Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

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How well we remember those ott-recur-
ring evening hours when, as a tast-growing
bow. we were wont 70 come in hungry and
tired, after the day'- long tramp or hard
work. groaning and writing in the midst
Of the mysteries OF physical expansion
For the comfort OF the sou, we were
informed that these extra twists on ma
ture', touru;qget were not symptoms OF
rheumatism. or any other dread disorder,
but were merely growing pains But
how came it that a growing boy should be
punished for growing Why couldn't he
e<1anl and enlarge. according to the law
IF hi- being. without all these vengetui
aches aud pains Why eou.dn his bones
.ale cq their additional lime and gluten
pi.ugat plugging the whole household into
"a dance OF torture Why couldn't the
muscles 10 to work quietly and nut on
their added tissues without having a round
with the nerves And why couldn't the
tenion~ stretch and reach themselves out
without stretching fellow on the rack
These questions We're more easily asked
than answered by boy lnqu'sltlve. IT not
t-hnding, mind.
Since those years Of truudie-bed aches.
however. we have observed q few aualogies
between the lower aud the higher growths-
From BRAN 70 bone. all parts 81 this fear
tul organization were tdi, OF hungry guests,
opening wide their mouths TO be ted. They
were often. ike the crowded table OF a
boarI5u--hou~e. conducted on decidedly
economical principles. Thev were all gen
u'uo oliver Twists. skiing for more. and
torur.ag the household 10y an upr1ar II
the same time. L. may he that those who
are gaiur 20 Ice very small patterns on the
physical scale are not much distressed with
growing pains. Nature don't mean 70
expand enough 70 give them any trouble.
Perlau. tuA4cc1-~mokc. or toaacco-Iulco,
or. perhaps the >oporiie ot deGcacIes IN
food, aud the dl1deniug effects OF laz.ness,
asstuie and hotplaut in&oor-Hte nave
duiel these natural springs ct develop
ment and they act too teebly 10 cause
any ur-e.tuE within the household Of the
physical economy The warehouse that
does dca Of business means the crowd
my In and croWding out ct countless bales,
buud.e boxes, and barrels with many a
rubbing Is the ~hius and brujsjug of the
tees. 1t uat actual knocks on the head and
strains Of the back
Now, come up httie higher. and see
whether we do not find many growing pain
in the upper courses of mans development.
And why should men complain II thus Is
really so You are aspiring to higher so
cial -taulu. aud influence. Perhaps that
Is right enough, but why complain OF the
inevitable growing pains You might
avoid them if you were content to stay
lower down. There Is many pain await
Ing the ambitious man, and he ought to
make up his mind to accept the unavoida-
bic conditions of his aims
Perhaps you are determined to grow in
knowledge and that Is well.-exceedingly y
well. If 1t be knowledge IN the right direc-
tion. But why complain Of the growing
pains which Immediately develop themselves
Ia the memory. in the Judgment, in the rea-
son aud IN the understanding ? Men call
It ratking aud ransaceing the mind. But
these are conditions ia the requirement of
knowledge which cannot be got around by
any system of triangu'ation known to man 5
probation.
For the judgment to compare and com
pare. and examine and reexamine, until the
mental eyes ache for the memory to beat
its rounds, like tired and half frozen sen
tinel to guard its facts, and have them
ready; for the reason to play mason
and carpenter at its premises, and climb up
the dangerous and dizzy steeple OF its con
clusioDs for the understanding to sit, like
a hungry Judge, until his bones ache in
the uncushioned bench, and all in order to
grow in knowledge, having hospital full
Of aches and pains-that Is inevitable, why
complain of it? These are the conditions
laid upon all profitable knowledge.
Whence is it that price Is put into the
hands of fool to get wisdom? Simply be-
cause the price OF wisdom is not in the
hand at all. Generally, t3Ose who have the
biggest price in the hand will have the least
in the head Gold coin don't pass at the
counter Of Wisdom's Bank The currency
honored there Is engraved, by the pains
taking of purely mental powers.
There are wonderful powers which are
painful and uneasy under low conditions OF
| life They Will not be shackled by sense
but when we begin to take off the bands,
bandages, and restrictions, the pains which
fash through the powers now beginning to
feel their liberty, aud bound toward en-.
largement, are sometimes truly hard tC
bear. Low, grovelling, sensuous, unaspir-
ing natures will not know what this
means. The highest pain they ever have
is the pain of indigestion, after an epicu-
rean meal. They never know what it is
to have heartache, headache, which i.
not in the nerves. But there are others who