Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-07
EDUCATION OF IDIOTS.


EDUCATION OF idiots.
The account we wore ablo - = ,osont .ono
months aoo of tho metbods nursued 60, odnco.
tin0 ;nveniIe idiots AZ Tho R;cotro por;, bos
led to numerous inou;ries on tbe spb;oct From
yarious narts of tho countrv yro hoyo roco;yod
lcttars from norerts ,vhoso bonioss e,to - -
have a child weak in ;ntel,ec, Tbo ,-.;tors -
these lotters bavc o,r yor,,ost s,.r,no.h,, ,ro
wonld If ,ve conld rIod1v oIIo,;sto .ho;r mis-
fortune. Nor arc we without bones 4tat soma
of than al laast h, rnrs,,;no oonto;. ,,ia,,
may have tho nnsnoal,obIo sot;sf,c,;ont or s.a
ino their rmentollv-defective otfsnr;no endoxed
with an increased measure of ;ntell;oence AZ
every littlc niece of information on tba meth
ods of trainina cbiIdro, oe th;s ,nf,rtrno+o
class scems IN bo eo oerly rece;vod xve sboI an
deavor to nresent 4 brief and exnlic;t ANALYSIS
of ,bo varous ,neans oon,o,od 10 oro,,,oa -
thaso forlorn crootnros ros,,l,o a. onoo snrnu;
s;ro, aud rrot;s,;no .,,o s;r,,,,;,;.x. ,,a,,
t;cab;l;tv and snccoss of tho s,o,e,r I,,oo,,os
better known n i fondlv honed that 3bo h.
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$500 ,'rF -,
uiooh'ioneu '.nu itiesuia'' ioeeeuns sun
hisher, VIZ "rrNe at " eiass Wno n't'e tle GU
pac"y 70 "cquire sumo iiiperiece iuea Vi "iiae-
ever COMES wi''iiii 'ie range 'ueir opser'"-
'iou'ailu n'''e so"'e i"i'' hosiohs VI uu's
are aple 10 iuiUite' ~ 'he performance oi the
siihpies' ououpa.iohs, .hose WHO are ptaceu III
autnorily over 'neih ou', ifon want oi uue
'ultioh, they are SUFFERED 70 pass '''fOugh me
Wnnout experiencing 'iie ehloyihehts anu pch-
eilts ueriNaoie from 'hat systematic cuillFAtion
o. tne lhteAectuai anu moral lacuities Oh Wihcn
tney are caP"oic'
mus the SENSATIONS anu perceptiohs OF idiots
It's more OF less narrow anu cncnmscrlpeu;
some haVihg an organization SO low anu I'M
perfect, th"t 70 an outward appearances 'hey
10 not s''''u III ."c inor''i sc'sie mum h'sne'
tue more sasaclous OF the lower ahiinals
whereas others are ehooWeu WIN tnat amount
OF faculty which raises them 70 the conhnes OF
weii-knowh ci'ss OF persons denom'haseu IN
ordinary conversation SHY, OF ieeple-minaeu'
some iaea OF the Prop'rtlohate humoer OF
persons porn WIN these various degree OF de-
eieney may pv ,plled, Mnen We s.ate , inat .n ~
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