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rounds him , the wants that he feels , the sensations and emotion s of his own nature—the * e are the first objects of the child ' s attention , and thoroughly to understand them is to be well prepared to study the past , and to work for the future .
I will try to find employment dail y for B , that shall act beneficially upon others—his learning shall not be systematic or gained from books , or have reference to that which he does not feel the use of knowing- —it will be enough if I can but help him on in the path wherein he would go . I will let him point out that path . I will endeavour to answer nis questions , ( a difficult matter , ) and his own eyes and judgment , assisted by the intelligence and goodness of those about him , shall be his instructors .
May , 1822 . —* This is my birth-day—let us have a cake / said H . to-day . I had no idea of connecting the idea of feasting with that of a birth-day . I proposed that the usual supper should be carried out into the wood . The children raised a turf throne for H . and strewed the place where we were to sit with bright flowers and fragrant ferns ,, and whilst the rays of the setting sun gilded the silver bark of the birches * M / s guitar sung him to his golden rest . It was a beautiful scene , and touching * . A dance
concluded the evening ' s amusements . H . was the last to retire to rest , and when we were alone I said to him , ' We have been very happy , dear H ., and have rejoiced that it is your birth-daywhy should we do so ? The angels sung when Christ was born , and men should sin ^ r when suc h men as Howard and
Washington are born / He understood my inuendo , and said , ' That was a foolish speech of mine about the cake ; to be sure the best way of celebrating one ' s birth-day is to give as much happiness as one can on that day . ' ' Why on that day more than all others ? ' I answered . It is a bad thing to mark out particular days for the performance of duties which it is required of us to perform every moment of our lives . Perhaps , on this very account , no institution has done more harm than the institution of
the Sabbath as a religious day ;* as if religion were not the deli ght and duty of every moment of existence . Trust me , dearest , the best celebration of your birth-day will be that which loving hearts will make each time that you confer a benefit . ' **** ** It would be interesting to discover the rules which govern children ' s apprehension of poetry . In general , that which they
cannot understand , charms mofe than that which is within their comprehension . I think I have observed that it is sound which chiefly pleases them ; after that , pathos , then horror , and then humour . like better than any other poetry Tennyson ' s New Year ' s Eve/—then , one of the Irish Melodies , viz ., The Minstrel Boy to the War is gone , '—after that , ' Chevy Chase /—? ttit o u * eurmponatat » HwUl ta jgjaia tenure t « 4 , it may b # obaerwxJ , that the ool f teactlAtsttai of tU IfebbMh cotftotoJkvd & tfae Bibfc i » u & 4 > j of ** "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1834, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2636/page/28/
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