ition to
the evils here referred to, sometimes leads to the most driveling
idiocy, and to insanity in its worst forms. All, then, who have the
charge of children, and especially parents and teachers, should exercise
a rational familiarity with them on this delicate but important subject.
They should give them timely counsel in relation to the temptations to
which they may be exposed, apprise them of the evils that follow in the
train of disobedience, and endeavor, by kindly advice and friendly
admonition, to infix in their minds a delicate sense of honor, an
abhorrence for this whole class of vice, and a determination never to
entertain a thought of indulging the appetite for sex except within the
pale of wedlock, and in accordance with God's own appointment.

In conclusion, on this subject, I would say, if there is one house in
the district more pleasantly located, more comfortably constructed,
better warmed, and more inviting in its general appearance, and more
elevating in its influence than any other, that house should be the
school-house.

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WELL-QUALIFIED TEACHERS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED.

All the provisions heretofore described would be of none effect if
we took no pains to procure for the public school thus constituted
an able master, and worthy of the high vocation of instructing the
people. It can not be too often repeated, that it is the master that
makes the school.--GUIZOT.

Society can never feel the power of education until it calls into
exercise a class of effective educators.--LALOR.

One of the surest signs of the regeneration of society will be the
elevation of the art of teaching to the highest rank in the
community.--CHANNING.

We come next to the consideration of _school teachers_; for, in order to
have good schools, we want not merely good school-houses. These, as
already seen, are of the utmost importance; but, to insure success, _we
must have good teachers in those houses_. And here, were I addressing
myself exclusively to the members of this profession, it would be
appropriate to dwell in detail upon the requisite qualifications of
teachers. But this would be foreign from my present design.[72]

[72] Among the many excellent works already before the public, I would
name the following, which the practical teacher may profitably consult:
THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOLMASTE