New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-05

level IL, the place that you can VIII and keep by
proper method and exertion. You may find yourself
perhaps ea1ily decidedly at the head of your class
The tt term If this Is you ought not 10 lose your
place by incidence negligence and while fidelity TO
all your opportunities is the highest rule Of action tins
rule will not be ret aside, but may be strengthened by
fair statement Of your progress such as your teach
ers eGD give you. The scale Of rank will then be- not
your guiding motive, but your time.keeper-not
indeed starting you On your Journey but adyiting
you whether yOu have kept your way with Gde
diligence. In some cases youth who starts ds TIE
fst scholar must inevitably .rerign biz Iac TO .ue
competitor who surasses him in the later etudCn such
az the higher mathematics, meaphysc> end ORIGINAL
thinking ard r0ron. In sucl ase it iacoIpes tie
dsapl oiAted ohe TO Lis dignity ~ fidelity not
by Nict14y, and zeaOusl y-nay, devra;ly-beware Of
20 tetiDg his heart upon surTas' ag n rival as TO
measure the snccess Of his caree' bv standard sadly
embit,ering and dcmOralzing. Tle'great an. should
be 10 Ind our own orbit, md move in II faithfully,
whatever 1t may be.
One of the most vgniable letters in the volume
treats at length of the important subject of per-
sonal habits, or which the author dcsrnnts with
earnestness md zeal, enforcing bis didactlcs with
apt and Itrikirg illustrations.
]. hay. seemed to ne especially of late year., as
nave observed more the ways OF men, ana tleu 10
study better the nature Of human power, tlAt ne
ph 6soIlv Of habit il very inadequGtoly understood
aJd tlat wc are too apt 10 Usci 10 met mechail
| c.l routine I'll results that come non INC feIuiith'
play Of vital forces. Three moments ol 'L!ei iui-
TOrgrcr are 10 be uuied In the order 81 our hbis;
first We note tie beginning, which generally gintah
idoe 20 an action, VIXEN child tglrs 10 eat V'ea'
and associates the eight ldta q bread WIN 'tc All
Of tIkrg and masti,a'ing IT, According 10 ms Nc"
! o habit begins IN tie union OF ScMt WIN "1.'''y y
Secondly Ne note tie recurierCc, which ether ny an
external or internal oause repeats tie uulon, atd me
IDEA Of lie Ting sought Iurews the seeking Of IT, NJ
wien the did who hss tasted bread Is LED to setk j.
apain so o. 70 form a more hes regular cCst"m 81
eating Thirdly, We note tie bca'irg Of ne ttyei.l
classes OF bal it. upon each UihcI, o. Mlcn IN c.lld i
tHined 10 adur tie hours 81 eating 10 tr; hours "i
sleep cNelcire study, or play. We gain great hght
upOn orr own eCi-dIsoi, 1c, ii we study uur Wayf ia
ts manner and ask oustlyc s what prdCr' We have
| begun how often they tend 20 Tecrr, tud E,w Trey
Harmonic wi srol e., especially how eiiccuhlly
/ tlc lighcr teudeE,is- master tie lover, and Tie
notl.st habits r,g,iaie tie more reusuhl and ma
/ teIidl.
! Viewed in THE light. what inmersc importance at
taoros to tie year, # t,ud,. life, wien youth, i"
longer NJ der e RI DuiuaseI eye, u lt 80 much to
las.lf, ard away from TIE Wal n Il Rome and lam
ily il 10 form JlJse methods Of thought aud ac Iu4i
an, very lt4vt 20 with hin through life II J. evil
dent that tie f.bes stl-cOlt:ol the love t,li-iu-
dulgcnce usy hc MADE the dominant custom, hia ihns
become 'Ud uatre. tits never indeed TO iar le
man 10 rt.cr; IN, sur lN re who CaIflt- iron Co-t
intothc wuld hats %. indclcr,e and oir alton, how
ever bitterly he rcpcts OF lie folly mart bear some G;
Ito iiui's with him % - dying day In youth, rs
learn languages "a easily we ALEC e,Ih that hl'ieI 81"
! of aFtl,LlIi 1.-THE IIuuouu'Ing OF our ttLt's ~"
powers into distinct md eNpres.iye halls Nol az,
Do the feet best sGuo dance ~ Youth but tie Whce
Of our uatme best learns 20 Walk IT, choral round bid
mind aud heart, and wilInay keep s,p vlh TIE tolit
t. the cheering musio tba s u &c by tie pulse O.
/ ! Dung and healthy blood.
