Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-03
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and osSaa ompa, P'uS ,.D.s
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bad"
. Let him 60 oack 10 nist pincip*
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certainly, he coaid NOT acquns :. Iee, pam
hand, no' modesty oecen' one' "a'oo"'
years OF Pracu,e.
either hand
THAT u true, out tney Ao enoioea'foA
Such persons are, however, exceptionally
rare In this world 10 get oack 70 inns ousi-
ness OF learning 10 wrte-no Two nahns Az
alike but the SHAPE OF hands, their SIZE, cell
and tissue arrangement, ETC., are inhtT1ted
Sometimes one inherits from the motner
sometimes from the father, sometimes from
both Now, ones handwriting depends upon
the hand structure Were this not true the
plan In vogue Of teaching penmanship would
b perfectly correct, and It would he the
easiest task In the world to bring all
children 70 identical handwriting. That is,
II all the schools OF America used the same
copy sets, all the children who attend the
schools could be taught to initiate their sets
perfectly, and would from daily practice
make this style their own This. say, would
be easy and would be the result u their hands
were nodded in the same shape"
II sss what you are getting at"
Possibly and possibly not. Keep with me
for . few moments Those infinitely curious
and stupendously wonderful organs, II may
be permitted to 30 term them, the vocal
chords with the conformation Of larynx,
tongue, inner wall OF the mouth and the lips,
20 differ In individuals that no two voices are
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to cause them to perfectly agree in sound.
Greater nexibility, compass, richness and
sweetness are communicated BY intelligent
instruction, but theoriginal, natural individ-
uality Of voice remains So it is possible by
practice to improve the handwriting Of .
child, but either It will be only an improve
mept upon the birthright style or it will re-
suit a. In the case Of my boy, in Gripping
Rnarliug and snaring tho style. Voices Of
children and Of grown up people have been
cracked or ruined altogether by injudicious
use or improper training, precisely as present
instruction ruins the handwriting Of hun
dreds of thousands Of children"
HRREDIrY STRONGER THAN TEACHING
But good ndwriting Is not altogether
dead"
mo. and because the tendency 10 hold to
heredity is stronger than the obstinate teach
ing In vogue Once the child Is out Of its en-
vironment Of instructed instruction nature
asserts itself You see it Is in this wise: 1t
is absolutely imposdbe for two men to write
precisely alike The pupil never succeeds in
preciself initiating the line Of COPY at the
bead of the page upon which he writes To
the casual eye there is resemblance. but the
individual crops out in every word The set
copy ceasng before the muscles nerves, etc,
Of the hand are completely formed aud hard
ened. as may say. gradually nature is 70
stored and the hand becomes nimble Writ
ing then ceases to be pain"
"Do you mean to say that it is possible to
make q child suffer phy sicai pain in the mere
operation Of writingf'
THAT Is precisely what do mean-uo more
and no less Think of the demand made upon
pupils-that they shall sit In a given posture,
that they shall hold their pens In a given
way, and all that sort Of nonsense. The
formation Of hands and fingers is such that
no particular manner Of holding the pen
~ rostu,s Of the bodv When sorc.s, an, ~