, 1873-03-02

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which the editor Of the Popular. Science Monthly
seeks to give wider circulation than they hare
!cceiTed:
TO FREDERICK 4. r. BARNARD.
Tho years are many Hince, In youth aad hops
Under the Charter Oak, our horoscope
We drew thtcE studded with all-fayo1ing stare.
Nov, with gray boards and faces sea1aed with ecars
From Me's hard battle meeting once again,
Knowing, ut last, that it Ia not in man
Who E.lketh to direct his steps, or plcn
His permanent houee q lie. Alil:e we loved
10 measures Of old song. How, zinee that day.
Our feet have parted from the path that lag
So fsr before Us Rich, from lifelong search .
OF TRUTH within thy academic porch
Thou attest now, lord OF realm Of fact
Thy servitors tho sciences exact;
70 hesr he samians spheral 3i II h11monies ] A''''
And rhythm Of aw. I, called from d1ea,n and song,
THINK Goa! 50 early to . Strife 50 long
That ere Il closed, the black, cbundant hair
OF toyhood rested silTer-sown and Bpare
Ga msnhoods temples, now at sunset chime
Tread With fond feet the path Of morning. time.
And II parc,ance too late Enger where
The flowers have ceased to blow and trees ara bare
r. eq h e sSS. ts s9 5ms
AnEsDURT, a1nss., Tenth lfo,.ih 1870
Herbert Spencer, in his chapter on
TIE EDUCATIONAL. BIAS,
Bpeaas OF the opposite social creeds Of aunity
snd ennity which influence the action OF man
kind. '' From the books Of theJewish New Teeta-
ment we take our religion Of a1nity. Greek aud
Latin epics and histories serve IS gospels for
our religion Of enmity. In the education Of
our youth We devote q small portion Of timo to
the one, and large portion Of time to the other.
And, Us though to make the compromise efec-
tual, these two cults aro carried On ir the same
places BY the same teachers. At our public
schools, as aleo at many other schools, the same
men are priests Of both religions. The nobility
Of ee1f-sacrihce, set forth in Scripture
lessons and dwe1t On in. sermons, is
made conspicuous every seventh day; while,
during the other ai1 days, the nobil-
ity Of sacrificing others is exhibited in glowing
words. The sacred duty Of blood-revenge,
Ehich, as existing savages show US, constitutes
;he religion Of enmity in it's primitive form,-
which, es shown us in ancient literature, is en-
forced BY divine sanction, or rather by divine
command, as well as by the opinion OF ,-is
the duty which, during the six days, il deeply
stamped on natures quito ready to receive it;
ind then something is done toward obiterating
the stamp, when, on the seventh day, vengeance
is interdicted."
These thoughts lead him to the subject OF the
military spirit, the love Of war, and the ad1ni-
ration of courage, Ill Of which mark our ciyiliza-
ton, CT want Of civilization
Worthy Of highest admiration Is tho " Tasnanan
des heb s2ag to tbs Las Last gasp 5nass xh
Eble, is bulldog creature Said sometimes
to retain Its hold when limb is cut off. To ho
admired also for their 'pluck" perhaps nearly IN
snd the eer; since, when driven to buy, tsey nght
against great odds, Nor should forget the game
eosk s&uRpl,ng & as IT, # dGss word d Of euoey to The
who ha1 condone his crime If he i" dies game"
Below these animals come mankind; eome Of whom,
indeed, the American Indtans bear tortures with
out groantng. And then considerably lower, must bs
placed CIVILIZED man, who fighting up to certain
Yields when further fighting Is useless.
Is the reader startled by this classihcnHon7 Why
should be bet It is but literal application Of that
some deliberately ayowed Obviously it Is he standard
Of worth believed in by II. aa1nbett., Who after
!stey reprouched the French Assembly by saying,
"iou preferred pesee to honor; you gave hve mards
ana TO @ Ama mere a1e e. n9t ta%
feeling thst this ntterance Of his has gone far to
deem him in their estimation Il thereader needs
found for him. The stsordshfre collier, enjoying tho
Lighting Of dogs when tho fighting Of men is not to be
he sums Of Whi.echapei md st. Giles. among leaders
m the fancy" is an Undertaking belief that pluck
and endurance are the highest Of and prob
cur in this belief Moreover, he wants further !
sympathy to support him, be mny find entire races
balls the Feeteeans among whom bravery is highly
honored that, their return from battle the iunph
So
tnclines to adopt this oi superiority will find
many to side with That is, he likes his com
Seriously Ia 1t not amazing thst civilized men should
especially pride themselves On quality in which they
md still morn exceeded By inferior anna1s Instead
of regarding manly In proportion u ho pos
moral T. Ss soa n TS
possessed In greater degrees By beings from whom We
derive onr words Of contempt Il Was latoy remarked
prze-ring !; but wo do worse we take our point Of
1onor from beasts, Nay. take II from beast tn
e.ioE to those va arc familiar 9 w1n ior tne
much lower lesel OF brutality then CUE nona and
oun -doga.
That Resistance to aggression IL to be appauded and
hat the courage implied BY resistance is to be valued
nd admired be fully admitted while deny that
a1eo snoMent 70 oe ST It Is e.seual to eompete
ute but 50 are large endoTmenss Of other things
Ehtch We do not therefore make our measures Of
md Of such qualities IN its tissues as to be enduring
hould bring, 1t does bring its share Of admiradon
s III
mt these the power Of and the
'zeserring others will fall short To be hne annslis
courage which is = general index OF organization
spahle Of satisfying the requirements, is rightly
ceiling Tint grows by accumulated experiences Of
esafm dealings with difficulties and dange1s; and
hese successful dealings are proof Of eopetenee IN
Ill deny that perpetual failures resulting from In
apacity OF one Kind or other, produce discourage
1ent that repeated triumphs, which ara proofs
capacity, SO raise the courage that there comes
readiness to encounter great difficulties. The fact
bat dose Of brandy, By stimulating the ciIcu-
.tons produces "Dutsh courage" as i Is called,
oned with the fact well known to medical men. that
disease brings tina'dity IL Of itsef enough to
how that bravery is the natural correlatve Of ability
cope with circumstances OF peril Bnt whtle We are
1ns taught that, In adnl1tng courage, We are i'd
,tring phyacal supezor1es and those superiol1nss
nsrgencies are also taught that, unless We rank
ighest the bodily powers and those powers which
iuctly conduce to self preservation, cannot say
IL courage Is the highest attribute, and that tho
egree Of II should be our standard Of honor. -
That an oyer-estimate Of couruge is appro- )
riate to our phase Of civilization, may bo very .
ue. It is beyond doubt that, during the strug-
e for existence among nations, it Is needfu
lat men should admire extremely the quality =
ithout which there can be no SUCCESS in the t
ruggle.
While, among neighboring nations we have Gus in | 9
hich al the males trained for war while the