Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-04-16

Before treating the above subject. We will make a
few preliminary remarks on the subject ofed0ration
The word Education is n X imam word Of chronological
composition and IL tanlamuunt TO DEVELOPMENT
tulI-orbed development 1t enlarges, ndorns, inv,g-
crates and beauties the soul body and spirit Of man
II IL now conceded fact that education has not only
been extended 10 the mind Of man. but also to the
animal and vegetable kii gdons. An educated dog
or horse, Is worth more in the market than one I'M
educated. That the vine, also, is admissible of edu
cation, is not questioned by any who hBs tasted
the Wild bitter grape of the forest, aud the largo,
rio h palaable grape of the vineyard. Flowers not
only become beautiful in appearance, but richer
In perfume, by education But most of all, aud in
comparaby above all, man is the peculiar subject of
education. Mans instructive know ledge Is very
weUk he is of all animals the most dependent, and
yet the only one susceptible of high mental cndow-
men,s. Man, are told, is triure being. CON
posed of soul body ami spirit. aud to be properly
and thoroughly educated, he must be developed in
his entire personality. Some assert, however, that
the soul aud the spirit are oie a the same thing.
We are disposed to believe that they distinct
entities referring 10 totally distinct things. The soul
being the life CT the body the spirit The mind, the
undying part, the true man. The Greeks had their
SAUNA, their suka, their pneuma. The Lutn- their
corpus nnimus, anima, and We soul body aud
spirit In view of these things 1t occurs to Us, thnt
1t would be perversion of language to impute one
and the same thing to soul and shirt. But We have
not the time nor the inclination here to follow this
subject to it, leg1limate conclusions.
Man, we are told, is uhy steal intellectual, moral
and religious being, and in this view of the subject
we will treat him. We viii endeavor in tho first
place, 10 show why man should he ply sicay deVel-
uped secondly, why mentally; thirdly why morally
and rellgously. II has been proved beyond the
shadow of doubt. that there i near and intimate
relation between the material and mental part oi
man for if the body il worn down by excessive Ia
iigue, enacaled by disease, polluted by crime,
the mind, under such circumstances, Is feeble an(
inactive, not susceptible OF much Labor or research,
as when the body Is in vigorous and healthy con-
dition. As we'll might we suppose that tree would
expand and bring forth fruit, without rain and sun
shine. that river wo ld continue to empty its
waters into the ocean, without tributary influence,
to suppose the mind would ever attain my great
eminence, without physical organization and proper
development Most of earth greatest men. in all
ages were and are men of large physical proportions
oar Wrbsicrs. Clays. Cass'S and lireckcnridges of
America prove this fact with reference TO our own
country, and we could adduce numerous instances
tending to prove the assertion with reference to other
countries Now and then, however, at rcht inter
walls, we meet with little man possessing hercu-
lean mud: hut such form the exception and not the
rule. We do not wish TO be understood to affirm
that all large men must of Necessity possess large
minds. great many have more "bee than brains"
as the Hon Tom Marshall once remarked OF the
people of bourbon county, kentucky. Bni good
big head--we don't mean the "sweil head'-a big
chest and big stomach are each and all essential
requisites of well developed man Anon we viii
speak OF the mental and moral man. J.p.c.