3. An hour passed on-the Turk awoke: He woke to hear his sentry's shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!"2 "Strike-till the last armed foe expires, 4. They fought-like brave men, long and well,c They piled that ground with Moslem slain, They conquered-but Bozzaris fell, 5. Bleeding at every vein.f His few surviving comrades saw Like flowers at set of sun.° Come to the bridal chamber, Death !h The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier,r 6. But to the hero, when his sword For thou art Freedom's now, and Fame's— That were not born to die." g a § 49. b § 12. 2. c § 19. 1. d § 26. 2. e § 14. 3. f§ 14. 1. § 12. 2. h § 24. 1. n Difference between there and their? o What figure of speech I What figure of speech? m § 25. 1. p Sound of gh? r Sound of ie? s Sound of t? § 44. 11. t § 14. 4. 2 § 14. 5. v § 13. 1. LESSON VII. WHAT IS EDUCATION? 1. "WHAT is education ?a asked a teacher of a class of girls. Young persons, when asked such general questions, do not reply promptly. They have no thoughts on the subject, and therefore have nothing to say; or, their thoughts not being arranged, they are not ready to answer; or, they may be too diffident to answer at all. On this occasion, half the girls were silent, and the rest replied, "I don't know, sir." 2. "Oblige me, girls,d by saying something," urged the teacher. "The word is not Greek-surely you have some ideas about it. What is your notion of education, Mary Bliss ?" 3. "Does it not mean, sir, learning to read and write ?"Mary Bliss paused, and the girl next her added, "and ciphering, sir, and grammar,f and geography?" 4. "Yes, it means this, and something more. What is your idea of education, Sarah Johnson ?" 5. "I did not suppose education meant much more than the girls have mentioned, sir. Mr. Smith said, at the Lyceum Lecture, that the great mass of the people received their edu cation at the common schools; and the girls have named nearly all that we learn at the common schools." 6. "Does not education mean," asked Maria Jarvis, "the learning young men get at college? I often heari people say of a man that he has had an education,' when they mean merely that he has been through college." 7. "You are right, Maria, in believing this to be a commonly received meaning of the term 'education,' but it means much more, and as it is important to you to have right and fixed ideas on this subject, I earnestly beg you all to give me your attention, while I attempt to explain to you its full meaning. 8. "A great man, Mr. Locke, said, 'that the difference to be found in the manners and abilities of men is owing more to their education than any thing else.' Now, as you are all acquainted with men, who have never seen the inside of a college, and yet who are superior in 'manners and abilities' to some others who have passed four of the best years of their lives there, you must conclude that education is not confined to college walls. 9. "You are born with certain faculties. Whatever tends to develop and improve these, is education. Whatever trains your mental powers, your affections, manners, and habits, is education. Your education is not limited to any period of your life, but is going on as long as you live. 10. "Whatever prepares you to be a profitable servant of God, and a faithful disciple of Christ; whatever increases your reverence, and love of your Maker-all that in scripture is called the 'nurture and admonition of the Lord,' is a part of your religious education. Whatever you do to promote your health, to develop and improve the strength and powers of your body, is a part of your physical education." 11. “What, sir!" interrupted little Mary Lewis, "do you mean that running, and jumping rope, and trundling hoops,f and clambering over rocks, is a part of education ?" 12. "I certainly doe-but why do you laugh, my dear child?" 13. "Because, sir, I never knew that education meant any thing so pleasant as that. I wish my mother could hear you, sir; she would let me play more, instead of studying all the time, if she only knew that driving hoop was called education." 14. The teacher smiled and proceeded-" Whatever calls forth your affections, and strengthens them-whatever directs and subdues your passions, whatever cultivates your virtues, and whatever improves your manners, is a part of you moral education." 15. "Then," said the same lively little girl, "that is what my mother means when she says, 'there is a lesson for you, Anne!" every time any one of the family does any good thing. It seems to me, I am educating all the time." 16. "You are, Anne-the world is your school, and good examples are your very best lessons. Whatever unfolds the faculties of your mind, improves your talents, and augments your stores of knowledge,m is a part of your intellectual edu cation. 17. "Whatever improves your capacity for domestic affairs, or for business of any sort, is a part of your economical education. Now you will perceive, from what I have said, that education is not confined to schools and colleges, but that, as Anne has very well remarked, we are 'educating all the time.' Nor is the conduct of education confined to professed teachers; we are educating one another. 18. "While I am teaching you geography and arithmetic, you are perhaps trying my patience, or by your own patience, calling forth my gratitude. If I make progress in these virtues, you are helping on my moral education. 19. "The knowledge you impart to one another, the kindnesses you receive, the loves you exchange, are all a part of your education. When you learn to sweep a room, to make a bed, or a cup of tea, a shirt, or a loaf of bread, you are getting on in your education. 20. " Every thing around us, my children,d may help forward this great work. The sun, the moon, and the stars, teach their sublime lessons. 'Day unto day uttereth knowledge.' The seasons make their revelations. The rain and snow, dews and frost, the trees and rocks, fruits and flowers, plants,f herbs, the very stones, and grass we tread upon, are full of instruction to those who study them. 21. "All the events and circumstances of your lives, are contributing to your education. Your class-mate, Lucy Davis, has been absent from school, the last two months. Reflect on what I have been saying to you; and then tell me whether Lucy, during this time, though she has not looked into a school-book, has made any progress, in her education ?"a 22. The girls were silent and thoughtful for a few moments. Maria Jarvis spoke first. "Lucy's 'economical education,' as you call it, sir," she said, "has been going on, for she has had the care of the family, and every thing to do, through all her mother's illness." 23. "And I guess she has been going forward in her 'moral education," said little Mary Lewis, "for I never saw any body so patient as she was with her mother's cross baby." 24. "And she has not lost this opportunity for improving in her 'religious education," resumed the teacher. "You all saw her yesterday at her mother's funeral, subduing the grief of her little sisters, by her quiet resignation, and affectionate devotion to them. Ah, she has been taking lessons in more important branches of education than are taught in schools. 25. "So you see, my dear children,d that life is a schoola primary school; and that we are all scholars, and are all preparing for a day of examination, when the infallible, allseeing Judge will decide how we have profited by our means of education." a § 14. 4. b § 14. 1. c § 11. 4. d § 11. 7. e § 14. 3. f§ 11. 2. g What does Mr. stand for? i § 43. 6. j § 49. 3. Ex. h § 11. 7. 7 § 57. m § 44. 5. n Sound of gh. p§ 44. 11. q Sound of ious. r§ 49. 1. No. 1. What did Mary Bliss call education? Sarah Johnson? Maria Jarvis? What reply did the teacher make? Remark of Mr. Locke?— What is Education? v. 10. What was the inquiry of Mary Lewis? How was Lucy Davis learning? What may life be considered? When will the examination take place? No. 2. Education, promptly, diffident, occasion, geography, nearly, conclude, confined, kindness. No. 3. Ile for oil, injun for in-di-an, jest for just, maint for may not, umbe-ril for umbrella, winder for window. No. 4. Reb'el and rebel', progress' and progress, surve'y and survey, de'sert and deser't. No. 6. In verse 21st there are three commas more than there should be, and one comma changed to a semicolon; correct them. § 11. 6. 7. No. 8. § 3. 10. § 3. 2. 6. § 5. What words in verse 11th should be emphasized? No. 10. What kind of a sentence is the first in the 17th verse. the subjects, predicates, and objects, with the modifiers of each. No. 12. All the words in the second verse. Mention Tell the different meanings of right, pitch, port, post, pound. See W. D. |