The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-25

and the poor dust OF tlose Whose lllhs tuttcrtd
under them when the sun Of life was just reach.
Inc il. midday glory, and the night was yet far
OF, |. that good teacher who SENDS lad home
AT night with his limbs half paralizcd By hanging
them over the edge OF bench too high for him,
and his shoulders stopped for the weary load OF
early consumptony l. that good teacher who
keeps his scholars 50 oppressed with artificial heat
that they are icycrish throughout a whole term
| No He only Is worthy the name Of teacher, who
/ fully understands the relations of matter and il
properties 10 life, and the harnOniOu, proportions
IN which II Is mingled and adapted 10 the pcrpctu.
alton of life After al these have been adjusted,
nteligcnty, the child Is ready to receive that in
tccctnal aud moral culture, Tor which he Is sent
/ to school Here the magnitude and difficulty Of
the teachers work become most apparent and 1t
Is at this point that incxponcncc and ignorance
| 20 blmdi0ldcd 10 the task Of building around pn'
, pills that strong arch work Of habit which shan
successfully resist the temptations Of ldlrnr,- ana
,iu, IT, companion. A. thi. point comes The re-
-puusihility of presenting subjects 70 tue NINA IN
| their natural order and IN such manner ~ TO
form those intellectual traits and to deyclope
,ho.r moral E,cullr, which are most cnuobling to
the human race. Here Is the rock upon which
many a hopeful teacher has ioundcrrd with hi.
hand, upou the brains aud the hearts OF hi pupils
Here be- must begin to cut aud polish the gems
which are to be- SGT aud worn in His crown and to
cluster the clear ry,tas OF truth 80 thckly about
every heart that error shall fall back wounded at
every attack Here /, demanded that rrpo,r of
/ mind which DR. Holland say. spring. from con.
/ .ciuu, .cltc0utrol, aud the consciousness of the
/ yov,r al self control under all ordinary circuIn.
! staur,, The rcposo of cqnauimitN i, Il charm
/ which di..ovr- nll opposition. THE driver Of a
coach.and..N with all the ribbon, in his hands,
and u thorough knowledge OF hi. coach and hi
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spires me with confidence in him bat If be- should
/ be constantly on the look out for some trick, and
/ constantly examining his harnesses, and constant.
/ Is iussy and uneasy ! should lose my confidence
J in him, and wish were IN any body's care but
b his" How many teachers do We find who are
constantly examining their harnesses, and who are
constantly iu..y and uneasy Aud how soon do
scholar lose confidence in such n teacher
There i. one elias, Of teachers, who, knowing
little Of thr mental faculties or OF the means oi
their Development, east upon The mind. of THEN
pupils the deep shadow OF their own learning
Naiuly hoping To see them increasing rapidly ii
wisdom and virtue projected Il, they are by the
uyrr,hadoNmg hcg ht of superior cruiiion, But
minds that grow up thu, in the constant awe d
superior power; those to whom j. presented
perpendicular wall Of science, smooth a. glass
and Attending no foothOld for their childish effort.
| are very apt % wander OIL into the sweet wales u
Incidence that lie beyond And when the teach
rr plants himself on the top of thi, wall nnc
shouts come up" 10 hi. little followers. but few
voices will respond. lie must come down from
hi, lofty perch, and taking their litlo hand, in his
must point out the inches IN which others plantr,
their feet when climbing; and at every successive
stem show them the iurrpn.ius b.,utic. which oncI
~ ,hry ascend He mus, o., an, Of tbrir rrbt
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