Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21

to Use the muscle, and Ii 1t be not our lot
to perform manval labor to some extent
gymnastic exercise must he substituted
This vigor is essential to our happiness
and if we are not happy, we are but lily
prepared to battle with life's trials and
discharge its duties. Did you ever see a
sickly, peevish, fretful person happy?
And do they ever write their names high
upon the temple of fame?
That force is not only essential to your
own happiness and Advancement in life, but
to perfection in civil government.
Without the subjugation of the wilder
ness, the erection of buildings, manufac-
tories and ships the construction of roads
and harhors, we could have but a vague
form of government, and at last but a
semi savage race of people.
A Milton with an intellect unsurpassed
for brilliancy could not have braved the
dangers of the unexplored ocean in quest
of new continent, neither could Mel
ancthon with Ills profound learning have
succeeded in the reformation had there
not have been an energetic Luther.
None but an Alexander could have con-
quered the world, none but Napoleon
could have been Emperor of Europe, and
we to day might have been groaning un-
der despoiism had there not been Wash
ton. These men, you will observe, were
all possessed OF fine physical development.
Too much care cannot be taken in the
education of the body.
But while this care as to the physical
should be strictly enjoined, something
more is required There must be WILL
something to plan and lay out for the
body to execute, in other words, there must
| be u cabinet, of which the body is the
| executive. ! his We call the power of in
ventian, and it lies hidden in the mind !;
and without this mind, man is purely an
animal. But being endowed by our
Creator with a mind. we are thus raised
one degree at least, above the other NAM
ALA. And here let me say most teachers,
and not altogether wisely, give the most
if not all their attention.
| In our creation, as some suppose, we
are like the lower animals, without a
mind that education makes the mind
now without desiring to call in question
this assumption, | beg leave to say that
within every created being, are the ele-
ments of a perfect mind 'Tis education
that develops it-br'ngs it cut. The
mind or soul exists as much in the infant
as in the Philosopher Statesman, or the
the learned DiNine but that soul without
education is like marble in the quarry
the inherent beauties of which are moi
seen until the skill of the artist bring:
out the coiors, poliahes the surface an
discovers every ornamental cloud, spot
and vein that runs through the body of it
Education after the same manner, when
ii works on noble mind, draws out *
view that virtue and perfection tha
would forever lie hidden to the worlt
without it.
For more forcible Illustration Of til
power of education. permit me to allude t.
Aiistotile's explanation of his doctrine 0
substan,iI Il forms. He SAYS that th
statue lies hidden in the blocks of MAJ
Bile; and that the AIT of the statuary oHl
clears away the superfluous matter an
removes the rubbish What the artis
does for the block of marble, educ alto
does for the human mind. You will
: therefore, agree with ME when | say tha
the Philosopher, the Sage, Statesman
SAINT and Divine may lie entombed i
the most ignoble, which proper educs
q ton would have brought to light.
II The mind Of F,,lton, ateilt Law
And th, Of Webster aud of Clay;
'rwa> education That did find
J, The hidden sta ne OF their mind.
As we look over the statuary, We ht
hold some Clipped, some partially fiji
: ished, and some complete; but none S
= perfect but the touch of Powers woul
> add to their beauty
Il To the educated mind may be attribute
! the honor of the progress of the age.
could not have resulted from chance; b,
from reflection and through deep though
), which is The result of a trained mind
there is point in the history OF Il
world more remarkable than another,
!, seems to me to be found in the nineteenl
= century. Behold the vast net work
, railroads completed in the last thirty nil
:, years, over which are drawn the hu,
= iron wagons by the mighty steel hors
the velocity of which exceeds twen1
q miles per hour, opening up Commercial i
a tescourse with every city on our contineI
Il, performing in one Gay more than cou
=, have been accomplished in one year wi
the same labor, little over quarter OF
), century ago. And that is not ALL the We
IN destructive elements are brought down
NJ subserve the use of man. Behold t
i lightning's red glare, controlled as
ha agent for the universal benefit of ma
ri controlled as harmless babe, penni
letters and sent to di ,tant lands, with t
he velocity oflight. The Atlantic Cable, t
IS nerve which links together as one, the G
AT and the new world, through which me-
of UNI the people of New York can talk vi
all the people of London. as it were, face
ce face This is the result of an educai
ii mind The mind wills and the body ac
NV and may we not ask, What is there
lis that may not be accomplished?
in Education is not only the training of
,p- body and mind, but must include his M
be al nature So essential is moral traini
to the full development of our being, Il
,ry it appears to have been the first aim of
ell heatlen philosophers and sages to instr
nd their pupils in this branch. We find Il
les Cicero in a book dedicated to his son,