The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-09

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money, oul Of credit. uus of couwEf oui "a
the elbows. out 10 the cold and. ! regret
to say. exceedingly dry. l.aoehierl
w SEQ some men rising into splendid
positions without the aid q ieachers, and
finding ihcir J. lace and work BY The unas
sisted instincts. We SEQ others, Wits ihe
aids Of schools and teachers, doins lIle
same.
Lest | should be ihougli undertaking
what Is popularity denomualca education
viii devote lcw words especially io the
subject OF what constitutes school and cel-
legc education. Young men who are ta
be preachers. lawyers dociurs, manuiac-
tuners, farmers, are All pul through the
same process. There il 80 plan ol cdu-
cation that can obNia,c this disadNaniagf
to the individual. Now. the man Who ed
ucates 81 makes himself oanapply himself
IN particular manner to ilai branch q
science Tor which he find that he po-sesses
the necessary qualifications
There arc disadvantages, however, on
both sides. The mental labor Of tho
schools gives the regular student great ad-
vantage over the IRREGULAR. Nearly all
students, however, make themselves alter
they leave college Ten years after
man has taken bachelors degree, he has
forgotten most Of the useless stuff he ne
quircd at college. The moment he = free
from college laws he throws aside the
books which did not fit him, and sei1es
those that do.
Every mans powers have relation to
some particular work, and wherever hc
finds that kind Of work he finds that which
will give him opportunities TO make hls
manhood and the highest upon which this
is to be viewed. Christianity reviews \
man from a higher point than any system
Of philosophy yet few may be philoso-
piers, while all may be Christians. i Is
better TO be a Christian than a pliloso-
pher. So all men cannot be doctors, law
yers and statesmen, yet all can be men.
II is better TO be Il man, (begging pardon
Of the women) than anything else. u y
only manhood, after all, that is 10 he con-
sdcred. When this proposition Is consid-
cred il is very easy TO see that there IS no
such thing ms mean or menial work ~ ills
world. Tie man who blacks your boots
and does il well may have, if he chooses,
Just rs sound and true a manhood as you
have. Not only after he gets through ne
potid, but uow, with your boots ~ one
hand and your shilling intheother. There
is Sorr n,nqh diriior Yn'l. Inae q nolltieN,
and sometimes in the possessions, lnan
that Of backing boots--work, too, which
destsoys manhood.
f If have attained the object Of this lee
ture, ! have presented TO YOU and I'M
pressed upon you certain truths and their
results. which | will very briefly recount.
First, that the faculty Of sell-hclp is
that which chiefly distinguishes men from
animals.
+ Secor dly, that God gives every man m
| diyidually Of constitution and the iacul'Y y
o. achieving individuality Of character
Thirdly, that man can never be well
made who is not self-made.
Fourtlly, that il is mistake 10 suppose
that man, in order to be self made, must
{ necessarily seek peculiar development by
preparing for professional and political
: life.
f Filthy, that no man has right 10 be
d engaged in any calling or profession il
i which he occupies an inferior position
n willie there are callings or professions il
i which he may occupy a superior position
+ Sixthly, that man without title !,
t greater than title without man.
) There are other truths might add lc
c these, but they are hardly more than mod
iiications Of these.
Ii ] should be very sorry if ! have damp
II cned single bosom but facts are iacls-
IS ] am not responsible for them. | has'
y said what have said, because accouu
i a man being unfit for his pursuit rs th'
2 greatest calamity a man can suffer in tlH
v world.
c. Men are not in their places women arr
II not in their places. John is doing badl,
,t the work which William would do well
l. William is doing badly the work that join
n wonld do weil bath IRE disafqoiniod an,
ii unhappy. Very possibly, John is doini
st Mary's work, and Mary doing John
II work. There is a great deal too much .
10 this in the world, ! am afraid. Now,
IN do not expect that we shall ever get tb
q world quite right in this matter do no
" suppose that all men will find the place 70
Or which they were destined.
\. For one, am sick Of the cant by wliic
m men strive TO force the minds Of tlos
ID placed under their charge. Both boys an
IN girls are stimulated by prizes 70 the mo.
I'd extraordinary exertions--oiten fatal eXei
" tions. In view Of this fact, | would say
e. every boy and girl in the audience --mof
to particularly 10 the fathers and mairons
ly the boys and girls--do not believe IN sue
en- dangerous training.
nd The question which every man Is calie
rd upon TO decide for himself, is not what r
I'M sition according 70 the arbitrary standan
ly he can fll With credit 70 himself and I'll
If applause Of the world--whai be choose