] true fy-t,u' Of babits Lac il foundation in lie
Ordering Of our bodily irtiiuc. and HF'e'tc- re iy
iuduiy adjusting or balancing the 'e,cIlIvc .id ac'ilo
functions lie Il. healthy man VITO atJEtts lItI"li,
the thought and action tht cAL.usi ls strength WIN
he food aut tigepui re-iore u aud "h" D. hh' u-.-
kecIs 40 Iic .auoc tc Wccu II tri ave h'I''r
/ md active muscles by relieving o2c.,cu,it oi LcN,t
lv active C&rftl-e nd quiz kenny mur, .i1F t'Irl
/ by nervou. scuabiH.y. Tie law OF puL.itg, w'i.h
IervSdes al ct,atlon, j, omin,ily powerful iL t' Hu
man constitution; aud II true HE, whoiAcr Of lo.N p
mind, IRON tie Lamc'y a lore that seem ."
/ be aniasoIl-is
Tie mott obyous r,l.r diversity j. hat Which ,ou.
trasts our sl,eIug with our waking hour ard alro'
| repeats the images death and he. How long vc
ought ~ sccpI Do not undertake 90 ray with IcJIt,
certainty, widely Go different popo's vary, aud d.
much 10 many people err from TIE truih by counting
~ sleep only tleir iours Of beng IN bed while taC
never seem 10 BE- folly awake even 80 E0ou day, and
Others who louug, bali the tine ~ bed rarely us'
asleep II 10 Try 10 state The tue rule or sep,
according 10 the beet experience aud "bfsfy~IiIou,
wOuld be Il GIT hour suscly never les lau seven.
\ student re"df probably more sleep than Hhcsing
man, allie becUl.e ~ bIGiu J. more uiei and TIE
bIfiu suffers WoIc .hIu tD' mlsd from oyci-3,iurp
and becausc, moreover tie Guccl D. fo APT ~ carry
the bOuRhtfulrcts q study Ia lis How ~ u ildi
hard % drop into lumucr al once, tie iicd work
generally does. lad'fc you 60 i' vr'y c.icul g.
to,ure regular and fuii, i't sleep and ia
when YOU tempted by peculiar anxiety
10 AT up very Iate, aHd wiz study ut Tho
cot Of an excited brain, IL j. better 10 think
more Cf kceIiug tie instrument srHtd than u
forcing the work. have entered foT,jres by con-
iiuual lae study aud have kegt al my pen I'LL morn
ing Now, prefer Lcalihy brain II an clabora,e
usuufCy' aud au sufcg Q. success ~ fu.h cuerCcu-
os hy fcul iug eNtemrOrc from a clear aud cool lead
than by reading III. c'uFo that has been written by
the midnight lamp. 90 lot believe IN tie midnight
Tampa, all, aud aGyisc yOu lobe ON your pillow AWAY
al lraet an hour before that witchirg time In SUR
ucr ir well for iudont TO ~ 10 bed ~ ten and IL,
% siX OF laf hour before ana IN inter be may
retire aud rfe hour later m 10 any cOufd,r ils
study before breakfast, do not recommend IT, and an
inclined 10 think poorly Of morning ctnCe-ght o.
OF the uiCr-L lit LAMP 1 Tied Obte TO steal tine To-
tranfla'ing a WORK from the German by c.ily mouiul
,rtudy, and the symptoms Of nervous yer that NO
p.aed in the cOgr.e uf a few weeks led never 10
repeat The experiment.
hsto bpisof study they rhoud never exceed those /
now made tie liz il Of manual laroI-'cu Lourtaud
believe that tx Eoure q Cloc aplh alton viii H. the
loug nun accom- lfh more good wUIk than twelve /
hours. II youth &C uaily HuGien siA hour ana add
10 the the time spent in going - ard from recitation,
nUd in waiting for OtbeTt 20 fedte he viii find very
tie II the working part of the day left II we add
10 Fix hourr of actual wok over books IT.. tine usually
given By earnest student to thought and reading,
md instructive cOnNCrHtIOn 1t VIII lie found that /
twelve out Of the twenty cnr hours ave Ccucraly given
TO tie culture Ci tie mind. Stating ny views Ia |
aIOt or way sly that there is wisdom ~ dividing
a. day into urec parts OF eight hour eaclODe part
for slt ep; for such eXcrOn Of tie mind may be
He'd study, whether learning lee. Ois or taking tie
thoughts by eJlid reading careful mcGlatl,si;
part Tor recreation for all that efi,shes Oal aud
body by food cAcrso society, and all sucn intellect
ual occupations belong 80 the Tay TaLer than
TO the work Of the mind. do n0. Of courfe, mean
ray that iiee three parts should lie aratod 10y
rigid line and that recreation and study should occupy
each eight consecutive hours. IL ~ sect fer not g.
give more than two consecutive hours 10 one object;