, 1874-03-08

expect from their. learned Scotch author; and
they are what is still better, sturdy Aud manly
Truths that have been repeated througl. the ages
compose the bulk Of them but scattered hero
and there are torse al'd pithy maSlms that ha7o
an mir OF newness, and are uncommouly 1otcloIe.
The chapter on Intellectual Culture opcus
with the Insertion tha. not books. but life expe-
rtence, thought, and action are the primary and
natural SOURCES Of knowledge. Books are merely
helps and tools and are to be read Us we use The
microscope which assists the eye IN delicate
Investigations but should never supersede the
ordinary exercise OF that organ. Educatlon
should commence with the observation OF flcta.
The natural sciences, architecture, and drawing
should be tho primary studios in schools; Tor
they, above all others, teach that most 1mpor-
tant and most neglected art t,-the Of the eyes.
is more essential than anything We can get from
tha written page.
After the habit Of observing facts has been
gained, the process OF reasoning should be ae-
quired and nothing conduces to this 60 much
as thorough trsiniug in mathematical. Logic
and metaphysics are also useful,-the latter be-
ing particularly essential in this age, when Wiz
dom is supposed to lie in mere physics, and the
most important results arc to be derived from
induction. Next In order follows the culture
of the imagination,-a faculty that must con-
tinua1v be called upon in the acquisition Of
learning. No book il mastered until all the
images it represents are grasped BY the fancy.
and pictured before the mind With the definite
ness Of actual visions. We must not only
know q fact, We must See 1t, e1actly as it
happens, which ia another way OF saying that
We only know 2 thing when We eau tell it.
Frederick Robertson somewhere says, in con-
dennng much aud hasty reading, that it took
him q fortnight to read certain volume OF his
tory but, wnen lie had done with it. it was as
thoroughly incorporated into his mind Us tue
red corpuscles were dlffused through his bloud.
This il the manner OF reading that makes sound
and ready meu-
TO secure esthetic culture, Prof. Blackie
would have young men study whatever epeci-
mems of architecture, painting, and the other
fine arts, a.o IN their reach :; aud he would also
fully view the lcaping aad tumDlins,
(which are cunning exhibitions Of
tho wonderful strength and 1.-The
ness Of the human limbs, which every wise man
ought to admire" This last is an odd bit Of ad-
vice. which tho average youth will not be loath to
follow. The necessity of faculty Of admiration
is dwelt upon at length, il various places s. ue
who does not hahitually admire and wonder in
the midst Of this magnificent universe" says
tie Professor, "ahows that his synpathies arc
narrow, aud his capacities small.
In the essay upon Physical Culture, Prof.
while readlng or studying. "Sittins," he e3-
claims, - is sloveny habit ami ought not to DO
! induIged." 1t should be the practice to
| stand or walk while coming lessons aud read
| ing aloud should be constant usage Tho
| wi1eat remark on the subject of eating il quoted
| from Abernethy, who WAS wont TO say that
| 'sThe two great killing powers OF the world are
| Stuff and Fret" In the matter OF sleep, nc
| rule eau be laid down with regard to the proper
amount. Only see to it that Nature gets fair
play. Let man sleep when he is sleepy. and
rise when he is refreshed. As for rising carly,
OUT author frankly confesses. "1t Is Il virtue
| which VAS never able to prActice."
In tho treatise on Moral Culture, it is sci
down that the ono thing neadfui Is character,-a
cultivated will. Of the virtues which they shouie
| strive for who would make tho most Of the
! Divine gift of life, obedience is put first, ant
+ then Observation-Disclosures in word ane
| decd trusafulness which hold wouid every shan
| and subserfuge as base. and every bit Of aimsy
shallow work as q lie. After truthfufness coms
| diligence, aud perseverance,, and regereuce, ant
last, but not least. love, which is charity. w
| know no man, We can judge no man, until vi
have looked at the best that is in him with tht
eve Of brother. As for riches, the dignity Of s
| man consists in what he ia, not in what he mas
Have money enough fur the needs OF Life
| by all means, sayB tho doughty phil
losophcr, "but never set your heart OF
making fortune" Finally, while commenting
on the beauty Of unseltis,ness, aud the dnt
OF cu}tiyatng universal sympathy, whcl
| makes mans life rich, and in it'd esHenc
poetical, he adds: ITO live poetryis always bet
ter than to write 1t t--bettor for the individual
and better for society"