Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-04-02

ebou uOuc uuG u truly HOOU man
can DO a GOOD MASON.
True Education.
It is q oarrcnt thought that the growth of
the mind is analogous to that Of tho body,
that education is a gymnastic. Discipline,
not truth, is said to be the object of study.
The search for truth is said to be better than
the possession of it. There is something in
this view peculiarly fascinating to the young
and strong. What college senior has not
held his breath, as he has read Sir William
lIanilton's absorbing citations of the oxult-
tant uttcrances of the heroes of literature.
"Dld the Almighty" says Leasing "hold-
ing 10 his right hand Truth and in his left
hand Search for Truth, deign to tender mo
the one l might prefer, in all humility, but
without hesitation, I should request Search
for 4ruA." We do not always remember
that these e~Sulting pinions droop at last, and
that a philosophy Of ncscicnec is the epdllkkff
this search. Good hunting and a
ken, is q sorry jest. The sayo} 583
is needed to stir us totSpsa ela
Joy Of capture is needed, thatAS%SAMa kSs6gqM
with ardor to the pugsniaM..
There is, moresssa 4 worthy growth,
as in all magnanimity, I'D emotional and NOR
al element. A notable gymnastic cultivation
s 4 sss '''; ;a?:EA ass s s!ss:
i"sls n faeals' aaagade BY chess
the fruit of attcn tSSSfaF Move, and
directed by conscience 7%naaslWlnagination
properly so called, proclaims tho activity of
the aesthetic emotions. Tho delight of the
possession of truth is needed to warm the soil
from which new thoughts are to spring. The
time comes, when old books, old friends, old
truths, the dear delights of our youth, como
to be thrice dear as tho recognized root of all
the growth of our manhood. There is, in.
decd, o plain analogy between the training Of
the special senses and gymnastics. The
young scholar should be practised to see, as
he is to walk. Particular mental processes
which need to be often repeated, such as tho
application of tho ground rules of arithmetic,
or of the rulos Of grammar, have an analogy
With gymnastics, in SO. far that practice cna-
blcs us to perform them moro rapidly, easily,
gracefully and accurately. The mind needs
to be run in the right ruts. But tho growth
of the mind, tho incubation and development
by which it passes from imitation to creation,
from one stage Of power to another, learns to
SOC one truth after another, has very little
analogy with the operations of tho body
Those who have studied man in history, cs.
pccialIy those who work on his very soul rs
it is preserved in it's progress by language,
can not holp feeling how completely made.
quato arc all the phrases, commonly used to
express this progress, how completely unlike
gymnastics is tho conversion Of an infant in.
to o ripe scholar of to day. The ablost. saw.
ago, left to train his own powers, is ages. DO.
hind tho dullcst head that lbarns to use an
udo -Europcan tonguc.-Iiofcssoy March.
NoTHINa LEAVES Us AS IT FOUND U.s.
If a sheet of paper on which q key has been
laid DO exposed for a few minutes TO the sun.
shine, and then viewed simultaneously in
tho dark, the key being removed, q fading
spectre Of tho key will be visible. Let this
papor BIO put aside for many months, where
nothing can disturb it, and then in darkness
be laid on q plato of hot metal, tho spoctro o.
thoi kcy will again appear. This is equally
true of our minds. Every man We meet
every book we read, every picture or land
scape VT see, every word or tone we hear
leaves its image on tho brain. These traces
which undor ordinary circumstances are in
visible, never fade, but in the intense light Of
cerebral excitement, start into prominence
just as tho spectre image Of tho koy started
into sight on tho application Of hoat. I'll.
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