The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-25
sSls- Education The, Body %

mentioned must be added The obsef.
0aacc ofMe laws Of comfort, before tho
demands Of tho body will have boen
nationally needed. The laws Of CON-
fort imply and necessitato indeed, the
observance Of tho laws of health and
decency, and it is o beautiful iilpstra- =
,tion Of the unity sofstrutl,, Eand, of tile
harmony preestablished blythe rCrea-.
tor botwoen departments of thought
which logically are distinct. We ard
writing in a. popular way, and will,
therefore, amplify this thought point
edly and brioay. lntcmporanoo III
drink, for example, violates the laws
Of health, dcranges and soils tho dress
Of tho body and, tho body itself, being
attended with hiocough and vomiting,
and is said to be followed (for We can
not speak from experiencc) by sitcl,
uncomfortable big-head as to unit a
young man for writing with elegance
to his Dulcina. Discomfort ;s apt 70
bo tho prevailing suggestion of, an
epistle inspired by tho big.head, and
since discomfort is apt to move the
sympathy Of tho gentler sex, who can
with difficulty determine whether it
arise from the heart or not, wo would
suggest to the young ladies to submit
any suspicious letters thoy may re-
receive to the family physician for in
spection, that ho may guard them from
boing deceived by that species Of dis
comfort and despair that has its origin
not in a sensitive heart, but in n dis
ordcrod--shall ewo say it shall we
dispel tho romantic illusion-shall VIC
tear off tho mysterious veil Tin tho
big-hcad. ....m yrnra
Another illustration, and plain
one. Cleanliness is q law Of health
Tho skin will not adequately perform
its office Of insonsible pcrspiration, if
tho body and dress DO kept pncloan.
The mortuary records Of tho poor,
who 1.-Two in crowded houses in London
and elsewhere, provo tho value of
cleanliness MS a moro matter Of
health. Want of neatncss is also q
violation of the laws Of ordinary So
cial etiquette. Lpstly, it is a
source of discomfort, aud units for
pleasure and for business. The three
idoas Of hcalth, decenoy and comfort
all forbid unoleanlincss and untidi-
ness Of pcrson or Of dress, but each in
different way yot thoro is harmo-
nious intcrconnection Of the three, and
this Same unity of truth will BE- found
pervading every other department Of
knowledge. II
If ony ono deems it useless to have
placed these three ideas of bodily
health, etiquette and comfort SO
prominently forward in scheme Of
selt-educatlon, he simply has not stu.
d,cd tho subject, nor realized tho fact
that each soul has its body. Wo have
boen ut great pains to insist on that
fact being first Of all borne in mind,
for It cannot be crestimatcd. In
decd, 1t is invariably nnderostimatcd
In every treatise upon education We
have ever seen, except Combe's Con-
stitution Of man. Common people,
aud even learned men, who surely
ought to know botter, soem to fancy,
that education is a sort Of torture Of
the intellect, accompanied by torture
Of the body, for Sself.aacriaoinng pur-
poses. The ascotioism which has so
ofton corrupted religion, and has ont
Oft some Of the warmest hearts, for OK.
ample, from marriage and the COM
forts Of Goods last best gift to man."
has entered into notions Of education
also, and r'epelled many, q genial spir-
1t from the nora,al development of his
complex and, wonderful nature. mo,
attend to your body, and attond I'd
your body first. You cannot attend
to it nationally without improving your our
mind. The habits. Of attention, OBJ.
servation ard reflections, which q IA
tional care OF tho body cuItivates, arc
themselves I'VE will risk tho charge Of
extrayagance) q splendid education,
and one which few attain. And here,
without seeking il. in thiss connection
of the care Of the body with incidental
'cultaro, ofthe mind, is another illus
sfation of,thati unity of truth, aud Of
Tint prcestabliahod harmony between btt,s ssr'
natures u'a ra laws, 70 which We have above
alluded, I,.g s,,l.,,,o .,a,',.,.., 81