The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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ssitutions. Our country i prs-sninently
pleased By Heaven over al other nations on
The globe, In most other. governments,
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few, but 10 our own country Tiers 10 no
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Ability and worth, are the sacred tallisne Z,
tina. leads to place and power.
In the term education, We, Of course, IN
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tribute to the welfare, the happiness. and
tho perfecsion sf tbs hopan spssisa psysis
cally, mentally and morally.
We do not mean By the term sdacatios,
merely 40 acquaintance with mathematics,
grammar, geography, astronomy, chemistry,
Languages, or with any or oil Of this scien-
ces. Ours il . broader field, and sdacation
Justly asserts her dominion in morals, vir-
tue, truth, the study Of Natures laws, and
every thing else that il necessary to form .
perfect man. When No have entered the
study Of those sciences, We are merely ad-
mitted into the vestibul Of the great and
magnificent temple Of wisdom and traih.-
We have but taken the initiatory steps IN
the great educational course, where
"N.u,s progression mind shall unfettered - its
Az volunteers in this noble, might Say
divine cause-our names are now enrolled,
and our position is necessarily in the van Of
the movement. The educator indeed occa-
pies most responsible, and at tho same
time, one Of the most srduous positions
To him, for the time being, are intrusted
the responsible, duties of moulding the
character, and of training it for future
usefulness, honor, and happiness. To him
| il cntrus. cd The guardianship of On immortal
mind-to educate, cultivate, and refine the
mind, and give it proper direction, is bis
sacred duty.
To fll this important station then, prop
erly, it is highly necessary, indeed, that the
teacher should strive to qualify himself as
far as possible. His whole energy should
be enlisted in this work. His time, aud
his talents should be consecrated to that
noble end.
Our meeting to day, and the organization
Of this Institute, has this object in view
to council together, and to exchange our
views and sentiments, on the truly momen-
tous subject of education. Although We
may be but humble instruments in the
course in which we .engaged,ssyet, l feel
assured that where unity Of action, and On
unyielding purpose are adhered to, the re.
suits will amply reward our labor and pains.
And should these results not be immedi-
ately percsptible to Us, they will most as
suredly come. And it will be no small
source Of graduation in future times to
know that We have in some small degree
contributed our mite to bring about the
desired end. We are engaged in that great
NOV ment which, alone, shall renovate the
earth of its sin, injustice, and crime. /
Our mission is, pre- eminently, mission
Of peace. If ever the clangor Of arms, and
the trumpet of the warrior shall cease to be
herd, it will be through the devine effects
II education. II ever that happy period
come, when the sword shall give place to the
plowsharc and the implements of peace, it
must come as the refining result Of educa-
ton. If ever that time arrive when peace
shall extend like broad and beautiful riv-
er over all the earth, it must be accom-
plished-not by any supernatural agency
but by the moral results of education. We
60 forth to do battle with the hosts Of ig-
norance, superstition, and error, but our
weapons are science, art, and universal pro-
gress
Let the warrior boast Of his laurels, dyed
with the blood of bis fellow man and let
him sing of his fame, but ours is power
more potent than the sword. Ours 10 a
fame which shall live and be green in the
hearts of future generations, when the
fame of the warriors shall be forgotten, and
when his name shall have faded from the
scroll of time. Ours 10 o work that shall
last when the crumbling monuments erected
as the mementos of bloody conflicts and VIC
tories shall have passed away. Education
is to tho human soul, what the sculptors
chisel is to the rude and shapeless block Of
marble. E Z
The sculptor brings out the variagated
and inherent bcauties-displays the firm
n, rs Of ito texture, its beautiful tipts, and
g., h, ans it into the most beautiful forms.---
n. i've, it almost, living, breathing life;
h. f..b,. IN, it into tho representations OF
the mos. e..qcisits and beautiful flowers.
So. likewise. Goes education bring out the
l.,en, qualities o, tie human soul, lifts man
from the low po.i,ioa OF the brute creation
and places him upor tie exalted plane
which he now occupies.
Wers to be asked, what 10 tho nre' grea'
duty Of man, should unhssitatinssy IN
swer, it is to educate the human sow
The duty Of every parent is first, to gs'
his children sound and healthy const'tn-
ton, BY paying duo observance to phys
biological laws, and secondly, to train their
mental and moral natures in the greet and
responsible duties Of life. 1t is sacred
duty he owes to himself, to society, to his
county, and to bis God.
It is plainly seen that education alone
Distinguishes the civilised Caucasian from
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