American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-05-06
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l LANcAsrER, o., April %. 1883,
| GENrLEMENsEYours Of to. day re.
lquesting a copyof the address read b
me before the ''Young Meu's. Literary
Institute, on Friday evening last, fol
publication, is at hand. The honor
thus conferred is highly appreciated
and, If in your opinion any good vii
fbe derived from its publication, Il IS Al
your seryice9T Q sH0aFstrSspscffaliy, 2 :
lFc Msssrs. 5eatiss, Stinehcomb aOd
Clarke.
rAfr. Ftssidepl, Ladies and 6mtlsmsn.
! Unaccpstpmed,as i am to writing Es,
says, pIdisciplined as my mind is, j
would not, but for the, respectI owe
this Instiiutc-which is;so well calcula
ted to gather and disseminate knowledge,
1 attempt ,snch an anyundertakiDg, s,as 3
In doing so mean merely toT ex!
press my good intentions tocomply with
the rules and regulations which govern
this body, and not that ! feel myself
able to interest or instruct those who
are already so intelligent, and, whose
time, is principally occupied in intel.
leciual pursuits, jgs,,e, s,tese IN
The subject which I have selected fol
discussion is one Of deep interest, and
if ! succeed in its illucidation, you will
agree with me in the conclusions arri,
lived at y -ie. ...s, ~, ,.tyhg
For tho sake of perspicuity, l shall
here state in advance what think il
the conclusion to which ny remark;
will conduct us, namely: W s
That for want of Knowledge Of the
laws which govern the human mind
mankind as race have not arrived al
that degree Of excellence which Nature
and the Creator designed. q giaswI
lgf Any one who has been faithful stu.
| dent gef his own mind, knows more oi
the character Of humanity than ONE
who, indifferent to the. subject, nevel
esros to enquire into the laws that gov.
ernl thought, as brought within the
rage of his own observation by the
working of his own mind. D.
Itwill be myprovince to show1in the
most intelligible manner of which an
oaPAoie, ,uat.AemInu nasiaw 40 'mMp
ioaI world, in Msohanics, or the Natura
sciences. Also, inawhat these laws con,
:.s" : ~. 1--we Won 40 'hs eas'eS' mooo o. ioarn'
'nE ETsa,.-,,,,,,s.,,-,-.-,..,s .nem. - 80
K M spe ctniSI lilycrsai klowieugc q tns
nasSls 1l..ln g .nei, mipos py men woulo
Proop9 9ce colal.lon ' ) OF the race tar nlgn
80 90 'nan y uas Eyer atlained' or%wpnoun'
. eyer cS1n cdn at,a,n, ~ eyldent IRON the
IoIowing consiqeTa'lons; ,g4,.s lpaS !.
~ WI pc conceded IN the hrst place,
that -the farmer, who does not under.
etand the ingredients OF his soil, cannot
determine the klpd Of grain his farm ia
pest adapfed 70 produce. His farming g
Ilss necessarily haPhazzard, his efforts
unlsucceessfuIs and his harvest loss abpn..
dant ana less Perfect. ,oa "a stsafnI
II will DO conceded also, that . per.
son unacquainted with the laws Of at.
nnltles cannpt perform the part Of a
Practlcal chemist SO well as one who
knows the nature OF the solvents, b II
would be dangerous to his customers for
him to act IN that capacity. s8w lea
| Again; a system OF government or the
ollogJl Wnlch pas p9t for ITS foundation
Fat1s 10 regard g che mind and its sane'
cessifles, must like an inyorted cone,
s9on fall to the ground, Those gov,
crpneptsa and theologies which have or.
roneoua conceptions Of tho hRNan mind
for their basis, are themsslyes erroneous,
Hence tho trlbaiatlons that the hpl
man race haze had to pass through
heuee the wars OF nations and the fre.
qSent e erups'ous OF empress the history
lctru'ch so start'es our understandings'
a Ie% o. tne minds necessities nave
ocsn discovered, and sequentiy the gov
ernmen1 4na tneoiog'es nave become
mIte en,gntened ana Tess ABSURD.
was Iopg since uiscovered Uncovered tnat 40
eryg hoagat ana actlon was necessa'
y Ior the wen being OF mankind; but q
vas NOT unth recently ascer'a,ned win
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