Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-24


ever, you may not anticipate fatigue
under their treatment, as breylty Is
proposed. No education can be said
10 b. complete that does not en-
brace them, Without Them, tho
min Il never allaiHs to its oompro-
hehsiVeness and finish il must
otherwise lack depth and power
and polish, Bul 10 treat Oi them
separately, the study Of the llisher
Mathematics calls into exercise aud
maintains tho activity Of that men
tai function entitled, casualty II
developes ard strengthens the logi-
cal power, il enables a pupil 10
trace the end from tho beginning
and 10 sec all tho steps from the bc-
ginning TO the cdd. What is GeOm-
clry, COR instance, but ono sublime
concentration OF syllogisms, dia-
gramieally presented, with their
premises clearly stated, their de,
tense ioreibly met and tlc "hcnces, '
"consequontlys" aud the "lhcrc-
iores' administering climax to num-
berlcss processes Of demonstration 7
Better than Hedge, Whately or
Hill is the study OF tho Higher
MISUNDERSTANDING the
geometrim series, and tho sevcrcr
branches ofan education related i'm
mcdiatoly 10 them. Without any
wish ailer ostentatious parade or
personal aggrandizomcnt, the post
which | am invited TO day will por-
nit mo TO say, that whatever of
logical skill, whatever Of compact
ness or correctness Of reasoning my
written productions or cxtcmpora-
neous efforts may cxhibit-aEd
none f,els their want Of cohcrcncy
moro than myself, is tracablc medi.
ately or Immediately to an ciirly
and hearty mastery Of tho goome-
trio connexions Of an education. If
wcro required to prescribe n course
of logic TO student, il should be
done in two words, Tho Iegcndrc
And in the study Of Mathemati-
cal Science, the dovout student can
almost move along the burning path
and get right up under the flowing
robes Of Omnipctente. lie gcto
almost within sight of Creations
glowing forge, from which have
been rolled, in the profoundcst Or
der, though flaming with inimita-
bic glory, the uncounted orbs that
obediently circumvolve the SIN, or
glcRm in light about other centres
in tho immcnsurable dominions cf
the All-Father. Newton's great
soul must have been impressed with
this conviction when he gave utter
ance to that immortal sentence,
reproduced by Young, "an undo-
vout astronomer is mad"
Perhaps the sublimest discovery
of mathematical science iii modern
times is that of Lcvernier, who, in
his studio, before his telescopes were
directed thither, by the Application
of imperial mathematics, deter,
mined the place Of an orb he could
announce but could not sec. At
his solicitation, one of his pttpils
tftouhtoa the observatory, and
traversing, with his telescope tho
indicated arch Of the heavens, re-
turned the answer, mot found SIR
The philosopher rcmanipulated his
diagrams, took tho dimensions and
distances of the known worlds, and
one moro timo passed through the
undertaking sweep of mathematical
demonstration with tho same ro-
suits. "Look again sir" he conf
dcntly cnjoined, "look again, sir"
and upon a second observation,
sure enough, there it was, like a
sparkling thing of life, laughing and
dancing on the rim of creation
holding in its invisible fingers a
wisp of gravitation's mysterious
strings, and thus eguipoising our
our system ); and from the burning
lips Of this new member to the stel-
lar family were gushing strains that
melted into the beautiful minstfelsy
of tbe skies, every note Of whose
swelling diapason was a burst of
praise to Him whose hand had
formed and strung that glittcring
Tyre. ....
1t was the eye of Copernicus, a
mathematician, that first saw the
Sun in tho centre of the starry host,
with innumerable worlds submis-
sively and Systematically, ratating
about that central orb Of fire. In
opposition to the edicts of the Ro-
man Catholic Church, Calico, his
pupil, had demonstrated and pub
lished the mcdial position of the
Sun and the rotary motion of the
earth and her sister planets. He
was brought before church judica-
tory and presented with the alter
native of recahtetion or death. Life
was sweet to the philosopher, and
so he knelt at tho altar, and in re-
canting, sworo that the earth was
the centre and that the Sun, Moon
and Stars all went flying around it.
Kissing the bible, he returned home
under a clear blue sky at night, and
as he weepingly looked up at the
panorama of whirling
worlds, all trembling with pulsa-
tions of glory, he turned to his
friend and sobbed out, "this hand
Just now said that the earth stands
still, but it does'nt-it turns over
it does turn overp' and l will add
and it turns the infallible Pope over
with it But a truce now to our
upon the beautiful ut
terances of Natures golden volume
as interpreted by mathematical
science, and with your permission,
VIC will pay our respects to the
Dead Languages and see what profit,
if any, arises to the pupil from their :
study. Evidently, the first and
great benefit accruing TO the pupil !
from their study is found in the
of bis vocabulary. 1