The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-05-25

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You, teachers the literature of DR.. Holland
Southey says:
my thoughts with the dead; with them
Their virtues love, their faults condemn;
And from their lessons seek and find
Every TRUE teacher seeks instruction. Instruc-
tlon ofthat kind, when impaired to his pupils, that
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BOOKS such found in Biography Hsiory % Fosf ESG
lem too engmaticaf for me- Besides who IS abe to
sSch coarse ood books are ong eompanon n
Though the teacher may be eensured and oftentimes
yet he has the consultations of his books They never
pefentlY they argue to him the legality of his ease
and the business Of r. his cause He is convinced and
Sefshness of hpman nature he marches out upon the
line of duty. The poet says of books!
IF For ri would yield the passing hour
hey are the harvest of the years.
They give us solace, give us tears:
BOOKS BOOK are the neeeG5 ns ies S5:e
They aid the strong and help the weak:
p 3pr stammered ANN thought they plainly speak;
TO soar above deceptive things,
That, looking downward: we may view,
OF good books we may say, like Tennyson said of
But eW we Hs3 g3 on S1IFo Forever a1a neo may Co.
Yes in their infunee they .'go on down through
and reason; benefactions ana charity wisdom and
regulation beneyoence and comfort-al for the good
''The prosperity Of country depends not on the
fortfcations, on the beauty of Its public build
citizens in its men of education epiiabtenment and
character.-JNartin LHthcr.
A modern writer has said. Great men stamp their
Germany or Knox upon Scotland-as Dante upon Italy
than 800 years the doctrine the Reformation
ana spent ms ne ana energies TO secure the peoples
than two centuries and half have passed away since
yet he lives in all the grandeur of his intellectual
.S speaking 20 us sen ty yet Poently the
mold our lives shape our characters whoever says
lar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostenatous
%es e d dy az ae to IS Affair hS
I POPE and IN M yet his sen Is felt
Lives though is centuries old describes to to-day
the great of the world, who teach us in the
nobility Of their lives, some of the purposes of
That distinguished American author, Washington
though & scGre Of years Years e from the
tons and will iiye in American hearts to the latest
and humorist who in the great fertility of his mind
gse @ aea dE AZ onff ana in
"Oombev and Son, Christmas Stories,' and ali the
6a he Be- ogoan IF
first to exist ht6 and t take the place Of
such men shall pass away:
serving to in the form Of books, that kno~ledge
which is to make & rs wiser and better and nober and
kind says Pope And PFSps how shall hpy know Know
dunn Of their wring Noble 6ege noble SIs men
have Tead Ta that the books
that the favoite Of Pitt was Milton Burke found his
fhsnes and Young.s SIght ThSaFhss: curran nde de-
Shakespeare: Gra1s spencer Coieridge loved T cos COS
Iins and Bowes; Dante was idolized by such men as
6aTIisie, RSb: Han Sidney smith: There IS
wOman-when they stand upon the of life,
undecided to which path 70 One is to lead
by the Sparkling ounts of truth and wisdom-the OH
out upon pc tnndge Do pno 0i n whsbe ere
SOUL for the lack of knowledge dies and oftentmes,
re%dng @ s eex EGfp
d Scott S n sad o dTe e ean I mnd @
boy but upon } M hearing poem by M%alherbe, % he
should it strange thing to that in ali this
whose genius might be awakened by the same means!
James A. Garfield was 2 schoolmssfer and yet he be-
and to-day occupies the hoest trust of reat natisn
OF the mR @ fear Ge PeS h
R mnG hege sd be
great great motiTe powers Of the world have given us
dom, books Of learning Of science of morals of TeF
ion Of course & teachers @ & can mot not all have fine & libra
read them again digest their contents; get in sym
that their sentiments in sense may become justly
your 1t is related of certain Frenchman that
library. In other words he did not have superhuI
shelves. Every, book was familiar friend and com
and Instead Of superacisl KnoWiedge Of t6onssnd
Volumes he was rich in his acquisitions of the
pretcntions people who have read everything from
and yet could not discover that they were so much
wiser than other peonle Outside of books partc-
od gT IN Tt Gd
age he onrDa 6et @ class Of
cfent numbers and variety to suit the most VIII imsica
should be a supporter OF one more educational
and not Know Uv What his eo borF fne @
jng Thsn nd% theys seea es IL and o
american Reeiem. Each provided with an extensive
The teacher is oftentmes discouraged, especially in
fh R OF @s the Pg Rf his
trons and he is condemned as incompetent. And yet
fafIed lee and yet more hst they have succeeded Lord
Beaconsfeld in his first attempt before Parliament,
h@ and fi IN m 81 ATTEMPTS
famous nous faTiiamen tarians; Goidsmith's early life
ed village EHt some one says why ne would have
sis you believing anything; but read in the life
renowned nstructor; and there is Horace Mann and
se me R@ Sd na and
and Hancock, and IIolbroo&, and Rickhof, and all the
them their proper places in the world of progress
The poet says:
Not AL who seem TO fail have failed indeed;
For all our acts TO many issues lead;
Ana out OF earnest purpose. nure ana plaln,
Enforced by honest toll of hand or BRAIN
The Lord viii fashion in his own good time
Such ends as, 10 His wisdom, ftlest chime
With His ygSt loves eternal harmOnfes.
There is no failure for ihe good and wise:
What though thy seed should fall by the wayside
And The birds snatch il; Yet thG birds are fed;
Or they may bear ii far across the tiGc,
To give rich harYestS after hou art dead.'
Culture in literature then, is that which gives us
the broadest and most comprehensive view of human
nature. lie who Is constant reader and thinker is
none other Than competent judge of human nature.
He learns by his contact with the thoughts others
the general disposition of mankind. He knows gen
orally from careful study. and from the experience
Others what course to and how TO it
Hence in nigh degree, he is fortified against the
otherwise doubtful contingencies of life
Men and women ConYersant with literature al !
ways in the highest demand. The world has need of
hem, aud they not only of value to society and
he world at large but they of the utmost value
md solace to themselves.
What an accompl shment to be well read. How it
expands the intellect and enricbes the mind. How it
icyelops thought and increases our powers. How
we'll 1T prepares us for emergencies, Ond gives a
knowledge, without which we are as an Island in
he midst of the
And who is in greater need of acquaintance with
literature dian the teacher? Of ali the host of God's
workers in this life none need be perfect in
imsef than he into whose hands is given the trust
Il educating the children. His influence tells Ior
teTnity. Imagine when the great BOok-keeper of
ime opens his books for the last time, and takes his