-
Articles/Ads
Article MELESICHTON. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ON EDUCATION. Page 1 of 2 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Melesichton.
& ad proved propitious , to resume his former post , and shine once more in the ' ° reat world . Melesichton replied , " Shall I again o-ive way to pomp and luxury , the fatal cause of all my late misfortunes ; or shall I spend my future days in rural labours , which have not only made me rich again , but what is more , completely happy ?" One day , in his old solitary shade , he reposed himself on the before with confusion
grass , with as much serenity of mind , as and despair . There again he slumbered ; again the goddess Ceres " jn a dream addressed him thus :- * - " True nobility consists in receiving no favours from any one , and bestowing them with a liberal hand on all . On the fruitful bosom of the earth , and on your own hands , let your dependance rest . —Never for luxury and empty -shew resign that solid good , which is the natural and ever-running ; fountain of true happiness . "
On Education.
ON EDUCATION .
IN a country where the nurture of the body and mind are more attended to than in any other , it mig ht seem superfluous to add any observations on this head , and still more so , as there are already so many celebrated men who have ably treated the subject , but they seem to have dedicated their labours , to the peculiar service of those who having sufficient of the good things . of this to make icuous fi in
¦ world , want nothing but the will a consp gure . life ; I confess here it is not the same—the subject here treated , is Day schools , and whatever friendly pen should point out a good and practicable remedy for the present abuses , he would deserve the esteem and applause of his country ; what I mean here , is to show ist . That morals oug ht to be the prime care of a master ,
2 d . Why they are not . 3 d . An attempt towards an . amendment . As to the first , I believe it will never be denied , that the care-, of the heart should be superior to that of the head , all science and art originally sprang from the natural wants and ingenuity of the people " ; but morals , which means justice with regard to property , actions which would hurt the
. and a restraint on those feelings , or the peace of another , is of a still more early origin , and may be practised at all times and in all places ; but as men are nearly alike with respect to these ruling sentiments , love of self , and love of justice , it follows that we are all intitled to the same moral rights and duties in common with each other : the rich man , though he has opulenceis not exempt from a single duty by the voice of
more , nature , and though he may lord it over his vassal , it is not from . a want of feeliu < , but a want of subsistance that he submits to it : the study of the heart is necessary as well as that of the sciences , it will therefore be to very little purpose for . your son . to be a very
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Melesichton.
& ad proved propitious , to resume his former post , and shine once more in the ' ° reat world . Melesichton replied , " Shall I again o-ive way to pomp and luxury , the fatal cause of all my late misfortunes ; or shall I spend my future days in rural labours , which have not only made me rich again , but what is more , completely happy ?" One day , in his old solitary shade , he reposed himself on the before with confusion
grass , with as much serenity of mind , as and despair . There again he slumbered ; again the goddess Ceres " jn a dream addressed him thus :- * - " True nobility consists in receiving no favours from any one , and bestowing them with a liberal hand on all . On the fruitful bosom of the earth , and on your own hands , let your dependance rest . —Never for luxury and empty -shew resign that solid good , which is the natural and ever-running ; fountain of true happiness . "
On Education.
ON EDUCATION .
IN a country where the nurture of the body and mind are more attended to than in any other , it mig ht seem superfluous to add any observations on this head , and still more so , as there are already so many celebrated men who have ably treated the subject , but they seem to have dedicated their labours , to the peculiar service of those who having sufficient of the good things . of this to make icuous fi in
¦ world , want nothing but the will a consp gure . life ; I confess here it is not the same—the subject here treated , is Day schools , and whatever friendly pen should point out a good and practicable remedy for the present abuses , he would deserve the esteem and applause of his country ; what I mean here , is to show ist . That morals oug ht to be the prime care of a master ,
2 d . Why they are not . 3 d . An attempt towards an . amendment . As to the first , I believe it will never be denied , that the care-, of the heart should be superior to that of the head , all science and art originally sprang from the natural wants and ingenuity of the people " ; but morals , which means justice with regard to property , actions which would hurt the
. and a restraint on those feelings , or the peace of another , is of a still more early origin , and may be practised at all times and in all places ; but as men are nearly alike with respect to these ruling sentiments , love of self , and love of justice , it follows that we are all intitled to the same moral rights and duties in common with each other : the rich man , though he has opulenceis not exempt from a single duty by the voice of
more , nature , and though he may lord it over his vassal , it is not from . a want of feeliu < , but a want of subsistance that he submits to it : the study of the heart is necessary as well as that of the sciences , it will therefore be to very little purpose for . your son . to be a very