The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-07-18
ESSAY WRrrTyG.

ESSAY WRITING.
Writing essays u oos of the very best
Exercises u uhieb any person can en-
gags, 4 they desirs to become practical
" edscated. 1t 10 alnos. m education
Of itsef; for there Is Do,bing ii. equal
IN developing the faculties Of the mind
II, in fset, iorolr.s nearly al the sci
s0ees 10 it, fullest application. II re-
9siFs. re4ecssos to properly convey cur
ideas &c ofhen; rsfectioa is the mental
diEes'ion Of ideas, converting them iu.o
real knowledge.
Many persocs think that j. Is 81 easy
matter, for one sho il educated, to write
o. speak veil ~i,hou, mach esor, such
sn'' the case The srz; requisite to write
OF sPask vel, Of course, i. 10 h,rssveli
stored Eind, from which to .el.c; mate
r'ais- No person With barren mind. or
tns' Is Intellectually blind, eau becoues
good writer or speaker; yet, With skill
fad arrsaseneo; Of . .hor; supply. per
500 usy gaia qai;e = rspasa,iyn -
writer CT speaker This is pre- eminent.
~ the case At the pressn,,iue with many
G; car modern writers. The greater par,
Of them knov nothing Of the rules Of
rhetoric or l0gic- They will frequently
attempt to prove proposition, ard before
the. complete he demonstration Jump"
at the conclus!op, CT forge: wha, they
we're trying to prove, malin. lingo Of
nonscase which they, add few o;hers.
perhaps, consider quite meri,orivus IL
sra.y production. There is another class
Of persons VT can write very nice es-
say, or speak quite Haen,ly; but a person
we'll posted" will discover po.hinr bu.
fragments Of other productions, which
are, with some skill, framed into CON-
position, or speech aud the masses of
mankind lsud them as being learned and
talented, when the fac. is, perhaps, they
have never originated new idea in their
lives, but take everything second handed.
This class Of persons is more numerous
than might be supposed. The great di.
versity Of opinion upon nearly every sub.
ject arises from wrong conception Of
the true definition of words, add correct
knowledge of the construction of sen
fences. If there was but but one mean.
ing or definition to each word, aud bu.
one way Of arranging them into seu.eu-
ces, to express thought, with which cve-
ry person was well acquainted, there
would be 10 Misunderstanding, aud every
person would know land We had almost
said, would think alike. How many diff.
hcuItles have arisen just from misun-
ders'anding of words and their RICH,
construction; aud yet many persons
" can't see the use of studying Gram
mar We frequently End in the writ
inss of mary Of cur young teachers. :
big words thrown hap hazard into
their composition, who, like half fedged ,
birds making premature effort to fy. I
precipitate themselves q" down to earth '
Of soaring to the sublime they
approach to the ridiculous.
There is yet another class of persons ..
who are continually seeking the "Philos.
opher's Stone" or some ,alisnanic pro- =
cess by which they may become rich or J
educated, at once, without any effort on }
their part. 10 the Iowa Instructor, we a
have frequently noticed articles from =,
young teachers, asking the "ho,c" ,
by which they may successfully discharge {
their duty as teacher. The answer is,
qualify yourself for teaching before you
enter that calling-not enter it as
quack, and experiment from the begin
ping to the end Of the term. As we'll
might you commence the practice of
medicine, and call upon practical physi-
clans to tel you the "hor," and by
strewing your path with the graves Of
those upon whom you have experiment.
ed, finally come out" a successful
practitioner. No; the way to succeed +.
IN anything, is to make ample preparation
before cnisting in the enterprise.
With the foregoing remarks, we will
most respectfully submit few susges-
.ions for the benefit of those who have
not had much experience in essay writ
ing. In the first place, select a subjec,
with which you are very familiar, aud
which you think will be interesting and
instructive to your readers then medi
tate and r fleet upon it till you have it
- cooked up" and well diges.~a; .I.~
employ we'll chosen, not big, words,
and the simplest and most concise laa.
guage to express thoughts.
After you have it written, crhicise
and examine closely the sentiment, then
the grammatical construction. aud see
that you will not be misunderstood; also.
that every word is spelled correctly and
that it is rightly spelled, and the redun-
dant words cancelled After all the ne