The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-07
Guidance for Conduct.

private and public, could be had ana
that a moral code, nationally elaborated
by men as they now are, would be duly
operative upon them. Neither OF these
propositions commends itself when We
come TO examine the evidence. We
have but to observe human action as it
meets MS Mt every turn, to see that tho
average intelligence, incapable Of
guiding conduct even in simple matters,
where but a very moderate reach Of rca-
son would suffice, must fail in appre-
hending with duo clearness the natural
sanctions Of etical principles. The I'M
thinking inoptitude with which even the
routine of life is carried on by the mass
of men, shows clearly that they have
nothing like the insight required for
self-guidance in the absence Of an au-
thoritatiyc code of conduct. Take u
days experience, and observe the lack
Of thought Indicated from hour TO
hour.
Yon rise in the morning, and, while
dressing, take up u phial containing u
tonic, Of which u little has been pre-
Bcribed for you but, after the first few
drops have been counted, succeeding
drops run down the side Of the phinl !;
all because the lip is shaped without re-
gard TO the requirement. Yet millions
Of such phials are annually made by
glass-makers, and sent out by thousands
of druggists 80 small being the
amount Of sense brought to bear on
business. Now, turning to the look
ing-Rla8s, you find that, if not Of the
the best make, it fails to preserve the
attitude in which you put it or, il
what is called II "bOX" lOOking-glaRs,
you see that the maintenance Of It's pc.
Bitlon is insured by an expensive appli-
mce that would have been supcrluout
had II little reason been used. Were
the adjustment such that the centre o
gravity Of the glass came IN the linz
joining the points Of support (Which
would be quite rs ca8y IN adjustmentJ
the glass would remain sLcndy in what
ever attitude You gave it. Yet year If
ter year tens of thousands Of looking
glassos are made without regard TO 81
simple II need. Presently you go down
to breakfast, and, taking some Harvey
or other sauce with Your fish, find Tn,
bottle has n defect like That which yor
found i'll the phial it is sticky iron
the drops which trinklc down, and oc
c%aslonally stain the tabIo-cIoth. Ilort
are other groups Of traders, similarl,
80 economical Of thought that they d,
nothing to rectlfy this obvious incou
v%onIencc. Having brcakiastcd, vou
take mp the paper, and, before siLtinl
down, wish TO put somo coal ON fire
But the lump You seize with the tong
slips out of them, and, if large, you
mako several attempts before you sue
coed IN lifting A; all because the ends G
tho tongB arc smooth. Makers nm
vendors Of iiro-irons 90 OF, gonornlio
after generation, without meeting tin
evil by the simple remedy Of giving I
those smooth ends some proicctin
points, or evon rouglcning them by
few burrs with n chisel. Having Il
length graspcd the lump and put it o
the fire, you begin to read but, bcfor
you have got through the first column
you are reminded, by tho changes q
position which your sensations prompt
that men still fail TO make cnsy-chnire
And yot the guiding principle is simpl
enough. just that advantage secure
by using II soft seat in place Of II har
one tho advantage, namely Of spread
ing over n large area the pressure OF TIL
weight to be borne, and 80 making TIL
pressure less intense Mt any one point
is IN advantage to be sought in the fori
of the chair. Ease is to be gained b
making the shapes and relative inclini
tiOns of seat and back such ~ will ever
ly distribute the weight Of the trun
and limbs ovor the widest possible SUI
porting surface, aud with the loas
straining of the parts oftheir natur,
attitude. And yet only now, afte
these thousand Of years of civilization
arc there being reached, and that nc
nationally but ompirically %approxima
tions to tho structure required.
Such nre tho experiences of the frs
hour and 30 they continue all the da,
through. If you watch and c~riticise
you may see that tho immense majorit,
bring to bear, over on those action
which il il tho business of their live
to carry on effectually, m extremely
small amount of faculty. Get II work
man to do something for You TINT Is
moro or less new, and not the c~learcsI
explanations and sketches will prevent
him from laundering and, to any ex'
preston of surprise, he will reply that
he was not brought up to it scarcely
ever betraying tho slightest shame in
confessing that he cannot do a thing he
was not taught to do. Similarly
throughout the higher grades of %activi-
W. Remember how generally improve
menus IN manufactures come from ont
Slders, and you are at once shown with
what mere unintelligent routine mann.
features are commonly carried ON. FIX.
anime into the management of mercan.