Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . est of , perhaps, there is no class of men anywhere whoneed more drilling in regard to the subject of which wehave been treating than teachers. For a number of yearschildren should be taught chiefly through the physicalsenses. Their memories should not be worked as they areat present in a certain class of schools. In short, parentsand teachers, who between them have the training of thefuture generation
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . est of , perhaps, there is no class of men anywhere whoneed more drilling in regard to the subject of which wehave been treating than teachers. For a number of yearschildren should be taught chiefly through the physicalsenses. Their memories should not be worked as they areat present in a certain class of schools. In short, parentsand teachers, who between them have the training of thefuture generation, should see to it that the children first ofall make body; for it is a fact that the strongest, healthiest,most active, and most successful men are those who, whenthey were young, studied little and played much ; whileour weak, irritable, bilious people, are those who had longhours at school when they were young, hard mental tasks,and almost no running about. All work and no playmakes Jack a dull boy, is a proverb the truth of which isverified by experience. But dullness is not the worst darker consequences may be witnessed in every lunaticasylum and every LOCALIZING FACULTIES. There is a tendency in nature to destroy. We have illus-trations of this everywhere, and in all ages. As it has been,so is it now, Crops are blighted, fences are laid low, treesare torn up by the roots, houses are razed to their founda-tions, ships are sunk, and men and animals are suddenlydeprived of life. This apparently suicidal tendency is calleddemolitiousness. On the other hand, nature possesses apreservative power. In her bosom lie those treasures ofgold, silver, coal, iron, &c., which, when laid hold of by man,minister so much to human comfort and prosperity. Thispower, common both to man and surrounding nature, wecall concealativeness. To this nometiclature none can object; but with itsmodus operandi of application among a certain class ofteachers it is impossible for us t
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