Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-20
,.,a,,on to crime.

IN It's Relation ~
" AN y, on the contrary, deals
lca, s,nUSi,yIdual, and itsiniIuence
| b. l nna ne Of each member q
'it :. a more ,n easily and accusa .s. |
b Is m ,e'arstits Of mental edd
~ ns Judged by the general 1,,.l
|slliS Isr n such a community Is
|oI TO- ,ge N morality Of It's lndi-
\ by ,. sne o nc Of education hes
linr ~ when It has ele-
.ps eI.psd n Of intelligence to 2
,a " mind may receive moral
tne r the reasoning powers
.,raneh the instrums.ihsa,iii y ~, "
h nnSIle crime and immoral
e pun" agneation, or TO claim
w. ,'s..'atIon IS an antidote for
dI IS veil argue the responsi-
.. ~ nrepares the soil, Tor
Il Mno whose p1sd duty it is to plant
''h :, line plan andt reap the
tlss's Of the mind does re-
N u Di,,oo 81 the individual and
go '';'., ma crime abhorrent TO
Il w. ,s,e Of ignorance, might
y Tith Indifference. Edu-
9. ,rd does intenify the pride
nv sod producea scorn for
md vulgar associations,
MIN from the tempta-
,, N ignorance on every
a.. a. 81 the mind does ac-
Y XII ,he history Of the human
y he contIasted picture
Ia J Y crimes and its meanest
y us decide by the exercise
|| ',ber. even from a worldly
\. better TO array ourselves
nnrIty and virtue, or join
snmarity and vice. Educa-
,ri does acquaint MS with
nsture, and leads us to a
I mat creative power in all
and yastness, and to &C
"a comparative narrow limits
me mental horizon Of man
~ 4 and best. Education OF
. affect the mental status Of
and enables them TO com,
treat principles of right and
5aorIes OF law, the tounda'
4 aud political institutions
"a, Of government, with a clear
IA n Which men are incapable
ignorance. Education OF thu
pssuredly operate to cleal
M which becloud the intel
bnorant, and to endow tn
= 'atellect with that accuracy Q
(hablcs map to believe in hi
3 Xiv, and to fix within hin
s,af responsibility to q highe
.l|tb is the first step toward
ahtlon OF an individual or
ming SO far as some OF tn
advocates of universal edu
tonsidering the work in whic
led is preparing an antidot
&ce and immortality, let u
tat we are laborlng to prepar
mind for the reception {
I ia its retention by means {
' ihdgment.
In ITS RELATION TO CRIME
the true and proper spher
Education has been decide
labors confined to its legit
Nee, It will attain its highet
butts. Intolerance, bigotI
's3tm and all the various form
fch have held mankind
.3he past will be shorn OF q
and moral questions wi
IN the operations of the Il
than be left to the unce
asonable decision of pref
mental education has done
is doing in the present CT
imsted; but that IL may pc
had perfect work, it behoov
engage in the task of cult
Reflect u see to it that u
5hfully performed; first, b
les the elevation of mankin
moreover, the training
hind is fitting prelude al
Ipr the training of the humi
Q4E preparation in fact viii
sd the morality Of a nation
{bundations. When 1t is pi
A Knowledge is power 1t do
Merely the sum Of human
Y ia experience. Small and
Il Indeed would be that pow
TO limits so narrow. L
Which is the grandest a
:. a,er is that which includes
I, >pnception of mans matt
@ity, which values all his W
kinments, not for the pal
but for the sublimest VI
f believe with Job that so
ffe Lord is the beginni
4. may we not also belle
B that the end of wisdom,
hd Of the education VIII
the publication of his 81
Z the elevation of his men
Ats view Of the question,
lnening of the mental fac
IN 1 a sacred matter, since
6ote enable man to meet Q
4 II tbe obstacles of the pres
" les him to decide int
&tisfactorily the momentc
sN future life. 1t needs
Il, fedlct that, with tine spr'
cation, will come, as a I
- buence, a broader and P
Hedge Of man in all
pns--that Intelligence '
22er truths which escape