Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-11-26
Education.

- IN learning that, contempt will cover
2 your brow on aselloitling the more
unfortunate; toecram the mind with
learning and become book worm
to devour the Libraries of the world
for the sake of a name, if it means
all this, without having for its object
the ultimate good of mankind, it
seems to us that it is hut an empty
name-a hollow sound. None doubt
that to edac..t e is to train for useful
ness in life, hut in what that training
consists has often been the mistake
of the teacher even to the whole So
cial, civil and political fabric. To
avoid these evils in education, the
pupil must not only be considered
an intelligent being, but regarded as
a compound being possessed of a
) body, soul ant spirit. or. in other
words;sa physical, mental and moral
being. and that the whole being act
in unison due regard mutt be had to
all its parts
la- Upon the perfect development of
2 the physical depends your use
fulness in life. for it is through that
structure that the great, important
and active duti of life are perform
ed; through which all the energy
A. that gives force and fxedness Of pur-
pose to the man, that prepares him
to successfully compete with the
obstacles of life. And just in pro
!. portion to the developement of the
physical, will this power be given
The body is the great galvanic bat
terry of the man, and when we'll char
ged, it gives life. health, vigor and
energy to the whole being; herein
lies the great secrcet of force of
character It is animal electricity and
- nothing moro. raa
1t being part of the divine coon
omy in our creation, that perfect
development depends upon its exer
else. it may be inferred that any
= omission upon ourpart to obey this
command, will carry with tia train
OF evils incalculable. For Illustration
let us contrast the athletic smith
with tie etfeminate clerk, the rugged
farmcrwith the feeble student, see
q the fine developement of the formct
and the etfem;nacy OF the latter--the
loss of vitality in the one case being
the penalty annexed TO our disobedi
!. ice. yigor of body is obtained by
training the n lseles, and fit be not
our lot TO perform manual labor to,
some extent, gymnastic exercise
must be substituted, Yigor ofbody
is-essential to our happiness, and it
81 II evident that if We are not hap
: py We are but lily prepared to battle
sdwith life's trials and, discharge its
:. duties. '.' f. #.''.h "a
sse A Milton with an intellect unsur
- passed for brilIiancy could not have
-labraved the dangers of the unexplored
= ocean in search ola new continent,
-o.nor could Melancthoa with his pro-
= found learning have succeeded in the
reformation lad there not. been an
energetic Luther a4 tea go. ssss
None but an Alexander could have
:. conquered the world; None but Ma
l. poleonooali haze been Emperor
gdof Europe, and to- day we might have
been, grooming under the yoke of des-
.spotisrn had there not been a Wash
: ington, These q en- you will observe
sAposscssed ine physical powers, Too
much care cann!t be takcnia the ed
'-iucation ,of the body ssil1s as rses q
=. While this is true, the physical
=. shoald, not be trained at the expense
Is Of the moral and mental. $50 essen
tial is moral training to the develop
ment of man>that, disreearding
Christianity, the first aim Of heath
ZEN phiIos opers was to instruct their
pupils. III that branch, Ard without
this moral cultivation man may
properly be compared to q ship up
....onthe ocean without a pilot. rThe
evils arising from the cultivation OF
1.-The physical to the entire neglect OF
the moral and mental can scarcely
aabeo portrayed. lie that is, IMMORAL
loisa canISerto society, and is like
The army worm that aey ours ev-
erything in its ay,-and like the pes
ontilence which corrrpts 9 everything
with wiiiel it comes in contact. An
extreme example of this character
:. can be- found in. the demon Probst-
iiss GWhilc it would seem impossible to
abestow too much sattentionsupon the
moral. yet even here if due regard
be not had to the body and mind ma
.ateril evils will ensu,. Mans NOR
-.ala spay be trained yet 10 If his
wMrntal powers be not developed in
sicSnnexien with them sitzrhay be very
difficult for him to determine his
true eourssto be useful in life. Mors
thanitllis, rigid morals with AN IN