South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-04

centuries OF further and deeper investi-
cation. will still contain mighty truths
and important principles OF Nhici, the
most profound thinkers shall be totally
| iyaoranG
This problem is. indeed. much more
difficult than the gsomstrical ono OF squa-
ring the circle lin fact Il can never be
folly solved, though ago after age may
witness closer and closer approxima-
ton towards its permanent aud satisfac-
tory solution Man, through all ages of
the past, has been . sealed book of which
at She present day, the Sisest AMI most
profound philosophers have not read
more than the title page and the future
ages o. his existence. as a inhabitaut
OF this globe, viii only tend to show that
he Fs being Of infinite capacities and
| universal relations, aud that he emboi-
les IN himself all the physical properties
| and intelligent principles Of universal
nature. Acquainted with the structure,
form and uses OF minerals and vegeta-
bles; having by immense mental labor
gained scientific knowledge of solids,
liquids, and gases, of pondcrablc and
| inponderabie agents in the external
world having made earth, sea and mir
I subject to his will, arrested the forkcd
lightnings in their terrific course through
the murky sky, chained them to the car
of his progress, and sent them over
continents and under oceans TO carry
with awful speed his thoughts and aifec.
lions having learned to measure and
calculate with unerring precision, dis
tances, weights and relations terrestrial |;
l. l.,. a ~ III. -
ergies Of a never-tiring mind to regions
celestial, and gained volumes OF accu-
rate and useful Information rs to the
planets, comets, stars and nebul;p. their
distances, size, shape and relation to
each other IMAM Is still stranger to
his own mighty powers. and infinite re-
latione to external nature,-to his fels
low-man and to God. Did man but full
| ly comprehend himself, lie would be
possessed OF the essence Of all knowl-
e,ige. Realizing thus, that all science
worth the name, and that nearly all the
glorious improvements OF the past sixty
years, have como to us rs the result OF
human thought, applied chiefly to exter-
nal matter,-let US try and divert, at
least part OF our thoughts into new
channels, and let them act on mind and
its relations as tile basis OF education,
and q success still more grand and as
| tonishing will be our ample reward
The only real and scientific knowledge
we have OF mind,-is what has been at
tanned by chronological Investigations,
and this, though Of immense Importance
and great utility, has only as yet fur
nished a meagre outline OF the powers
which are either active or dormant in
every child. The human mind is u mys-
FERROUS and wondrous instrument, on
which every teacher plays & from which
he evolves discord or harmony, accord
ing to his ignorance or knowledge of its
principles. L have, therefore, no hest.
tation' whatever in saying that every one
who assumes the immense responsibilities
Of teaching the young, should be ac-
quainted with the principles and facts
OF an enlightened phrenology -includ,
ing the kindred sciences of chemistry
anatomy. and physiology. The hum an
mind is, to. every thinker, the create st
mystery in existence, but according to
the latest and most Thorough investiga-
tons, it is composed of an immense num-
Der and almost infinite variety OF facul>
ties. The patient and laborious invcsti-
cations OF DIR. Buchanan-one OF the
most profound and original thinkers of
this scientific age,-provcs that every
fibre Of the human brain, il the seat of
q mental faculty, which is closely allied
in functions TO the faculties which are
nearest to it, and very different from
those which are more remote. Classi-
flying the mental faculties, we find some
acting on the physical plane, and having
reference merely to the wants Of man
as an animal and purely self sh being :;
others, social in their nature and by
htheir operations affecting more immedi.
n ely our family and friends, and more
remotely all with whom we come in con-
tact; some, intellectual in their opera
tions others moral in their tendency
and influence and others still, center.
ing in the need which we feel of an cter-
nal existence for the expansion Of our
powers, and for the comprehension OF
the principles Of this majestic universe
but above all, for the enjoyment of the
Great Central Intelligence, who rules
the boundless spheres in all their opera.
tions. 1t is clear and well-defined
law of mind that each faculty, when in
action, demands and seeks for its proper
aliment or food and cannot be satisfied
unless the supply is equal to the de.
mand.. Memory. in the popular sense,
seeks for and delights in facts OF per-
sonal and historical character, aud col.
locts, in its vast store house, the Incl
dents Of our lives. the actions Of our
friends and foes. as far as they have
been seen or known by us, and the
thoughts, ideas and narratives which we
may have read. Tame seeks for harmo.
ny,-is enraptured, charmed and capti-
waited by the performance Of Jenny
Lind, but is inevitably thrown into con-
fusion and agony by discord. SubHmity
loves to revcl amid the great, the ma
jestic, and tho terrific, and is intensely
delighted with the majesty OF nature,