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Essays On Education.
and care ; but soon commences the second period of education , and this consists for the most part of example . Inasmuch as children are by nature prone to imitation it is of the utmost consequence that from the moment when they begin , to see and hear , nothing should be done or said before them of a tendency to graft on their spotless wax the impress of defective notions , which are only to be afterwards obliterated by a world of labourThis evilhowever
. , , occurs far more frequently than is generally imagined ; while many are the circumstances noted down by children , when wc consider them to be utterly incapable of exercising even the slightest observation . No sooner have they commenced lisping a few random words , than they begin to observe , to reflect , and to compare . How great then must be the danger of allowing them to live , converse , and agree in judgment with individuals but little circumspect either in their words actions
or and who speak and act in the presence of a child as though he were a mere automaton ; while the certainty is that this presumed automaton both sees , hears , and repeats every thing that has been done or said before him—sometimes even expressing his disgust at the indiscretion of those who have unwittingly instilled into him such pernicious lemons This observation will amply suffice to show how vicious is this part of education in those families even which most pride themselves on beinofond and careful of their children
. Yet what is the habitual companion that is given to them other than a hireling , who ill performs the duties of a mother , and is oftentimes invested with the whole of her authority ? In general , this individual , however she may be otherwise a woman of respectability and education , must of necessity possess all the prepossessions of ignorance respecting her vocation , the pusillanimity of her sex , and the defects of a servile condition . The abuses and inconveniences which accrue from similar relations a ^ tlw-E ^ ™ ^^ bein g considered separatel y in
Extraordinary Vegetable Antiquity.
EXTRAORDINARY VEGETABLE ANTIQUITY .
IN unrolling an Egyptian mummy , in the Thebiad , in 1838 , which was ascertained to be 3 , 000 years old , several heads of wheat were discovered . A portion of this mummy wheat came into the hands of the Earl of Haddington , and last year , his Lordship ' s gardener , Mr . Ford , sowed four seeds of it in the garden at Tyninghame , which produced nearly 100 stalks , about six feet high , and the ears from 45 to 55 grains each . The ears had beards or hands not unlike those of barley , and the leaves on the stalks long , and nearly an inch broad .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essays On Education.
and care ; but soon commences the second period of education , and this consists for the most part of example . Inasmuch as children are by nature prone to imitation it is of the utmost consequence that from the moment when they begin , to see and hear , nothing should be done or said before them of a tendency to graft on their spotless wax the impress of defective notions , which are only to be afterwards obliterated by a world of labourThis evilhowever
. , , occurs far more frequently than is generally imagined ; while many are the circumstances noted down by children , when wc consider them to be utterly incapable of exercising even the slightest observation . No sooner have they commenced lisping a few random words , than they begin to observe , to reflect , and to compare . How great then must be the danger of allowing them to live , converse , and agree in judgment with individuals but little circumspect either in their words actions
or and who speak and act in the presence of a child as though he were a mere automaton ; while the certainty is that this presumed automaton both sees , hears , and repeats every thing that has been done or said before him—sometimes even expressing his disgust at the indiscretion of those who have unwittingly instilled into him such pernicious lemons This observation will amply suffice to show how vicious is this part of education in those families even which most pride themselves on beinofond and careful of their children
. Yet what is the habitual companion that is given to them other than a hireling , who ill performs the duties of a mother , and is oftentimes invested with the whole of her authority ? In general , this individual , however she may be otherwise a woman of respectability and education , must of necessity possess all the prepossessions of ignorance respecting her vocation , the pusillanimity of her sex , and the defects of a servile condition . The abuses and inconveniences which accrue from similar relations a ^ tlw-E ^ ™ ^^ bein g considered separatel y in
Extraordinary Vegetable Antiquity.
EXTRAORDINARY VEGETABLE ANTIQUITY .
IN unrolling an Egyptian mummy , in the Thebiad , in 1838 , which was ascertained to be 3 , 000 years old , several heads of wheat were discovered . A portion of this mummy wheat came into the hands of the Earl of Haddington , and last year , his Lordship ' s gardener , Mr . Ford , sowed four seeds of it in the garden at Tyninghame , which produced nearly 100 stalks , about six feet high , and the ears from 45 to 55 grains each . The ears had beards or hands not unlike those of barley , and the leaves on the stalks long , and nearly an inch broad .