The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-12-03
The Hands AMI ta7 Head.

This c,ption is the subject OF an article in
~ae >; the periodicals of the colltry of no lit
t Q r.prte. The distinction as mall 81 til"
lisrr is not however, rs We think it s..oall !
-. mind and muscle being compared AMI AS !
sig ,el as belonging to the pursuits OF physical
l.bor an the professions. distinctively.
That there is TOD IN lc'l waste OF h.iman life,
dedicated to tn. avocations Of law AMI phySic,
I'LL who observe the professions will admit. II
Every 60 lrt room AMI OIL every street corner
ofs.almost every town and city the evil ':l"'s
are offered in pettifog gers resotting to d;'icss
I, exc out q scanty lvius-in the trle lawyer,
'mprchendny the scope Of his profession, i'll
t iucatius the mental and moral Forces without
clients stiff ,ient to exercise his capacities in
r:prescntiny gin the dlil q'lack whose diigno-
sis cannot distinguish case OF the fever from
fit Of the blues; and the OH regular physi-
c;an, VIII appreei tea all the phen;mena OF
physical change, sitting idly in his oiice-wc
have the witnesses to tn, fact OF the excess i'll
the professions above the deni md.
In all the departments of active labor-in
tbs Workshops, on the l,lse 70 It, o the p:lb-
lie hiSax lys. in the field at tn: pillow, in the
forest with: the axe, and in the mines with the
pick, there is always room for tie industrious,
willing halil. Ii this latter fi,d there wa
xes to be earned and founl, waich keep the
1aborer fto.n wants perhaps lay the f6,nilitioa
OF fortune. In the f}firser: droncs in the
arest hive OF human life, drag out an exis- enco
miscraSle to themselves aui pernicious to tho
c,n, immunity of Which they are members. Tie
one arc non-productive.t consamsrs OF wcllth
already accumulated. The other are active
agencies i'll the advancement and Increase of
the wealth Of the country.
In the way of intellisence-in the way of
men, improvement, too, the man who work.
w.7h hi; hands, with the hammer, the sp,le or
the pillow, has the advantage. Thosist not al
ways surrounded by books, nor COPIED up in
room labelled c&ce the very labor he is en-
g..edth Is calculated to stimulate hit faculties
1t thought, and give robust vigor and freshness
to the ideas suggested AMI III ltur1l by What
he Is doin.. He shapes horse sAoe, sweeps
OF the sslien yellow grain; sets in its place
xe fousdstien of a house asd rears tIaeresn II
e,Rawtrurture of architectural beauty,-witil
Afx na:isclc he dos this yet every blow that he
mikes is imoellel by 4 c,rresp) ldng effort of
the brain, which thelistlc:i student mes.y OF
books never attaius.
Til. m.ci,nic and f,rn n work and think
miscle AMI mind both act i, symp,t,lv. and
they somc from til cir daily lltor with brighter.
tssidey Ntoeghts and more extended optimism
III Ia thc class w:lo daily aroala professional
iKe, ''cribbcd, co!iiiied an coati,tcd'' within
the narrow compass of their cases. There is
Waasculne scope in the mental training of the
one Class. generating cltlloicity OF. feeling,
0tyclopn. the Eebler anil batter attributes of
hNinan nat!tre, evidenced in open, frank. unsus-
pccting conf lence and the sturdy hand grasp,
,as the saldtations Of the day are passed; While
SIN tbs cthce, c.rtiou, suspicion, distri,sr, an,l
undtsihs Ginning. are, With the lesser minds the
aeading traits that are brought ont as necessary
;auxiliarics III the attainFu .ut of tila ends III
vie~.
Young men SHOULD, il possible. we Aint,
Aavc all the advantages Of etl;lc ltion-allow
them to rcvei, if it can be so, In all the beau-
ties and graces of the cassics and all the light
of science. bat when they have acquire these,
Oct them not bury their wisdom by engl5in.
in a pursuit where it can never be properly ar,
piled to benefit. Let them go to real work,
An the more elegant their literary attain.
ments. the more conspicuous anil successful
will they be rs artizans, or worlmen with
their hands. The State, the country wants
miirc Of Intelligent labor-thc julicious APP
pication of mi:-d and muscle combined, fol-
al,s Development of material resources and the
al 4
ehappiness, and the elevation of Cur statesman.
ship.
THE sorkiAsniail- real worSngman, SC
far as great achievements in the field of sci
riee is concerned, star l.; first. Hugh Miller
WHY rough stone cutter, yeG he was. beyond
all comparison, the greatest gcologist of the
world, as he was the most eloquent and de
1ightful writer, embelliShing his wortlerfnl pro
auctions with all the graces AMI bcaHties oil
Classic literature. Ben. Franklin worked al
the printers case, and at an eNf1er period O.
lie, as a talow chandler, yet he was the bright
est philosopher OF his age, and in the economy
of politics, second to no statesman OF any coun
try. We might go with the roll. until on
pen would ar awaT with tracing the no
UAo ttiiu JIG Cyc soioW utiii Will FStst
In, which have embellished English and Amer
Ian literature, science and statesnlans'lip, who
commenced Working with their Hands before
SheS startled the siyi4ized world with til.
thsngsts ii their Heads.
just i sentence or two more for this is has
tily Written to suggest There exists here il,
America; false. puerilc, disgraceful pride
that is ashamed of labor, and looks upoa tbs
rough, hard hand as mark of infcriority. and
honest toll as something to be Stunned, ii the
desire is to be respectable, in the common ac-
c.ptancc OF the term. Fools all, w.,o so think
and teach. yet good boys are inoculated by the
false teaching, and to them We say, Mias. Who
laborcd with his hands in this worl before HI
taught the prccspts Which are tile cardna
rules of conduct for every Institution Of learn
ing and every good government in the world.
Our Saviour WAS a carpenter And il it is no
ungenteel to eat breal, how can it be to raiss
it, to grow it, to sow it, to reap it.? If il
I. not ungenteel to live in house, is it any thu
less 80 to build it?
Man was born for labor and not for play
1t he cannot make his way by letters alone. ne
must do so by his Hands and Head Religion
mon Morality is in the heart of any man who