The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-14

important discoveries. A simpl,
principle declared in one age is found
In another to be the base of som.
science. A moral truth announced fal
back in the centuries is seen to contain
the essence OF morality, and is a fruitful
source OF thought and action.
As 1t is with man as a race, 60 il i:
with the individual man. He begins
when child to store away facts 70,
future use; and as soon as he begins
waddling through the rooms Of his
little house-world, aud babbling the
simplest syllables of his mothertongue
he begins to acquire habits-he begins
his education.
It's concerning man, his constitution
and education, that propose briefly to
speak, and in treating of my subject
adopt natures divisions. The body,
the mind and the heart. Then let US
consider separately as most appropri.
ately first 10 order the education of
THE BODY;
its habits and their influence. In child.
hood the will is almost entirely con
trolled by the feelings. 1t acquires it's
incipienr energy by exercise in the
management of the body. Among the
first efforts Of the will is the extension
OF the arm and attempt to grasp with
the hand some desired object, or the
effort to stand alone or walk. Now
observe how the body in its turn reacts
if the limbs are healthy and strong so
that these early efforts are not painful
but, on the contrary, pleasant and ex
hilerating, the child receives confidence
and buoyancy ofspirits; or, in other
words, begins the requirement of reso
lutte tendency or habit OF mind. But il
the physical constitution of the child ID
weak or unhealthy so that the efforts
OF the will are hindered by the imper.
fectons Of the body, yielding DISPOSE
ton isinduced, a habit of submission or
passiveness.
Physical temperament has a great
influence upon mental activity and de.
velopmept: it is secon darby the origin
of that will-power which afterwards, by
gradual development, becomes in the
properly constituted man the indomi-
table executor OF the DEGREES of the
reason or the prompIings Of the pas,
sions. With the body therefore educa-
ton begius
We can trace the mental power of
great men par - the influence exer
cised upon g.. mind by the inherited
constitution aud subsequent training OF
the body. How the mini affects the
body We do not at present purpose to
consider; that they act and react one
upon the other, no one will deny. The
diligent inquirer will very easily arrive
at a proper conception of the Importance
Of physical energy by studying the ma
ture and history Of great mems bodies.
Nothing is more common than to hear
an able statesman or a diligent law
yer spoken Of as having great power
OF physical endurance. The body must
necessarily lie OF compact texture, so to
speak, in order to support the labor
which it is called upon to undergo in
the enterprises oithe mind. We do not
here mean 10y strong body muscu'
lar, brawny body, but body capable OF
much fatigue, full of vital vigor. 1t
may be true that
"Of the soul the body form doth take,
For soul is form and doth the BODY
make"
But it obtains strength from wholesome
food pure all, and manly habits. Also, the
treatment of the body does most certainly
strengthen or weaken, as the case may
be, the predspo,itions of the mind.
You would not LAP youth "in soft
Lyiian airs" form him ito court an
amorous looking-glass, w teach him to
SIGH like furnace" lounge on luxur'
ious sofas and make woful ballads, and
then mount him on barbed steed
to fright the souls Of fearful adver
sar;es'? Of course not. If you give
his body and mind such training, the
former will not be capable Of hardship.
the latter not very war'ike. Cesar
did not spend his time in the baths and
gardens of Rome, but accustomed him
self to the storms on the banks OF the
Dannbe; killed wild boars Tor pastime
and in war measured swords with the
fierce Germans. Napoleon possessed
an extraordinary body. He underwent
the most wonderful physical hardships,
performing at the same time great In
tellec,ual labor. There is no need OF
multiplying examples, but if there were
we would not have to confne ourselves
to the profession of arms, for the most
practically useful men in every calling
are those that are most active, and
those are the most active, who have
the greatest physical vitality to support
activity. whose bodies are the strong
and niinb'e servants Of their minds.
Seejns then that the body Is OF so
much importance in the labors and con
Aicts Of life, the question arises how
shall we care for it. how use 1t, how ed
ucate it. We have not time, nor would
il be interesting, to detail the laws oil
health, which in the summing would
simply amount 10 thiS: lnat nea''" &c
the result OF breathing pure air freely,
eating wholesome food moderately, and
doing hard work chssTuliy. Remem'
beri6s and observing faithfully these
three things, we may hope to be such
an one in our Old age as Horace Mann
describes when he SAYS: Here, behold
a patriarch, whose stock OF v,igor three
score years and ten seem hardl; to have
impaired. His erect FORM his hrm
step, bis elastic limbs, and undimme1
senses, are so many certificates OF soo1
conduct; or, rather, so many Jewels ana
orders of nobility with which nature
has honored him for his fidelity to her
laws" ,,
II is certainly true as Horace Mann
Observes that a hale and active body
is evidence of good conduct: and that
90 s,-aIv rewards those who