, 1876-04-04
THEODORE TILTOM.

Ills LECTURE ON TIE HUMAN MIND.
When rhuodoro Tltou stopped cut upon the
stage at McCormlck'a IIall last evening ho must
have been agsocably surprised at aeolug the or
traortliuary coucourso CT people boforo httn. tho
floor and tho ea!terlos boIug ovescrowdud. In
fact, ho betrayed hia fcolings somewhat By
showing an unwonted neryousuesa that
amounted at il1st almost to embarrassment
Dramatic AZ hc always has been, hc made bis
appearance upon tue platform nIonc, and Sat
UPON q sofa for n few minutes bctore beginning
his lecture, while tue curious public scanned
him eahery. After fOw preliminary nourtsh-
ings Of his handkerchief no roao and com,
with great doliboration: llc safu that no was 70
| spenk OF the Human Mind but tlsas he Wished
to say q word from the: human Aeart.-
| o wora Of thanks for tho brilliant nssemblngc
ue seturned Thousand thanks. lie would 70
! mind them that tho nnc!cutB wrote In gilt etteEs
| on tho archway over tho ensranco TO tho Acad,
cyny tho mnxim OF mn3lu,s, know tbysel:
this mon had boon engaged In studying thct+
so{yos, What had lhsy learned Somc-
thing OF tho body, !is:lo OF !, ,;l The
mind iet shen the poet t., 5ni4, sa s,.,,, Tae t,;s
portion ot clay which Ia but q habitat'on l1o
meant tho moral faculty, for self-knowlodAo
WAS the chief u nj! knowedgea.
In pursuing ths Investigation II could DO seen
| that tho frot nocessltY WAS that man should
have mind for, II 10 lad no 6satn. he could
not ro.aon and was lt only for tho insane
asylum OF tho Legislative Assembly. whas
sssr tho rs it TO nss sssn IT, IT, pSSSas ssssss
Of T time and etornity lad arched tho heavens
overhead. and had laid tho Garth baneath aud
had lodged botwoen thnm that splendid function
cal'ed tic mind, to clasp thom togc:hor In cosl.
prehepsion for thee ecoro years aud ten, unit!
We threw them AWAY ns hchool-boy ditt
toy. Wlat cabinet Of curiosity vns tue
brain! What treasury Of Hlght and aonmd ~, q;
b!osaomlng aifecslons!-for in tLc skuII
tho Whole universe Of God was
created. Tho oyo was little thing. but u could
contain whole mountain. And then tho m!uI,
-writton there on the acro]i OF unfading reme''l-
brauce was all lAe history Of tho past, King
Uiven the mind. tho prob!em was how to best
bring ,ta energies to their nobiest nse. Or
iIlsI Isse!y shs lecturer . bad travelled in tha
West, md lad not ,fal!oll TO notice
the abundance Of senooa y There or ,,s TsrG a.;
!: tue wasehouso' cost 5000, the church $4,000,
aud tho school-louse 3loo,09o. Such WAS the
: | attention paid to education. Yet Il must be
sa that s IT. tia q d. eae sas
j, Uranium. On the other q lbrasy-and 4
:. you only could transtor tho library intt
.. tlla crhp!uu you would Aaye an educated man
!; Tie eepeaker, cop.ondcd that this vieE was
T. mistake. Mon made bookB, lie said. bu
books did not mnke men. Conversation
= educated morn than roaling,-tho lattos bo,nt
the btnsnant pooi wliile couye1satiou waB th
j. well. thcto would he NJ danger Of their reading
~ too much. While it was truo that blr Thonia
H. browne said, "Sien do thu moHt with book
st who could 10 tho inoss without .hom," an
~ ~ Thomas kenlpls said hlB greatest pioasu1
~ ~ vaa to bo 'in 4 nook viii a book" stlll
u must be remembered that storing the mlnu va
- y one thing and using tho mind mother.
a.a .hat inoro Vas stI dcaoeT faensa lin
Nv strength. skill, or reabon,-it moral powc
sometimes called intuition, strange power ths
euableti man to look upward mud Rshpp
lho immortality OF tho soul, llo beloved IN
human development 50 far beyond what
Of | waB to-day that by and by would .1ealiza Il
he utcrnalsenHs Of tue Scripsnral passage. "n!esa
~ nre tho puro In heart, for they shall SEQ God b
lie wished to draw from thIs a deduction, til
ts this human nature MAS intellectual. moral. q
-. physical, and that each OF tho throe consttue
cd elements Is SO felatod to both the others tt
"a, each needed to DO trained for its own sake a
~. ~ for that Of the 'otle.s IIo rotesfod to this
he show tho iautiIity Of attempting to develop
10 iutoI!ectual IT tho oxpeuae OF the othe1a. Th'
WAS ueod OF pbysics! training for tho sake OF
reE m,utl. Cultivate, On thu obs hRnd, tho Fhysl
III nature not ouly for tts slnews put the 1adgno'
III. aud cultivate: the moral for tbs sake Of
Ire | conscepce ThRt was where the publc-eca
ho system failed. Tho intellect aeemca to ha.
st: Ike sfahonets coffin, between heaven q
red earth.
la!- Ills proposition was this, then, The physl
3et nature liaa soil, she moral nature l!k0 III
it'll shuo, th4 lntet!ectuA! the Hover whosa lolk y
by iu Gus aud Leaf III the other. How much /
on- brain had need oE tho body II only to make ma
o. rational creature. Tlo man who had learn
lAs how TO eat we'll sleep well! walk veil, had I
guu TO lcnru how, to think well. Headache u
ILL., OF the doytl, and dyspepsia Uas OF bo!l. I
~, general debility OF ths American people h
&C. caused the outbtsak OF corruption and isuu
nv galtty recently.
loe Why WAS the reach OF Tbs n,orai natufs
ion | much wider tna4 !hat OF tho l0telectuAl2 ]
in | ansEer waa that tho .uoEAl nature 1as I eecc
:uE. 1utel[ects aA4 rug AntoueGt coQ1o not attain
ned | hiuheAk cultivation pgN4 " Wk& GpfchRIRad n