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sign of a storm, the hunter a track of game, and the botanist 

 a flower, which escape the notice of the unpractised ob- 

 server. A teacher of botany carried, in June, a box full of 

 new flowers to a new but zealous pupil, who was much 

 gratified with the sight of such a variety, and asked where he 

 had found so many. " On the road to the mill." ' I walked 

 over the whole of that road," said the scholar, " and looked, 

 as I thought, carefully for flowers, this morning, but could 

 find only two." 



849. Any one or more of the moral powers may be 

 educated in the same manner. Self-command in times and 

 scenes of peril comes by education, and is confirmed by habit. 

 The new sailor climbs fearfully to the mast, and has hardly 

 command of his muscles to assist in the management of his 

 sails ; but, after a few voyages, the same man will run over 

 the rigging, and work there, even when the ship is violently 

 rocked in the storm, with as much self-possession as if he 

 were working in a shop on land. A painter's young appren- 

 tice crawls up the ladder with fearful agitation, and uses his 

 brush with such timid caution that he touches over only a 

 narrow surface on either side. But constant practice dis- 

 pels all fear, and then he runs up the longest ladder without 

 hesitation, and paints on either side to the farthest reach of 

 his arms. 



850. In this development of the moral and intellectual 

 faculties, teaching is the guide, and shows the way, and no 

 more ; but exercise gives them power. Learning the princi- 

 ples alone will not mak a man a musician, a mechanic, or 

 a philanthropist. It will not fill his heart with love, cheer- 

 fulness, or self-denial. The brain and the muscles, the mind 

 and the hand, must be accustomed to the practice of these 

 arts and principles, in order to make one skilful or virtuous. 

 He who would be truly benevolent, must accustom himself 

 to do kind acts; he must not only know how, but he must 

 be actually employed in relieving distress. Cheerfulness 

 must be established by the same practical law. Men must 

 not only believe in this rule, but they must habitually take 



