Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-01
THE INTELLIGENCER.
PROF. FOwLER's LECTURE.
THURSDAY EvENtNG.
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the brain located over the eye the forehead islong
and high and broad there is an indication ofintel-
lectual capacity. There is difference between
greatness and smartness, Smart men can nc.
cumulate from experience and observation, but
they are not profound A great man is where
the mind is equally great in various WAYS. A
small brain NAV be smart hut large brnin is
not so smart. In judging Of individuals many
are governed by how much hair is over the
forehead Hair has nothing to do with the in
tellectual capacity. \ person may be bald and
still have low forehead. So also a retrcating
forehead may not be q small forehead The
forehead may be upright, and still there may be
want of intellectual capacity. Where the head
is high and broad and full there is Indication OF
strength of mind. An individual may have
shelving over forehead with the reasoning intel.
lect large. We need \ chronological eve in or
der to judge correctly of the capacities of indi-
yiduals 1t is not only the height but the length
of the top of the head, not only tho fullness
around the eyes but the amount of brain in the
forehead, that indicates the power of the mind.
Some men who have powerful intellect appear
to disadvantage for the want Of body to sus-
tain the brain. The brain is not fed by the an.
imal force, sufficiently to give vigor to the mind
A thinking brain always eXhauSts persons vi
tality faster than perccptive bruin. A person
who is poor in flesh and has good reasoning
brain should see more and think less. Many
parents want to bring their children forward,
and exhibit their snartness. 1t is injuring the
child to do it. We can be too smart, we can
know too much for our strength. We need to
restrain some rs well as put forward others.
] propose TO speak of some of the intellectual
faculties aud their culture The first thing in
developing the mind ofa child il to recognize
the order of nature Whatever qualities of the
mind come into action first cultivate. The first
faculty that is brought into exercise is individu.
ality. The child opens its eyes upon n world
it never saw before. 1t knows nothing of prin-
ciplcs but it sees things Pay particular atten-
ZION to encourage your children to see correctly.
Some parents think their children tell stories
because they have much imagination and
little Individuality. When you lind your chill.
drens imagination having such an eXtravagaut
influence on their minds you need TO check them
a little. We see great many things with our
minds that we do not see with our eyes. Our
children need to be trained to see correctly, to
hear correctly, to describe correctly.
Form gives funesS between the ewes; size,
in the corner of the eye. Weight gives fulluess
just out of the inner corner of the eye. 1t ena-
blcs us to understand the laws Of gravity. Ifit
were not wicked to dance, children ought to
learn to dance; but, seeing that is, they ought
to learn TO walk correctly. This should be
part of their education; not left to the dancing
school, but connected with the exercises of every
school. We are behind Europe as to walking;
especially our women are behind the women of
other. nations Girls are not suffered to walk,
simply because they are girls. y woman can
not take walk without being considered rather
imprudent. This shows how wicked men are
She must be kept in the house, n sort of fashion,
able specimen Of human nature. Many women
cannot walk because they are obliged to dress in
such style. She must conform to the style if
ii kills her Woman has propensity to en-
large. Hence the extremes of all the fashions.
She must have dress so long that she can walk
only with difficulty and dignity. a lady in New
Bedford, Mass. wears ninety-ve yards of cloth.
fashionable lady cannot carry baby up stairs.
She has 10 leave it down stairs, go up and take
off her dress and then come down for the baby.
II were woman l would kick out of the ira.
ces. She should have such q dress rs would al
low her TO walk as God intended her to walk
The reason we have so many delicate women is,
that they do not walk enough. Men like TO see
woman dress well; and because they do, women
90 to extremes Perhaps you think am ridi-
culng hoops. No sucn thing. i say blessed be
hoops; they are doing more for woman than
any fashion we have had for century. Still
let us have such dress, both women and men,
allow the free action of all the functions of the
body.
The organ OF color gives perception of colors.
If you have child that studies too mVch, give
it n box of water colors and old spelling book.
While thus engaged it is not studying to injure
the brain.
Another faculty is Order-sense Of arrange
ment, method Some men get rich because they
have this faculty. Some men fail because they
have it not. Some swomen do not have it
a young man who has it large viii get rich with
a salary of $500 to commence with. One
destitute of it is always coming out in debt
Some have no regular time to retire, get up, cat,
or do anything. Those persons never succeed.
GiraTd was very systematic man. He never
wont into n speculation without n plan. He
made a poor man worth 100000, simply by his
acuteness in planning. If wewould think be-
| furehand what material we have, we could do
I things a great deal more successfully than we
! do Some have no order, method, no
preparations, and they fail others have, and
they succeed. This faculty should be educated
/ in school. We ought to educate our children
TO behave themselves out of doors as well as in
the house. Every school house should have
flowers and beautiful trees around it TO gratify
the taste of children. Some do not know how
to educate their children in this respect. Edu-
cate yourself to be systematic, and you viii ed
ucate your child to be systematic. Some can
put things away, but cannot keep them there
| Such n man is himself tumbled up, his ideas are
shoveled, up together. suggest that you be
systematic and that you educate your children
to a systematic life.
Another faculty is Egentuality-the memory
| Of events Those who have full Development
Of the central part of the forehead remember
leyents, and are fond of anecdotes. Impart your
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