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labor. 



How mucli is misumlovstoo'l in tlie word 

 labor? It is not tlio only ])UVj:/.-».-c r.f UTo, a;- 

 the reasonings of Franklin and other men of 

 material turn of turn of mind -would lead uh 

 to suppose, nor can avc carry into practice, 

 in the present ptaL'"e of llio vrorld, tlic in- 

 junctions of tlie Now Testani'.'nt, — to take 

 no thnuizht of our ])(>;lily vrants, — to live 

 without care as do the lillies and tlio vavoiis. 

 The disciples of the first schnil orr in ii.ak- 

 ing lahor, work, material ;i;ij)!i(';it;o:i, (he 

 main spring of tlu'ir c'Vorts; an I M'liocvcr 

 attempts it, from t!ie start, aniong-t the 

 children. -,viil find hiniseir'.voi'rnliy iii!.-!ak;')i 

 ill the rc.-ul'. 31iii<l is the riiiing po'.wr in 

 t^ian, and it inr.st lie cuhiv::tvd, and tluit 

 early in ]ito. Th,; nidiiaents <:[' ]ci;o\vlcdgc 

 must ihcn ho y'.\c:\ !o it all lur/tu-'ls, and it 

 a eh '.Id kiinv,- it will have t » earn its daily 

 bread, itwiH ,lo it the heiler, do it with im- 

 proved u-entivcs, and an ciUTgv and 'pur- 

 pose that ']yQ mere worker cannot ki'.ow, 

 laying aside ^■iji;;;jj(^i-atiiij.c; of liappincss and 

 general u.^el\jc,<,i that would be promoted 

 by it. 



Wc have fnU]^ i-j o,^,. peculiar field of 

 effort, and th;it n,^ arduous o!,(>, thnt those 

 youths who have 'i.,,-, y^-^.^ ^.^ucated, even 

 where there has be, ^^ j,*,.^.^^ ]„j,i ^„j ^he 

 necessity of their o^. cr.crtious for their 



future support, have, when put to work, 

 performed it more effectually, toiled liardcr, 

 scrubbed better, pos.sessed more alacrity, 

 more diligence, more cheerfulness, would 

 see farther, observe more, than those iu 

 whom labor had been made the main con- 

 sideuntion in their early training. We say 

 put jthe mind and intellect in the right 

 place, with ■Nvholesouie vicM's of the present 

 and prospectiyci in life, and labor v.ill Ibllow, 

 — labor infused with intelligence, cx])ansive 

 in its aims, that will wear well, proUtably. 

 honorably. 



To sea a family, whether .in the city or 

 country, brought up with luu one eiul in 

 view, that of mere worldly thrift, iind ]>ro- 

 inoted by the daily t lil and drudgery of 

 ohildh'Kid, turning children into adults, 

 from whom no laugh, or sport, or fun comes, 

 keeping them from school, sujipressing a 

 proper pride in tlieir personal aj pearancc, — 

 denying them times of ]c•i^ur(., liiental im- 

 proveuient, recreation, and all because it 

 co.its a little money, or in.lVinges uj'on (he 

 making of it, is straining at gn.at and sv.al- 

 lowiiig a camel, — is emphatically gaining 

 the v.hole world and losing everytiiing else. 

 Also, an intelligent training is inwardlv and 

 e.-^entialiy more humble and unpretending 

 tlian an ignorant one, more truly doniuciatic, 

 more liumane, more considerate. 



AVe are not alluding to disiinetioiis in so- 

 cietv that anv voe'.naii in the ciMuitrv liinv 

 n:it ;il':iin. "jdic wealthy {all, a- hislory and 

 our own ol.iservation inform us, by »j\t r-]n.\- 

 uihiusne.-s; tlie ign.orant are temjited into 

 rashness and anarchy; tlie tndy and evenly 

 cuhivated are the only relialile conservators 

 in societv, when times rd' emei'i:':'ii>'y cou'a'. 

 "(jive me neither poverty nor ricli.'s^"' i^; (lie 

 best wisdom. Of the <Jld Testanient view 

 of life. Folomou avers, iu aphorisms of re- 

 markable power, and with the sanction of 

 inspiration, that devotion to iijcro outward, 

 di>tinctiou is vaidt^'. lie had raised hiin- 

 seif to the pinnacle of all human greatness; — 

 no man before or since having reached the 

 splendor of his position; hi.s country had be- 



come the most wealthy and ]^owerful thru 

 known, the otlier nations paying tiibute to 

 it; and yet both of them l-ad u.isdirected 

 their energies; their ervtcrnal prosperity had 

 swayed them from tho wor.-liip of dchuvahj 

 the "iTcat Temple in which the Deitv mani- 

 fested Himself in away not vouchsafed to 

 any otlier people, had been desecrated; the 

 nation rent in twain, its unitv, power and* 

 integrity ginie f<;rever. Oi" ti;c New Testa- 

 ment v.ritiiigs. the hyperbole and mctaplior, 

 there used do not err much, in">icwing the 

 desires and anxiety of mere vftirldly posses- 

 sion as imnecessaiy, and if the view.s there 

 enunciated were carried into j>ractice, and 

 men's desires limited to reasonable wants, 

 we should luive less inequality of liuuian 

 condition, less ])overty, less distress, and bo 

 better prepared to understand the significaueo 

 of the sacred writings on this point. 



These writing> can <edy vindicate tlieir 

 good sense ;ind a]>plir;;))i];ty in ao jndition of 

 .society murh Jiigher a'ld I'ctter than has yet 

 ap]. eared, and tlicn'in is the faith of many 

 strengthciK-d that such society will o!io day 

 he reiicln d. Improvon.icnt tlieii, i{" we arc 

 right, shnuld not grope itself altog ther in 

 the eh innelsof lab )r : if it does not deleat its 

 (nvn emi thereby, ii'by limiting enjovmcnt.s, 

 chi.-i'.iL'" the avei'/tcs of taste, of access to 

 bo.,ks. or otlier iii-truction, tliere is les; ex- 

 pen. liture, (hen \,-,' must say, with^those who 

 advocate smdi ideas, we have no oiilro- 

 vir-y. 



li' t the firmer, who-e n -ti^ns ar,; i;:oro 

 on a pl.ain with our ov-n, ■ S:e n^ narrow 

 view of tlu^ educ.'itii;:! of];:s chiul; let tha4, 

 liuliter v.'ork, which lind.-- i!s iniiKcdiatc ox- 

 planatiiiu to (he youthful uiid( r:-taMd!:i;x, l-e 

 judiciously bloid -d with ,-tu.!y r.iid div. i^iou 

 in the discipline and in:-,tractio:; oi" it- life. 

 A c'aaracttir to be any way complete.- must be 

 full proportioned. If it Iiavc worlieJ too 

 much to the neglect of its other powers and 

 capacitii's, it v.iil have doi:e itself wro'i"-. 

 There is much idleness in the world, and 

 the grand maxims of Franklin and a noble 

 legacy to such, but there is more selfishnoj*;, 



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