Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852Various
General
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXV, June, 1852
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
In SPAIN the summary dismissal of Gen. Concha as Captain-General
of Cuba, excites a good deal of interest. The Government has given
no reasons for the act. His brother declares that he had fallen a
victim to his desire to reform certain inveterate abuses in the
administration. General Caredo left Cadiz, March 20th, as his
successor. ---- Severe measures have been taken by the Government to
restrain the freedom of the press. Very heavy fines have been imposed
upon several journals for their strictures on the Government. ----
A squadron is to be fitted out to cruise in the Mediterranean as a
practical school for Spanish sailors.
In TURKEY Reshid Pascha has been reinstated as Prime Minister. His
dismissal was the result of a court intrigue, and did not indicate any
abandonment of the reform policy which he has established. ---- A new
tax has been decreed--not upon foreign imports, but upon the domestic
productions of the country. ---- Gen. Perczel, who distinguished
himself during the Hungarian war, and subsequently was detained in
Turkey, has left for the United States.
In GREECE a good deal of interest has been excited by the trial,
conviction, and banishment of Rev. Dr. King, who has been for several
years a zealous American Missionary at Athens. He was accused of
reproaching the established religion, tried by the Areopagus, and,
without being allowed to speak in his own defense, adjudged guilty. He
was allowed fourteen days to leave the country.
Editor's Table.
WHAT IS EDUCATION? On this question every man feels at home, and
we know not, therefore, why it may not be made the subject of
some brief remarks in our Editorial Table. The answers are almost
innumerable--education is useful knowledge--it is practical training
for all pursuits in life--it is culture--it is growth--it is
discipline--it is learning to think--it is learning to act--it is
_educing_ the statue from the block of marble--it is development--the
development of the mind--the development of the mind and body--the
development of the whole man, physically, mentally, morally--it is a
preparation for business, for success in life, for working out the
problem of humanity, &c., &c., &c. May we not find one term that will
embrace whatever of truth there is in these metaphors, and yet exclude
the error which may be regarded as attaching, more or less, to each one
of them. Perhaps the safest guide here to right thinking may be found
in following out that analogy which Providence has established between
our spiritual and our material organization. What is the highest good
of the body considered in itself, and without reference to any more
ultimate bearing upon the well-being of the soul. HEALTH, is at once
the answer. If man were all body (could such a case be conceivable),
that state or organization of it we call its _health_, would be the
highest end of human existence.
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