j- f i 4 'St--' TheVorld wa made so various thai the mind of desultory man, studious of change and pleased with novelty, might be indulged, CowpsV. RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1838. No. WW 1 kt&ii 3? 4 V PUBLISHED, WEEKLY. '- 1 i.-'- ' By Master X E ONI D AS' B.LEMAY. v i:zt $150 per annum. i .. Advertisements inserted at the. usual rates," LETTERS ON EDUCATION. No. III. , y---.,,.. Mb. Editor Addison has beautifully ob served in one of his, essays, that the constant efforts of the human mind to arrive a perfec tion, without being able to attain it, is a con vincing propfof the immortality of the soul. The same remark he has also applied with equal judgment to our love of happiness. If we cannot be perfectly happy, we certainly find pleasure la the pursuit of happiness; and if we cannot be perfect in knowledge,! we can undoubtedly attain a great degree of perfect ibility in acquiring it: and' this is what we mean by education' - We consider the Su preme Being tabe all-wise and omnipotent, and as we naturally suppose our minds to re semble his, so1 are weinduced consequently to ascend as hTglHk&e s mcnt as our" iTatare.4t'lation will en able us'ib- do. Ndil tiJ6,cnd and bu siness "of educoJtojafc' who would excel in his- aiTi$!;HufiujUrih nature and use'of hi&tbolsjdtheiif his materials. He who wbjiiy "ltetpiexie rate himself tmanmi 6ompTjMd him self knowhis owlpqwers"andc!ties and learn the qualitiesjand combinations of the objectaround hlh is placed in two things- it is necessary to know our own constitution1, and to know the means of improving -our powers and faculties. Youth, in their studies; practice 'the latter while they are acquiring the former. I Education is tiieoretical and practical: the oretical because it imparts the knowledge of our nature, and the nature of those objects .. which we perceive by our senses: practical, because it loaches us to" use and improve our powers; and the powers of other animated beings of material substances. Theoretical knowledge constitutes science art lis the practical exercise of knowledge. Geography is a science- drawing is an art. - i. As the bodily and mental povera of child hood gradually unfold into manhood, so must the scholastic exercises of y outh lead; us by degrees to the perfectibility of out nature that is, to" the free and completeuse' of all our corporal and men tal. faculties in a high state1 ,o& progressive: improvement. jHence the natural di vision arises of the education of the fodfrtandthe ed ucatioirof the mind man form the mind, it is necessary to cultivate the faculties of perception, attention, memory reason, an3 invention:, to rear toe body, we most give4 it health, strength, actiyityy and dexterity. tSana rhensjn torpwtsno' In the. orcpass rif our knowledge three subjects may be distinguished. , First, the , thiogstherasetves; ifiextj the properties of things;jnd v lastly; theirvrelationsif Thek things subject to burlknowledgeare mlndc" matter. We know Erectly only ene inind- onr own; indirectly we ecorne acquainted with the roirids of other men a6d with that of the Suprerr.3 Being. t Whatever we-perceive by our senses is matter or the proper ties and .relations of matter. . These originate ce vv nc is circle oi our Knowieage, ana on them are founded the multiplicity of human arts & sciences. shall not now delineate all the varied branches and twigs of the arts and sciences which sprout from these two solid roots;, much less describe the beautiful and variegated foliage which adorns its top with verdant and many-colored tints.' O n the vast field ; of rhuman enterprise each inquisitive spirit will pursue its separate, chosen path; education respects the great public roads on ly which young and inexperienced traveller must pursue at first ' To enable a child to walk in the way in which he should go, his steps must be guided from earl iest infancy. Chi ben comincia, ha le meta dell opra." The beginning is half the, work. ' The influ ence of mothers and nurses on the first ideas and notions of a child is almost unlimited, and from it arise many of the greatest de fects of youth'J The evils of temperament and many other bad habits may be traced to the same cause. The fretful impatience 6f the nurse will often re-appear in the nursling, and the mother's follies revive in thechild's r dissipation. The selection of domestics to have charge of children may be of little im portance to the parent, but it is of vital inter est to the child. The first passions aroused are apt td be the predominant ones m after life. Even Phrenologists acknowledge this truth when they confess that habit may cor rect the defects of nature or alter the effect of temperament. The first lessons in litera ture are likely to be the pattern for successive ones. The practice of learning correctly1, thoroughly, and understanding!! cannot be acquired too early. The vast importance of a good beginning is very strongly and aptlvj: recommended in the prospectus of onr Uni