Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-07-26
EDUCATION or QUA CHILDREN

n IL ,he vice o. the age 10 substitute
learning Tnf wisdom Ito educate he head
srd forget that there IL q more important
education necessary fot The heart. The
reason u cultivated " an npe whet nature
IL % mot furnish the clemens necessary 10
successful cultivation ~ ": aud the rhild
" solicited 10 ,ensrt y hen life is uniY eapr-
BILE ~ sensation snd emotion ~ lnfsnev
the attention aud memory ere only eSei,-
eb strongly 10y things which impress the
ihe senses end move The hpstt. end tho
father would instill more solid sud avail
able Instruction IN ah hour atitnt IN the
fields - here wisdom and goodness afs ex-
emflifed. seen cod Eel, than w month
spent ~ study. where they are sspounded
~ einphotisin!
No physician doubts that preeoeious
shildfen. W hnt esses fot one. ste mneh
worse FOR the diripine they have Under
gone The mind seems ~ hsve been
stfrinel end the foundation of insanity
lsil. when the Studies fpr ,na,rfer years
are stuffed into the ehild's head. People
do moi ,snset 90 The anatomical fset he
hfs'n ~ afi infant u not the btain ~ inan
thst the one Is bnRtmed aud can hear
rRefiiSn the other Is gtowinR and re
nuifps rerpse! that 70 fyrce The attention
w. nbsttaet facts 70 load the memory with
chronological ard historical. end scientific
details IN short 10 expect ehill's brain
~ bear With i,npunity the esetiicn If .
nnn's Il Just ~ rational - u would he 70
hazard the same experiment IN its muscles
The ifst eight ~ ten yests Of life should
zee devuted tn the education N the heart
~ the formation ~ principles rather them
~ " hstis mrst usually termed knpw ledge
Nature herself points out such course
irr the emotions nfp then the livlisst and
rnost easily moulded being 20 yet unsllnv
Ell hy bsssirn. " IL from this source that
the mass nf inen ere hereafter ~ draw
their sum ~ happiness ~ misery he ae-
tinns ~ the innense msin,ity ere under
sli circumstances determined much incft
hy feelinR thar ~ reflection IN truth, life
presents 90 innnity ~ occasions where u
IL essential 70 happiness that we sh0nld
feel rieh,; very Few hefe II Is ~ all heees-
ssry that we should think ltpfpun ny.
w w the seventh yesf ~ life. very
crest changes are rnirR ~ IN The sifne-
ture ~ The htsin, sud demanded. there
ere the utmost attention not ~ ihtet NJ,
them ny improper ~ over -eseiiemept-
Just lhat degree Df exeteise should be Civ
en- 70 the brain ssis necessary 70 its health /;
end the best IL ofsl instruction esempliGed
Nv objects which strike the senses
n u perhaps unnecessary ~ add thst ~
THE Period of life special attention should
hp given by parents and teachers, 70 the
physical DEVELOPMENT of the child. Pure
aif end free exercise are Indispensable, end
W hete ever either Of these - Withheld. the
consequences will be eettsin ~ extend
themselves ovet the whole future life
The seeds ~ rto,faete1 snd hopeless suf
fefinR have innnnetshls instances been
spwn into the constitution cf the child
simply through Ignorance ~ this great
Fundamental physical lev. and The time
hns ccme when he united voices pf those
innocent victims shall ascend. trumpet
,rnpned te The ears ~ every parent ~ the
land "nive We free cir end wholesome ss-
eteise leave 10 develop our expanding EN-
ergies IN accordance with the laws pf our
heirp and full senps Dor the elastic end
bounding impulses ~ ouf young blood"