his own stat.
nasnt, was inattentive, and ranked very low
the school, which he had not entered until q
!. ter the age of twelve. The mother OF sner
n dan long regarded him as one OF the dunes 's
ofher children. Adam Clarke was caiiea
5; "crievious Ounce" by tbs first teaeaer, an
Young Liebie. ''boobya by his employer.-
Shakgpere, Moiiere, Gibbon, Nichuhr, Byrol
Humphrey, Davy.-, Porsen and many otnel 'l
were in ike manner undistiaguished for earl
ID application to study, and for the most part,
SsSTFasS II, those wholesome beo1Ey exercise
/. sstF FIAT freedom of mind which contribute
s 81 rsfreh to their future excellence. L Marc
81 f5@Ths correspondent Of the London Dai
Z, SeAs says: THE Emperor has ordered I
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