Milford chronicle., 1902-03-07

standing of him possible, is, that he has,
or should have,n no animal nature. For his
nature is nobly animal, nobly spiritual
coherently and irrevocably so; neither
part of it may, but at its peril, expel, de-
spise, or defy the other"
"Omit a few of the most abstruse sciences, and
mankind's study of man occupies nearly the
whole field of literature. The burden Of history
is what man has been; of law, what he does; OF
physiology, what he is; of ethics, what he ought
to be; of revelation, what he shall be-"
The so-called education of many persons IS
simply an apology for the real education some
have obtained Il envy the latter. The moral
and physical being needs large share Of edu-
eating elsewhere, the intellect viii be lame in
both feet.
knowledge puffeth up" And one needs to
be edited or built up. There is an education
beyond mere words aud figures.
"Big words do not smite like war clubs, boast
full breath is not a bow-string. Taunts are not
so sharp as GROWS, deeds are better things than
words are, actions mightier than boasting."
Give us teachers who believe i'll whole-souled
work for their scholars future, and the compul-
sorry education aw, would have its poison faugs
extracted.
Though reason is not to be relied upon as
universally sufficient to direct us what to do,
yet it is generally to be relied upon and obeyed
where it tells us what not to do"
Does not reason teach us not to enact laws and
tax our people, in order that our children may
be taught-a-miss?
whats all the noisy jargon of the schools,
But idle nonsense of laborious fools
Who 'fetter reason with perplexiug rules"
Investigation would prove to you that some o.
our scholars, called smart ones. scarcely know
what they claim to know, why they know it
The companionship of our children and youni
I people. shouldbe enjoyable and refreshing. The,
are our future men and womeu, without the trial
and pollution of years and their sickening con
sequences partly harvested. A natural, grace
full, easy-mannered child with sunny face
worth looking at. No artists canvas can repro
h duce it. The light and shade may be there bu
. it lacks the life, which inspires you to a happ
admiration.
y Alas for the uprising ofdisgust which come
# to us when little tots, land some older one
put on all the airs and simperings oftheir mi
X. guided elders
"a little nonsense now and then, is relished
o the best Of men" All nonsense is unpleasaI
IS and Improbable.
Il Listen, uuObsCrNed, 10 the common COANefS
tion in a company of either sex, OF of a mike
y company. You might be tempted to say wit
Cowper
j. "Words learned by rote parrot may rehears
- But talking is not always to converse;
III Not more distinct from harmony divine
8 The constant creating of a country sign"
=, What would Newton say Of our lives TO-DAY
When lie could say of himself: 81 do not kno
IL what may apper to the world, but to myself,
Id seem to have been only like a boy playing
seashore,and diverting myself in now and tn
.a finding a smooth pebble. or prettier shell thu
the ordinary,whiist the great ocean of truth
as all undiscovered before me-"
- It is not education and its laws which
ed should fight. But the great Giant Sham viii
stalks the land in arrogance.
Have you fully realized that the children goi
'u to school to-day WILDE in the future, our vote
k officers anG Lawmakers; fathers and mothers,
in well as good or bad citizens DO they need c
A. ucation Yes, Of the best stamp or real wor
Have l written truth or falsehood? "If we
'e' honest with ourselves, we shall be honest W
dy each other"
en- Give us commissioners and teachers who v
,re teach the children that "Honor is like the e
= which cannot suffer the least injury witht
damage; it is a precious stone, the value
VII which is lessened by the least flaw"
to Good laws should hold no terrors except
evil-doers, and that should not include us, or
- children. +. THORos