The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-07-14
Virginia's Teachers.

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me II atsrlal weaitn' Ior me grown ana pros,
PETTY Oh our o1ase.a Work greater .nan al
tnelrS. Inc teacner tnat bridges over, lot
chlld mind 10 pass, the chasm that separates
tne speilng-DooK from Shakespeare, such
!eacher outooes all other engineering. ihere'
~ Is ny 'Doastlng IN LUIS. lhere y the soper
llgnt OF history 10 snow you What your WORK
can 90. II you are sklllful enough to use your
opportunities as teachers OF English, II you can
SO teach your classes as to make them correct IN
speech and in thought, il you can SO ilre their
minds by. your enthusiasm as to make them
capable of reading well, and fond OF reading
good books, then each one sof you can make OF
his schOOl-house a centre, OF intelligence, OF |
morals, and OF well being"
"As we know from our biographies, gold |
has been buried at many points, In Australia,
i'm California, in the rayines OF the Ural noun
Etains, for the benefit of men. But 80 long as
work it out, that gold has done nothing to-
ward the spread OF wealth OF mankind. So,
too, under the soil that we live on, at unnum-
lbeFed points, the woods of the primeval earth
have been buried to form the cOal-beds of flu
ture ages; but, until science speaks its word
of command, until the skill of engineers and
the toll of miners sink their shafts to reach the
buried treasure, there is no coal to work the
FORCES nor to move the traffic of the world
above. The gift of God is there but the stu
pidity of man has made even Gods gift I'M
awaiting So, in every society Of men and
women, there exists, freshened and renewed
by the birth of every child into the world, that
certain sum total OF brain power, that treasure
of Unborn talents, to do all useful things. In
far off villages as in over-crowded cities, in
laborers' cabins as in rich mems houses, wher-
ever children are born, there is created, and
and put away in those children's
minds that stock of intellectual power which
God gives to every people for the discharge OF
its duties and for the achievement OF its
purposes. This brain-powe that lies in
each generation of growing children is the
supreme wealth that God bestows upon
every human society. But it is like the
gold in the quartz, like the coal in the coal
bed. The wealth is there, if we know how to
reach it; If we can draw it forth, we shall by
means Of it make of our State all that is good |
stuu LUZ II, LII Jul oiiiiuoo', w VOW
that wealth of brain power undeveloped, we
bring down the doom OF God upon US IN lgno-
rance and in feebleness, in poverty, IN the
scorn nations, and In the loss OF seif respect
In the use or In the~non-usefo f TINS inborn
store OF intellectual energy Hes Inc uileience
between the nations q men anu Tue epocshnss OF
history. Where society Is SO organized as 10
discover ana 10 deVelop TO Tue maximum, de
gree those talents tnat are porh III cnliufen
we nave q splenGlo clVill1ea society, d otate
tnat, IKE Inc Atnens VI o,u' VI ZIG Denll a
OF our gay, pulios up Curious n'elaiuie,
matchless art, prouo ana neloiT people ouI
OF population 80 silaA as na,luiy W coEel
PIN s polnt upon our Scnool,slopes. put Wheie
society Is so Wasteluliy anu wckeoly oiSanl-
zed as 10 leaVe cne lnteLeceual powers vi aus
children unaeveiopea, tnelr . iasen. WEALTH o.
taients unscnooleu ineo USE 'noio "o iino SUI H
piolty ana stagnation. auge nasses VI plu'lsn
men ana women, roItlng societies tnat nave
NOT ~ tnen tne inIelectuau nie 'na' oan SOW
tnem from putrelaction. mus tne plopolsion \
OF i%eli-taught cniidren 70 Ihe 'otal PopuMson
is the measure Of each people "lsu WIS, anu "
us clvilzstion; Inc wise anu Wen-govelnea Il
otate Is one Wnlcn employs al means W ilnu /
OUT and TO develop ana 10 use Inc talents that Il
are porn lnto II. Inc ioohsn anu inisgoVernea Il
otate Is tnat one winch leaves us natural
wealth OF lntellect uncafed 1of.
AND now, 1elloW cltlzeas OF virginia, our H
State us trying hard 10 ma out ana 70 develop
that store .of intellectual wealth winch rs, God
mas given 20 t9e cnldre7 =. 81 our peoPle, lnat