Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-22
NoaAL EDUCATION.

promotion Of education In this coun-
try. From Its earliest settlement, the
instruction Of the mass of the people
has been one Of Its chief characters
tics, and the results that has been
manifest in an enlightened, prosperous
aud happy community have richly re-
warded every effort in that direction.
But there Is always danger where any
public advantage Is pursued with eager
ness and continuity, lest it become
more strong In its outgrowth than full
and rounded In its nature, and In THIS
matter Of education we are not wholly
without danger, lest in II zeal for the
Intellectual improvement Of youth we
forget that only as n careful moral
training goes hand In hand with mem
tai discipline can they be said to have
been thoroughly educated. 1t is Il
truth abundantly proved in some coun-
trlss, That the simple communication
Of instruction, without any CORES
ponding moral influence being brought
to bear, falls to secure that rounded
and we'll balanced improvement which
we desire for the rising generation.
Cousin, q distinguished French philoso-
pher, made deep researches into the
subject Of education, both In his own
country and Prussia, from which he
proved that where even the best sys-
TENS Of education prevailed, apart
from religious and moral influence.
there crime wasthe most fully devel-
oped. knowledge Is undoubtedly a
power, but one that Is not welded by
moral principle will be devoted to
selfish and unholy purposes. Indeed,
every accession of knowledge brings
with It q new responsibility, and it
should be S much the aim Of the i'll
structor to implant the sense Of
this responsibility, and Of its
consequent duties, as 1t Is to I'M
part the instruction. This is the
great truth Of education that We are in
danger Of overlooking. We are rightly
anxious to instruct youth into the
various branches Of knowledge; we
take pains that their minds shall be
disciplined, that their reason shall be
cultivated that their powers shall all
be strengthened to the utmost but we
are not equally Jealous to implant
those principles into the heart which
shall guide into noble and virtuous di-
rections the powers we have thus called
forth. True education Is the prepara-
ton Of the whole nature for the scenes
In which 1t Is TO play its part. 1t is
not too much to expect, therefore, that
our youth be made to look forward. in
some degree, to the responsibilities
which In AFTER life they must assume;
that they be taught the great princi-
Piles Of justice and beneficence that
form the foundation of good citizen
ship, and the candor and courtesy that
will enable them to I'LL worthily their
social relations. The principles Of re-
ligion, In Its broadcast sense, must be
combined with mental discipline, II
We would truly educate the rising gen.
Grafton. 1t may be said there is no
time for all this In our schools. limited
as are the hours and manifold the tasks.
It would be far better for the perma-
ncnt welfare of the pupils. for their
mental and moral training to so hand
In hand, even though the former DO
pushed with less rapidity. There are
few more favorable fields for the prac-
teal incubation Of the great moral
virtues than the school room, and the
teacher who will punish i%nattention oil
the failure Of memory, while deceitfnl
and dishonorable practices pass unre-
proved, Is warping the child's con-
science, and inficting an injury upon
his moral nature. Still, although much
more OF this moral education ouSht to
b infused into shool life than is now
attempted or Supposed possible, yet
home % the chief source to which We
must look for the Influence which 'to
mould the hear: and order the life.
Parents are too apt to think, when
they have selected good schools for
their children, and supplied their ma
terial wants as literally as their means
allow, that their duty is accomplished.
There are blessings within the power
of parents to bestow that 10 money
can purchase, and that only themselves
an confer. To them especially Is
committed the trust of infrSing Into
the hearts Of the young those great
principles of virtue which should be
their guide through life and If they
prove recreant to this sacred trust they
will look hsvain for others to perform
Il. Neither will occasional precepts
be sufficient to accomplish this great
work. The influence OF a daily life
actuated by right motives, and exhio-
itlng continually the beauty Of good
ness, l. more effectual In winning the
hearts Of the young than the wisest
precepts. Happy are those children
whose homes afford bright examples
for their imitation, and who look up to
their parents, not oaly with the I'M
bounded love and confidence that
ever exist in that relation, but
also with the honor and respect that
only real worth and goodness can call
forth. With such, mental discipline
and moral training will 90 on hand IN
hand, and theirs will be a true, be-
cause q well-balanced education.
NEW York don't like to be stigma
lied as the headquarters OF vice.
md the New York papers decidedly
object 70 Il. gEH8B& Sa4I
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