The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-02

| into the relation n bearing OI Pny'
ioloeical laws, and the establishment
of q loftier type Of ethical and moral
culture. This is a grand field to build
up the interests of life. Look ut the
country of Iceland. where all the ele'
ments of nature play and bicker and
flame with vengeance-a country
decked in snow and locked in ice,
vet its inhabitants are in possession
of a lofty type of physical and moral
culture. Women r exalted and
enthroned. They are not allowed to
marry until they are acquainted with
the history and literature Of their
country, and especially a knowledge
| of sexual science.
A celebrated lady Of u own
country who had Il e cause of social
refinement at heart. visited a certain
region Of our country and found that
there were scarcely any moral reIa-
lions existing among the sexes. She
knew the only thing that could be
done was to INSTRUCT them into the
natural laws and the eleyating prin.
ciples of sexual science, and such in
structicn is needed for the young. 1t
is not right and infinitely far from
meeting the high behests Of heaven
to have little children with passions
In the bud to grope their way in ig-
norance-lite's mysteries unknown.
They ought not to be allowed to pick
up u few fragments Of knowledge
from the streets or from impure and
obscene literature. We regard the
duties of the practical Psychologist as
sacred as any calling beneath the i'm.
measurable dome that bends with
starry grandeur over u heads. The
voice Of wisdom is heard in the
street, the forum. the legislative hall,
in the pantheon of science and
throughout the kingdom of philoso-
ply. To Use q personiication. she Is
waiting to see the lovely plant of
virtue rise from the smouldering
ashes of desolsting crimes and to IN.
fold the silken leaves of immortal
beauty. She Is waiting to lift the
debauched and incorporate from the
boys of vice to the sun-kissed plains
of health and love. Society allows
myriads to grow up in ignorance. as
if knowledge was \ curse aud wis
dom \ splendid phantom. Innocent
children are brought into the world
diseases incurable-terriic pas
slons in embryonic stages, which un-
der the force Of development and the
fiery touch of Inflammation, kindle
them into a moral conflagration. Let
the laws Of heredity and procreation
be more thoroughly known. aud the
fact of transmitting diseases down to
distant generations be mor lucidly |
and forclbly disclosed and We shall
see the golden dawning OF = brighter
lay.
Wisdom is the utilization Of knowl-
adge, and IN no department of mature
the sacred interests of life be sus-
and perpetuated so much as
maintaining al intiexible adherence
0 the laws aud principles of physical
science. Physical culture is an im-
factor in the elevation and
regeneration OF the world. This !
with intellectual aud NOR t
II culture will mako +h- AisinS SeI-
the stately and polished pill
ars Of our national institutions. earth
Will rise toward its divine ideal, and
lnier the benificent touch of final
the wilderness will rejoice
md blossom a = rose. May educs-
'e seen unwilling the splendor of
Ter cor quests and the victories Of her
egion until she shall give to the
,ats and moles the dsmnatory dog
snd vandalistic edicts that have
urned to ashes the sweetest things of
life upon the lips of men. Under the
esuscils,ing power Of trinal educs-
ion. literature will rise from the
omh like = beautiful shrub intertwin-
ny itself with ruin and decay until it
hSll kiss the heavens and render
and refinement to the world.
J. 3. WHITFoRD.
WHITE HALL. Jan. 81, 1884.