New-York tribune., 1867-08-16
him even 10 bars

tongue rd'pen which. supposins MIN even TO hare
s0meRing 10 uttT as he 20 very rarely ne, 10 pyh 10
means the tng he specially wants IN n y' 9 9gs tS
question for him, which bo seeks the Glswef Of, ,SB
schOolsin schools, having now 80 little chance OF it
elsewhCres la other times, many most of his
neighboIs round him, his supoTiors over him, II he
looked well and could take example and Learn by
what DO saw wcro IN use TO weld Inn very mach OF
answer TO this yitalrSt Of questions; but they
do not. do II fatally ihe wayi Talent OF
speaking grows daily cOinmoner among ones neigh
Dor8--amOunts already - a WEAKNESS and nuisance.
SO barren is " Of great benefit asd lsAe to lbs Of
great hurt butthe salient of night cOndua, OF wise
and useful behavior Seems 10 grow rarer every day.
and is nowhere taught IN the streets and thorough
fares any more. Right schools were never moro do
sirable shan now. Nor ever moro unattainable by
public clanoring and iargoning TRAN now OniY ths
wise ruler acknowledged king ia his own terrltoresl
taking counsel with the wise and earnestly pushing
and endeavoring all his DAYS. might 90 something IN
it 1t is true suppose hm to be capable % rtc1g
10 DO found on tne hgh roads NJ pseaent yt oh| 20
be transientiy passing there WIN closed hps. swt
steN and possibly grfnmisli aspect "a counseDanoe.
among the crowd OF loquaeous oaap.i5se To lle ca-
palle of actually recognizing and discerning thessi
and that is no small postulate 0i0w great 4 one
know wclll-in fact, nnlcsS our NObir Dy iatN be a
Noble by nature. little or no success Is possible TO 90
b. him.
tho AOR-rOc1l school department, srol as was not
dreamt of before NoR-rGa1G presided over BY what
ever of Pioua Wisdom this klAR could eliminate nom
adj corners of the lmnous world; GDd could cJiso-
crate with means and appliances lgr making tho
now generation o. deyrees. less nnIious. I.agscal
to think Of: Eyoyy new geneTi on is bonn 20 us IL
rect out Of IcaYcn, white as plrcst wiitIng plpec.
white as snow every hing we please can be written
on II and oar pleasure anu 0ur negligence Is, To De-
gin bOtchng it, ScraN9ling. Smutchlng and sneaTlug
il, from the irst day il sees the SUM- toward snch
consumnatiOn OF uglneSs, ant. and biacknass Oh
darkness rs is too Otter visible. Woe on rs ihero
no like this Il we were not sunk III stupetac,lo
and had still eyes to discern or souls 70 ieel it
Goethe has shadowed ont glOrlOus far-RiancluS
sneo;lren of that Nunvocsi or very partially-VOcd
1.t OH 4 pfff
extremely small, but highly useful ana PiacIch''
little corner II one, actuly on work az Giasneyi IN
Ireland about fifteen yoas ago; ald "ape oit'i
thought Of II since.
Ialways fancy thcre might much DC done IN 70,
WAY of military Dill HiJhat b'Jonu AZ otles
schooling aud supplement OF even rs succedaueum
for al other often wishes 'le entre IopulatOp
could be- thoroughly drilled into ccOpesaiyo move
ment into individual behavior, correct, precise anil
at once habtua and orderly as mathematics, IN az
or i'm very many pOints-and ultimately IN the point
Of actual military Sgcice, should such be required
OF it,
nothing more is il not the basis q all human culture
OUGHT not all Ia have it ami how many ever dol
often saw, The Official FeIs0n, %. al, sacerd0ta
scholastic g0yernmcntal, Of our times Who is stl
thoroughly truth and a reality and aOt in great
/ part a hypothesis, snd worn Out bnmbug proposing
and sttempting duty which he tails 10 dO,-ls tla
! Dri-Scrgeant who is master of his work. and who
viii perform il. by Drill-Sergeant understand not
the man IN three stripes alone understand bm 25
/
Friedrich Of Prussia: he does his function. he -
genuine; and from the highest 70 the lowest no QUE
else does. Ask .yonr poor Kings Majesty, Captain
General 0f England, Defender OF the Faith, and -
much else ask y0ur poor Bishop sacred Oyersees OF
souls yOur poor Lawyer sacred Dispenser of justice
your poor Doctor ditto OF health; they VIII all all
swer Alas no worthy sir, are all Of rs untOr
