MR. GLADSTONE ON MENTAL CULTURE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 320, 1 December 1875, Page 4

MR. GLADSTONE ON MENTAL CULTURE.

At the meeting of Uh6 HawaVd?h Lreerary Institution, held on Sepietaber 14, Mr Gladatona delivered address, in which he said:^-" In the coorse 6i i&W'lJftfetititiiget u^6n ' eartb caaii>LsßJtbf&fe forma of : life*— his spiritual JUe^i hie ititellaotaal life, and his bodily life. It is in relation to God, ant! upon his relations to God r upon the knowledge of God(«tid japoti all that concerns that knowledge that bia destiny and his^happine^. really depends in these matters. Of, that bodily or material life the. wantW are perfectly imperative and^JhdifepßOsable. It ie in hia choice to at great*; decree whether he will cultfrfela hi* intellectual faculties. It can hardly be in hla choitfe'wbetlie^he will labor K often htfppeei* trf Ifie tefxed and irap§,rfect con|iiti^n f itt j^W^'S^'feii the > K exigefli^fl9 jof. ilia to/iily ,B,^ , QMteriol life are ipaeb; > god meaSß^ «* Bappfyittg th6ca f B6 MH&6> that t^ifey' ing to the wants of our intellectaal life; att<* tbst, perbftpe; i« tbW ; g?ea4 ;i escaae j tfii^aaiij yo;ii]jd;;^a|g : j (^|^alMM' oalia of an lQatituttoQ of ißia kinal' TJ^eyirsay,. n' € Itr. is >allr?eryf well ftir , ofwondy.id » ' Bo 1 ? I^4m--nb%-'ih I ;th^r,jjo^t%;^>dji;. i «i(,Jab<%|eg mau r upon ijrajrV oafi^»|epeß(ten.6:upod,aJy [health,! aad 5 I have got a wife and children ttPsa^ port. It is not for me and I ,f^ n^ bothered witbifc.^ ' Wefi; now^ ia thai an excuse whigK^'feM^ t aj^mtglejiy i|©l labopiqgpopqlsuon 1 . generally as they now stand? — There ia no cirenmatamcqiriore gra^fyißg, tyjQjwto, in the cinacga which baa taken place, especially in our Jabot i^ popblatioD, as to ,tha taey poaseis both fof Belf-eupport.a^d,fle|f^ijiprpvemenfc. I do not eDterupoQ the question whether ia &eir c^e^bejt havefialhlhat ii to be desired in thi« world.' It will have to undergo a great many changes before those who iph.abH'it G^Jiave all that is to bek.desiredj bni.jl^^.- have not? what,, they /had not in 'other times. There is not-otrly- sn improrenrent upon their. ■ goddUion in) otJxQt times, but th|re is a control with their condition in other times — a contrast of a .flseafc" ' highly- SvktMZ ieiiapactdT-i , s contrast which must carry joy S. B al;isfs6li6i -; T %e , % lieaVt : ' f -ot •avery roieHigeot mah toot' b€laagiog' to .the' 'laboritrg claa(aea who knows that in ihe laboring classes { Ss,dtbe c b9Biai and fouadaUoa of rhe ibetitutions of the Country, aad of all that constitutes the BatioaV- Now you j hear people sometimes say t!aa(i the : mjirry JEngla^ Is ,gppe by, j Weil* it may not be as merry oowin , alt-cases-aa-jwa_ghottld wish- U to-be, .cVj£. r W!ra#J' WJl^T^yoierTy as tt waa in tbe tim,eß^.o.f your fathers and ■!gcanflfathers| aiad many, getteraiiionfs them,; and <« good 1 deal Merrier ( parish, Uiere, is nota genaral preaaure .m jftoktit if isaioaglha laboring : 'cfeesea « We- B^lt.^te^^lu^ ! ,^ < :^ur ' badijy.-.wjj^ W>^ u jp the auppor^ of j .our._fam:iUes,.7aml* J wbLwUI . reserve | nothiDg,whatevar for the cujlti^tion of ! our minds." Knigloyoient of the mind | j^rftHefto[ib^^d/|>y^B,e:rur/ienipldyr ment and rec/eat(od A .<|oes not in tbe degree <add &feFlttjffi fatieoe which the body andergo^s which j promotes '^ai^HlibJe^^iid I development^? '^W^^l^a between | body andffiipdi^w'pN i9 W9o copdoqive j to the health, bsweli as to the hrtppiuwnrot m&vkitit. In to respect it! must be r admitted, that .a ...peo- ; pie—an^ ',' fUM .npt! ,6f the lab^ng.el^sboi^g^l^Jasl^we do net come u,p,lp jibe : ycojper standard, j cultiva- j ,Jf6ii_of .bur.miad 54.-we-.are, unless under j of; ,-absqlute nefie^aityy a | "raifier indolent people as regards %#n--j fl fal CHUivatiqn.oot iDihQ lowest class j fibut Jtti/&11< claasaa. i; After a long | 1 df-Hfe I U% My.Wfcl in ali j classes' ffcm the highfeat t^.tfi'e towesi I We^uldMJr^ejstjsgafisti^ln oor i separate 1 apherea/.qa^eavpr to show we j are (i ooj r examples .of it, and not «Hpw| our^lve^to ali tie into that reprehensible practice. What shall I : say of bther natioaa? ' The?eare ctbdr nations much j before* : «is la« ; l!lfl3- t-eipect. You willi find in Germany, "Fi-arioevaiia in ti>4ny j greater dißpoßi£ipo among the people; of ibfl /qounjry !tQ,,a^ilahemßelvee of, opportaoitiea of knowledge and mental i cultur&thuß in England. In Scotland: 'there is a great disposi don; 'But vpfhy? j _of ! . the jmproveJ, feaucaejon! Ijfrhicb; (he, 3,c,bifoU : !b^y,Q. l /now ! enjoyed .for a ggpd, •«aQy;!gener*yonsi JFor;a i good many generations they have had a reaUy : efficient popular education. The.masl-ot' ..the Knglish. people, are , 4>ply ; jusy pmin^^tft.po^srQn; of rtbia b!688U1g.7 ' '■ " ' ' -' ,i ■