versity. ' " If parents desire that their sons and wards shall attain to good scholarship1, they must look well to the foundation on which the superstructure is to be reared. If this duty be neglected, let it be remembered, that on them rests the responsibility." If children form a taste for virtue and learning in tbeir'early years, that taste wilUaccompa ny them in the fall of age. Principiis o5, sta, sero jnedicina paratur, ore is a trite adage but a true one. AN OLD FIELD TEACHER. ( To be continued.) FOR THE MICBOCOS3I. ON THE DISSOLUTION OF ALL THINGS. Every thing of earth is dissoluble. "There is nothing in the wide world, beneath the throne of God, that is not subject to rauta-n tioftto decay, i The " everlasting hills," as thev are called, are snraduallv wastingr awav. - ueiu cunaubiutju o uouy auu iumu. i u ju- f 5 ana niiin? up tne vauies ai ineir Dase. 1 tie solid granite of the mountain wastes away under the ravages of ,time. Where magnifi ficent cities in one age obtrude their splen dors upon the gaze o an astonished people in the next, perhaps naught is seen but a wide spread waste of ruins. We logk out upon the world, and here and . there see the relics of splendid empires -thtf jphlseled fragments btjs-; proud :?col4mnsrtriuttnyarches' remains of magnificent temples the ruins 'fof; ancient mausoleumsnd upon ? every - fracrmcrit "of things' that were we see uiscrib , ed by the hand, of time " passing away.' : Supposewe; go ift fancy .and gaze- npon an- cient Babylof4, irj,!! her strength and beau ty. ; h Soe Ker':ty werinjf ; serial ' gardens her- I 'grand and finished temples, surmounted with spiral minarets and glittering cupalos. View her massive walls and impregnable towerr, and ask, can this city, which in the Book of God is called the ".beauty of the Cbaldean'd excellency! and " the glory of kingdoms," ask, can it ever be laid waste 'Hie projph- et's eye, piercing the dizzy vista of interven ing years, looked on until the present. He saw it a pile of ruins, without an inhabitant; except beasts ot prey and the most loathsome of animals. Go, now, with the grave anti quarian, and search for its site; and as you v. 1 stand at the lonesome '.hour f of mid night and listen to the startling scream of thfc defrm ed night prowling hyena, the savage yelj of ,1 the jackall,.orthe menacing roar of the Hoai do younbt;feel that all things on eaith kre dissoluble- hastening to decay! - Co in fan cy and. contemplate the splendid remainstif the proud Parthenon and Acropolis ofHth ens; and as you gaze upon their tottering col- - urns and upon the scattered fragments of her ', , ruined capitals and polished frieies telljme .'J ' if earthly grandeur is not evanescent i Transport yourself in thought to the far-famed Colliseum of Rome; and as you trace upon. its pillars the ravages of time and hear ihe winds wailine the direre of its denartfd o-ln.. ry, among itslofty, turrets and ruined battle ments say if allt .things are not subject to mutation.. Where are Alexandria, Echatana, Persepolis, and hundred-gated Hiebes of eld-."" en time! Balbec, of the 1 desert. and 'Jar. thage, where! Past away and buried be- Man himself hastens to decaf .lUSee theln. fant of davs, rocked in th& cradle. nnrtuVp and caressed by the doting- mother. Lfloja again.' He is treading the slippery paths of youthand again, and wc see him in all the" vigor of manhood: but look again, and you ; see Mm with whitened lock, furro wed cheek, : palsied hand, and decripped step, treading 0 along upon the farthest brink of time-bend- ing. over eternity. Gaze for a moment npon ' the loveliest object on earth, a young and beautifuHeraalewith handsome mien aDd a Lstep as buoyant asair; her cheek glows with a mountain frephness," while vivacity and sprightiiness sparkle in her eyeCan she " -:.$Yer die!: Look and you see her blasted by Vaflaictiofj--like the tender flower by autoiw hal frosts. . The rosy hue has forsaken herrv' cheek and is followed by the paltnes9dfi death? her eye no longer burns with f the fire :. of yoiith, but is covered with the film of death.: She. is dead -carried to the tomb;' Look .again: the withered , grass, waves ; mournfully over her slumbering form; au- V tumnal leaves, sere and blasted, rustled own V Htipph her grave, fit emblems ofj earthly beauV K -ty. A1 flesh is as grass." Seeing then tJ that all these things shall be dissolved.' what manner of persons ought ye to be, in all koly - - - . 1 1 1; , ; v " OMEGA. Nov. 1838. 9 f t - 1 , - -us' 1' - . THE POWER OP MUSrC. We have picked up, from soma, of the' ua- pera, tne -louowing story;. taougn ; we -40 .not j-? . know that it 1 troe. ; .At u .onifXli 8ulton Amurath, a very : -cruel' pHncvtof',cri '.Tr3 ' laid siege tolhe city tttkAX'jX gave orders that 30,000 of the Petwathotskxyf v ' -r f - S - 4. i . 7 they bad submitted and laid down'thetr ir aould be put to deatn. . "iv Anions these anfortanate victims wif 5 - 1 ' "S - -f -

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