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There is no greater defect in edu-
eating children than neglecting to
accustom them to work. Ii is an evil
that attaches mostly TO large towns
and cities. Children suffer much from
it. The parent never considers whe-
ther the child's work is necessary or
not to the child. Nothing is more
uncertain than their future indepen-
dence and comfort-much depends on
being accustomed to work-accus,
toned to provide for the thousand
constantly recurring wants that nature
entails on US.


IfthIs were not so, still il preserves
them from bad habits: it secures their
health; it strengthens both the mind
and the body; it enables them better
to bear the confinement Of the pent up
school room; and it tends more than
any thing else to give them just and
proper views Of life.


1t is too often the case that chill.
dren, provided they spend half doz.
en- hours Of the day at school, are per.
mitted to spend the rest as they please.
Thus they grow up in the world, with.
out any knowledge Of its tolls and
cares; they view it through a false
medium; they cannot appreciate the
favors you bes'ow, as they do not
know the tolls they cost; their bodies
and minds arc enervated, and they are
exposed to whatever vicious associa-
tions are within their reach.


The daughter, probably, becomes
that pitiable, helpless object, a novel
reading girl. The son, if he surmounts
the consequences Of yourneglect, does
it probably after his plans and station
for life are fixed, and when knowl.
edge, for one Of its important objects,
comes, alas! too late.


No man or woman is fully educa-
ted if not accustomed 10 useful labor.
Whatever accomplishments they pos.
sess, whatever their mental training,
deduction must be made for igno.
rahce ofthat important chapter of the
worlds great book.