to be worthy of
the glorious nature in whose bosom he dwells.

See to it then, Educators! that young Human Nature has its due. See to
it that conscience and the soul have their rightful supremacy, that
intellect and sweet human affection walk hand in hand. And lastly, see
to it, Educators! that these young bodies have their due. Learn for
yourselves numberless manly sports and games, and resolutely continue to
teach them and practise them yourselves in the midst of your scholars.
Love open air and exercise yourselves first; this love will be
contagious, and will communicate itself to those around you. No atom of
true dignity will be lost, and a priceless fund of good humor will be
gained for yourself, and a mutual good feeling will be established
forever between you and your scholars. Do this, and we shall no longer
hear of schoolmasters becoming old men before they are forty; but the
schoolmaster will be known as the youngest looking, healthiest and
happiest man in the district.

Upon us, my friends, more than upon any other class of men, this great,
this lamentably neglected duty devolves. We are to see to it that young
limbs and lungs have their rights; we must make men understand that it
will be a sin against God, if they do not have their rights; a sin,
whose punishment is as certain as the law of gravitation. And more, it
must be our task to make men understand the inevitable blessing which is
sure to descend upon the keeping of God's commandments written upon the
body.

Schoolmaster in country village! whose two dollars per diem are
begrudged and shaved down by some committee of boobies! whose lot,
may-be, is additionally blessed by the privilege of boarding out among
the exceedingly willing inhabitants of the district! upon thee no
foolish word of pity shall fall from lips of mine! Thee no wise man will
pity, but rather bid thee be of good cheer and play the man! Witness
thou, in thy little corner of the great world, for all Human Nature. See
thou that each part has its due, in the little flock of which thou art
shepherd. Be faithful to thy sacred trust, and eyes yet unborn shall
shine with the truth-light which thou didst first impart. Yea,
generations shall rise up and call thee blessed! By thee the young
nerves, and limbs, and brain shall be loved, and pitied, and understood.
Thou, like another Greatheart, shalt shield them from ignorance and
wrong. To thee no word of man can matter much. Whether thou be