tUnately fallen not little, some OF rs aitogetler
iIto the imaginary or 9uasI-huhlcug cohaiuon ahl
or of the o0rTpt and baton does lat he prelends O
That Is the melancholy fact well worth considering
at present. Nay often consider further, IT, IN any
/ Country, the Drl-Selgeaut hhnset ful INTO ina
| partly imaginary OF hHm6ug CONDITION las is my
fTichtful ayprt hensiOn Of bim here ia Eng1ni on
survey Of him in hrs marvellous Crimes NpedilOns
marvellous COurts-martial revelations, Newspaper
controversies, and the like, what ~ 10 become OF
that Country and lis thrice miserable Drll-Sefgeaht
But now what il to hinder the Acknowledged
king in all corners of bis territory 10 introduce
wisely universal system of DrI, not mlll.ary only
but human in all kinds; so that no ch!ld OF man porn
in Ais territory might MISS the beneht OF it-Nhic
would be immense TO Inau, wOn-l ana cmIdl
w0nd begin with il, in mild sort Iofns, SO soon al
lcOst as my children able u stanO on theI egs
and would never wholly remit it TIL they bad done
with tie word and me- Poor " IN arsiln knew
something of this; tbe great Goet1e evidently Knew
a great deal This Of OutWaIdiy combined. ahA
plainly eated Discipline, III simultaneous move
ment and action which may be practical, SymO9icai,
artistic mechanical m all degrees ana il"dei-is ore
of. the n0best capabiIes OF man nost sauIy uHu'f-
valued hitbcTtOj and one he takes the greatest
pleasure in exercising and unfolding not TO ment0n
nj all the invaluable benefit II would afoTd hlul lf
unfolded From correct marching IN line, torhythmlo
dancing in eOtill0n OF minuet. and 10 lnhnltely
| higher degrees lthat OF eymloimS III concert your
first reverence" for instance, suppOsng reverence
and symbol OF il to he both sincere there Il nat
uIal charm in it; the fulhiliment OF deep-seated,
universal desire, TO all rhythmic social eietuesI
in mans heaven-bOrn Dochty, or power ot DelhS
Educated it is estmabe as perhaps the deepest ana
richest element the next 60 that OF music 0l
Sensihty TO Song. TO Harmony and Number wheh
some have reekonod the deepest of all. richer
mine than any in California Tor poor human
creatures; richer bywhat multiple; anu hltnerto
good as never opened only ioI lhe ight,
ing purpose. AssuredlY would not hegIect the
Fighting purpose no, from sixteen 70 sixty, not
son Of mine hut should know the Soldiers junction
too and be able TO defend his native soil ana sL ia
best perfection when need came. But should no1
begin with this; should carefully emo WIN ths,
after careful travel IN nnumerabe nuliul hcuS U!
the way leading to this. .,.,
we mostly are, how in all education oI ma,
kind this of simultaneous Drilling INTO eoloihe %
rhythmic action, Tor almost al 5000 Pupsyo' .ao
and 1nany-sounding PedaQgies ana iIoi,ssGIi9. ~
persons We have had for the long Sout1es pas ~
realIy shond be set on foot little: and developed
yo6HaV into the multifOrm Cpui0nt results W hoIds
! for ms. AS might well be done, by an acknowledges
king in his own territory II ne Wele Wise. 10 M
children of men ii is such an enteItalnment' Wnen
Von set them 10 It. believe the yulgaTest COclney
crowd flung out mIllion-fold on Whit Sunday, with
nothing but beer and dull folly TO depend on Tor
apuseTnent would 1t once kntie into something hu-
man. II YOU set them TO do almost amy regulated act
/ in common And would dismiss their beer and dull
foolery in the silent charm OF rhythmic human COM
panionshp, in the practical feeling, probably new,
that MI of MS are made pattern, ard are III an
unfathOmable way, brothers to one another. II,
SOldeT-Dril, for fighting purposes, rs nave ssAu,
wouldbe the last finishing touch OF all these sorts
OF Drilling Processes; and certainly the acknowi.
edged king wouad reckon II not the least important
to him. but even perhaps the most SO, IN these pecu-
iar times Anarchic Parliaments and Penny News
papers might perhaps grow Jealous OF MN; ~ any
case le would have to be cautious pnh,tlnous,
severely correct and obey TO the letter whatever
laws and regulations they emitted on the subject