National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-21
DEDICATION OF A SCHOOL,



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llehtcnod, but where the seeds OF faith, piety
and sound morality are nourished and inyigor-
ated. Children have not only heads to be en-
llghtened, but hearts to he formed TO virtue. II
abstract knowledge Of God; he should also learn
every day the way which leads TO God. IL IL not
sufficient for him to know the distance from the
sun to tho earth, and to be acquainted with the
movements OF the planets; he should also be
famlllarly taught that by leading yrtuous life
he "shall shine as the brightness Of the nrma-
mont for all eternity
II may be said that at no period Of American
history has education been mere general, or
been brought more within the reach Of all
classes But vicious application OF the very
as Its right application would be Of good. The
best test Of public education must be It's result
upon INC national character and upon the condl-
raise us as a nation, to make us better and more
truly religious, to make us more wise, more
honest, more capable OF nlling that station
ilized and educated people, our public education
is OF little comparative value. II the public
educational system OF this District should tend
II we should md that Intellectual powers are
rather parayzed than brought into full vigor;
y u should appear that IL rather favors error
than truth-surcly we may well infer that there
Is something essentially wrong In that system.
There Is reason to believe thatthe evils to which
alusion has been made prevail to an alarming
n, had hasn noy, ~ nsae ~ ~
adyantages Of education: mi the anestion 10
consider is, have we adopted the true educa.
nTinripies win n competent education Lam,
Ing Ia beautiful only when she stand, as q hand
maid by the throne Of religion. There Is scarcely
u village IN the land which has not q school
" 4, ,So ,,sh, Una ~ ins,ruc,inn II ~ no, 'na
quantity but the quality OF education to which
vui r,aio ,,he,hor am onca,ana ssn,on, he
os,ani,shan on a rgb, and solid hasis. whathar IL
81 soirnieteI 10 haye benenciai erfect nnon
no nna rac,cr, wbethor 1, tenJs 10 stron
az 80. az inc MIND ami 10 renLer n, an ioss ana
~ gischarga the I,,t,es winch whetber in n
nnhiic mr. nriyate Character ara reonlfei of
them.
,,an NOV w h scnurcI nIy v rene,y,og Gs,hnc
instructiop' For N. as i6e Church tesohes' the
genuine revelation which God has given to man
Ia mi 10 he found elsewhere, the Catholic child
cannot md It's principles lnculcated and ex-
pIancd by those who are not only not members
~ ,hc Chnrrh but bitterly opposed TO her m
onr faIth ia dearer TO IA than life-if we should
value il more than anything on earth, can Cain
Ole parents conscientiously send their children
10 schools where they NAV be exposed TO suffer
tho least iniury in that respect !?
Wv yfnTrE AND KsowLypaE
sbonil no constant companions-the one prc-
yidIn q ,he Itnnulse and ihe other directing the
nsc of he noWer, The ameloraiing influence OF
me highest literature should blend with the
heat results Of physical and social aud moral
science; and study and education should be made
acter in ali his duiles wants and enjoyments
Even A heather poet teaches that the study OF
the ibe raj acts Of literature and science softens
ma dianositIon and counterActs tho tyranny OF
ina lower and animal passions, The great pur.
pose Of education, whether original or supple
mcntary, ia the development OF all our moral and
intellectnal faculties to their full extent and 10
vooi ends: and As we have been created with
moral "a we'll rs intellectual faculties, that Is 10
saw, with n capacity 20 distinguish and appreci-
ate the good a. well as with a capacity TO hives.
gate and discover the true, 1t follows that the
Of ana N sps e%s
better, or else the highest attachments in these
must leave our education lamentably incom-
plete.
FaIher McDcyItt further argued to show that
the Creator, having given US faculties for the
Ihs nnTnoscs of our creation when we are dill
gently exercislnV these faculties and that as the
.rue Cannot Inv aI,y possibiUty be opposed to the
good M knoyedae can OF necessity demon
sllze the mind. hut we must now 20 further
han mis- and assert. in contradctioi to much
sad cx6erlence, that all highly Intellectual men
have bsen eminently RooI men, Too many OF
them md notorIously negiccted the cultivation
of their most valuable faculties: they had been
both had Themselves and by their writings had
oSSn ,e oan Sts Il, snliyatiSn iben viii
tend 10 make ma better Only when it is accom-
nanied by moral training, II may be truly as
serted that OF two men equally yirtuous and re.
llclous he that ia Of the more highly cultivated
intellect will advance further In the knowledge
OF heavenly things than the other.
In every mortal in whom mental power Is en-
laws. nnd inllines ali men to render him homage
wherever il manlfests rs supremacy, Wherev,
nations have cultivated mental pursuits In the
rignt vay they have advanced in civilizations:
wsprcveT tbey have neglected them, they have
retroprndcd Al the same time history impress
sively proves that intellectual supremacy alone