The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-05-16

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} do with her happiness and usefulness in soci-
4 ETY. as abstruse scientific knowledge, have in
!; too many instances prostr,ted both health
, and intellect in the vain pursuit Of learn
ing"
While justly condemning system Of ed
ucaton which would produce such results,
this writer seems not to be aware that it has
already been proved that there is no necessa-
ry connection between a college course Of
education and pale looks and bodily weak.
ness. Has it not been satisfactorily demons
strated by student Of Cambridge, who has
performed feats of personal strength such as
have never before been witnessed since Samp.
son and Hercules astonished the ancient
world. that the physical education Of man
can be carried on simultaneously with the de.
veIopment of the mindf When, as in many
of our scientific expeditions, meR have been
subjected to the severest prisations and
hardships, who were those that displayed the
greatest powers Of physical endurancer We're
they the men in whom a physical education
preponderated, or the officers whose minds
had been cultivated as well as their bodies?
And if this has been the result Of eombin-
ed mental and physical cultivation in man.
why may not such system produce the like
results in womanf Surely her physical
powers need suffer no more than mans by
the cultivation Of her intellect. What il
she does devote six, or even eight hours OF
the twenty four to hard study, has she not as
many more beside what are required for ne
cessary rest, to attend to the development
Of the body And may not a just mingling
Of physical and mental exercises, a ssslem-
attic training Of the powers both Of body and
mind, tend to the greater perfection Of both,
and by causing them to react Oh each other,
produce being better fitted for the duties
of wife and mother than she could possibly
be If either ot these was neglected? l. il
sufficient to satisfy the casing Of womsa's
nature that she is admired aud cherished By
man as a piece Of exquisite statuary, which
! his innate love for the beautiful leads him to
protect from harm: Is she willing that,
while he values her as the mother Of his chill
dren, and the careful mistress Of his house
hold, that he would always seek for society
elsewhere when he wishes intellectual enjoy
ment!
Does she not desire to be honored by her
husband, as we'll as TO be loved and cherish
ed! And hGw is she 10 be thus honored
lif her intellect is not cultivated even as
hisS Where is the man who has been bles-
sed with an intelligent and gifted mother.
who does not acknowledge her forming hand
tASss ,s af af saaaafdrd n Wish i sai uais
opinions entertained of woman by those
whose mothers are ignorant, or embecile !:
| Is il not the want of mental cultivation in
mothers, that often causes boys. sometimes
at an early age, to sneer at their principles,
! lisobey their commands, and seek to escape
from the Wholesome restraints Of the il0mes.
tic circle, to spend their time in the debas.
ing sOciety of the bar-r6oni, or other hagnts
Of vice with which our villages and cities
usually abound!
The writer Of the article we have refer
red 10. after paying just tribute to one Of
Englands most gifted women, and which
seems somewhat at variance with the ideas
be has previously advanced. proceeds tu
T draw charming picture Of wumanly love
and devotion, and declares this TO be his
beau ideal Of female excellency but did u not
occur to him while delineating this imagina-
nv piece Of perfection, that the model vile
he sketches would be far better able to min
lister TO the husband who has fallen from
the heights Of other dars. aud is down trod.
den in the vale Of life." il r0ssesseh Of q
cultivated intellect Where Intellectual
culture has been neglected, or imperiectly
given, and want and destitu,ion come upon
those who have known better days. a i ton
often the case in these times Of wild speca.
Iation, the husband broken IN health anl
spirits, and the dependent children clingins
10 her whose heart yearns over them VIII, all
, the fulness Of a mothers l,,e-what resource
| Is left TO her but the health destroying. ILL.,
. paid drudeery Of the needle: But i. 10
youth, her intellectual powers have been pro.
perly cultivated. the various fields Of liitfa'
ture spread before her anxious gaze. aud With
out any feeling Of degradation. sic can eniei
them. and thus prove help.meet TO her has
. band while 40 approving conscience enable
! her 10 calmy smile at the contempiunus epi
thets Of "book. warm aud the blue stock
{ ing"
| There are seminaries in our land sher
/. woman is trained physically. intellectually
! and morally, Cor her station Is wife and
!, mother and why may they not be multiplied
+. III the prejudice against intellectual culture
k of such writer's a. the me whose article w
!. have considered, are removed.
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