Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-06
GENITAL NUTRIENT.

SSSANS
possesses in another, and he hastens 70
restore, In the shape Of fertilizers, the
elements which he has drained from IL
in his last crop. So if we would obtain
power from the horse or rich
milk from the cow, we must feed them
bountifully with nutritious food ; and
according to the quality and amount OF
the nutriment we give will be the re-
suits we receive. All human life is
governed by the Same unfalling law.
Civilization Is the result Of the nutri-
ment afforded to the whole receptive
powers of man.. His physical, mental
and moral nature receives food OF In
finite variety and Of different degrees,
hence the various developments we
witness. 1t is strange that we are so
ready to acknowledge the operation Of
this law, and to follow Its teachings In
all that is physical, and yet so slow to
admit its equal potency in our mental
and moral organization. We see null
titudes of people whose lives seem to
be small and meagre, and who pass
through the world like a wave e the
sand, without leaving any impression
Of their existence. The truth is. their
spirits are starved for want Of susten-
ance, and they cannot give out what
they have eve taken in. Sometimes
a grinding poverty may be the cause,
and tho daily effort to support mere
physical existence leaves no time or
energy for what is higher. But In this
country, at least, this is the rare ex-
ception. More frequently the cause
lies in personal apathy and inditfer-
ence to the noble fruits which life
should bear, or to the mean Of pro-
ducing them. The mental and moral
nutriment Is within their reach, but
they put forth no hand to take it-they
starve in the midst Of plenty. We see,
for example, the man Of busy cares
shutting himself gradually away from
social life, giving up his friends, relin-
gushing his reading, denying himself
recreation, and devoting all the ener-
gies of his nature to the n engrossing
purpose Of making money. Is 1t any
wonder If his mind shrivel, and his
heart contract, and his whole manhood
become small and thin? AS we'll might
we expect to raise q luxurious plant
without enrichingth soil, or to develop
muscular power without giving food,
as to produce a full, rich aud generous
nature without giving it the varied sus-
tenance 1t Graves. There are some who
not only themselves endure this mental
penury, but inflict it on their families.
They are so thoroughly imbued with n
miscalled spirit of utilitarianism as to
discourage all that does not immedi-
stely tend to economy Of time or
money. Taste and beauty do not adorn
their dwellings. Flowers, pictures and
music are despised rs frivolous and
time-consuming. Their families are
deprived Of the eloquent lecture, the
| pleasurable concert, the interesting
paper or magazine, the elevating vol
ume, because they cannot appreciate
the coin In which their cost Is repaid.
They thus thrust away both from them
selves and from others the very susten-
ance their spirits demand, and impov-
erish themselves mentally, morally and
socially for the sake Of a little merce-
nary gain. 1t Is true that we may
take, in mental as in animal life, an
excessive amount Of nutriment, which
will tend to paralyze rather than vital
lie the powers. Social pleasures, read
ing, works of art even thought and
emotion, may all be INDUCED In to the
Jetriment OF stern, practical action,
and plain duty. Then their effects are
rs onfeebling rs overlooking without
exercise Is to the physical system. The
incoming and the outgoing must be
proportionate, or they will neither Of
them thrive. There are learned men
who do not benefit the world, because
their whole powers are consumed In
reception, and they fail to put into cir
culation what they have made their
own. True education, while 1t imparts
knowledge, also educes or draws forth
all the forces Of our nature, stimulat-
ing them to their utmost activity ; and
rs our natural food must be limited by
our powers Of digestion, so must our
mental nutriment be limited by our
powers of vitalizing and circulating it.
All portions Of our nature need con-
| tinu1l sustenance and continual exer:
else. Life should bea perpetual breath
ing in and breathing out. If we would
live a full and bountcous life, we must
feed without stint and in constant
variety all our best affections and emo
| tons, our minds with knowledge, and
Our hearts with love. We must, as far
as practicable, make our homes attract
i've, and Introduce into them all that
can elevate the taste and bcautlfy the
life. Above all must we feed our souls
with that which is good and noble, and
then open them as freely to minister
blessings to others. Just as the stream
lot keeps itself pure and sweet by ever
receiving and eve giving, so shall our
natures become truly rich and noble
by keeping them open to drink In
nutriment from all pure sources, and
then by gladly bestowing Of u album
dance upon the hearts and lives Of
others.
SIZE what some women have done In
America They preach, they practice