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the    practical   use   of  some    stray   talisman    which    the   poor   student    has 

invented in his laboratory�察 � this is the spirit which is abroad               among our 

scientific men�察�to a greater degree than it ever has been               among any body 

of men for many a century past�察�and might well be                  copied by those who 

profess deeper purposes and a more exalted                 calling�察�than the discovery 

of a new zoophyte�察�or the          classification of a moorland crag。 

     And   it   is   these   qualities�察  �however   imperfectly   they   may   be   realized 

in any individual instance�察�which make our scientific men�察�as a                  class�察�the 

wholesomest   and   pleasantest   of   companions   abroad�察  �and   at           home   the 

most blameless�察�simple�察�and cheerful�察�in all domestic                 relations�察�men for 

the   most   part   of   manful   heads�察  �and   yet   of  childlike   hearts�察  �who   have 

turned to quiet study�察�in these late          piping times of peace�察�an intellectual 

health   and   courage   which       might   have   made   them�察  �in   more   fierce   and 

troublous      times�察  �capable     of   doing    good    service    with   very   different 

instruments than the        scalpel and the microscope。 

     I   have    been    sketching      an   ideal�此   �but     one    which    I   seriously 

recommend         to  the   consideration      of   all   parents�察   �for�察 �though     it  be 

impossible   and   absurd   to   wish   that   every   young   man   should   grow   up   a 

naturalist by profession�察�yet this age offers no more wholesome                   training�察�

both moral and intellectual�察�than that which is given by               instilling into the 

young an early taste for outdoor physical             science。     The education of our 

children is now more than ever a             puzzling problem�察�if by education we 

mean     the   development       of  the   whole     humanity�察    �not   merely    of  some 

arbitrarily    chosen     part   of   it。    How      to  feed    the   imagination     with 

wholesome food�察�and teach it to            despise French novels�察�and that sugared 

slough   of   sentimental      poetry�察  �in   comparison   with   which   the   old   fairy´ 

tales    and   ballads    were     manful     and   rational�察  �how    to  counteract     the 

tendency   to     shallowed   and   conceited   sciolism�察  �engendered   by   hearing 

popular      lectures   on   all   manner   of   subjects�察  �which   can   only   be   really 

learnt     by    stern   methodic      study�察  �how    to   give   habits   of   enterprise�察�

patience�察�accurate observation�察�which the counting´house or   the                    library 

will    never   bestow�察    �above    all�察 �how   to  develop     the  physical     powers�察�

without engendering brutality and   coarseness ´ are                questions becoming 

daily more and more puzzling�察�while they need                  daily more and more to 



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be solved�察�in an age of enterprise�察�travel�察         �and emigration�察�like the present。 

For the truth must be told�察�that           the great majority of men who are now 

distinguished   by   commercial         success�察  �have   had   a   training   the   directly 

opposite to that which          they are giving to their sons。          They are for the 

most part men who          have migrated from the country to the town�察�and had 

in their youth      all the advantages of a sturdy and manful hill´side or sea´ 

side    training�察�men whose bodies were developed�察�and their lungs fed on 

pure breezes�察�long before they brought to work in the city the                 bodily and 

mental strength which they had gained by loch and moor。                       But it is not 

so   with   their   sons。   Their   business   habits   are   learnt    in   the   counting´ 

house�察�a good school�察�doubtless�察�as far as it goes�此                 �but one which will 

expand none but the lowest intellectual             faculties�察�which will make them 

accurate accountants�察�shrewd            computers and competitors�察�but never the 

originators     of  daring     schemes�察     �men    able  and   willing    to  go   forth  to 

replenish the earth       and subdue it。       And in the hours of relaxation�察�how 

much     of   their  time    is  thrown    away�察   �for  want    of  anything    better�察  �on 

frivolity�察  �not    to   say   on   secret   profligacy�察  �parents   know   too   well�察  �and 

often shut     their eyes in very despair to evils which they know not how to 

cure。    A frightful majority of our middle´class young men are                   growing 

up   effeminate�察  �empty   of   all   knowledge   but   what   tends      directly   to   the 

making of a fortune�察�or rather�察�to speak correctly�察              �to the keeping up the 

fortunes which their fathers have made for               them�察�while of the minority�察�

who are indeed thinkers and readers�察             �how many women as well as men 

have     we    seen    wearying     their   souls     with    study    undirected�察    �often 

misdirected�察  �craving   to   learn�察  �yet   not    knowing   how   or   what   to   learn�察�

cultivating�察  �with   unwholesome   energy�察         �the   head   at   the   expense   of   the 

body  and   the heart�察  �catching up   with        the   most   capricious   self´will   one 

mania after another�察�and tossing            it away again for some new phantom�察�

gorging the memory with facts            which no one has taught them to arrange�察�

and the  reason   with      problems   which they  have   no   method   for  solving�察�

till they fret    themselves in a chronic fever of the brain�察�which too often 

urge     them   on   to   plunge�察  �as   it   were�察  �to   cool   the   inward   fire�察  �into   the 

ever´restless seas of doubt or of superstition。           It is a sad    picture。     There 

are many who may read these pages whose hearts will                    tell them that it is 



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a true one。      What is wanted in these cases is             a methodic and scientific 

habit   of   mind�察  �and   a   class   of   objects   on which   to   exercise   that   habit�察�

which   will   fever   neither   the    speculative   intellect   nor   the   moral   sense�察�

and those physical        science will give�察�as nothing else can give it。 

     Moreover�察�to revert to another point which we touched just now�察�man 

has a body as well as a mind�察�and with the vast majority there will                    be no 

MENS       SANA   unless       there   be  a  CORPUS        SANUM        for  it  to  inhabit。 

And what outdoor training to give our youths is�察�as we have already                     said�察�

more     than    ever   puzzling。     This     difficulty   is  felt�察 �perhaps�察     �less   in 

Scotland than in England。            The Scotch climate compels             hardiness�察�the 

Scotch bodily strength makes it easy�察�and Scotland�察                  �with her mountain´ 

tours   in   summer�察  �and   her   frozen   lochs   in   winter�察  �her   labyrinth   of   sea´ 

shore�察    �and�察  �above     all�察 �that   priceless    boon      which     Providence       has 

bestowed   on   her�察  �in   the   contiguity   of   her   great   cities   to   the   loveliest 

scenery�察�and the hills where every             breeze is health�察�affords facilities for 

healthy physical   life      unknown   to   the  Englishman�察 �who   has   no Arthur's 

Seat towering above          his London�察�no Western Islands sporting the ocean 

firths beside his       Manchester。       Field sports�察�with the invaluable training 

which they       give�察�if not 

       ;The reason firm�察─�

       yet still 

       ;The temperate will�察�Endurance�察�foresight�察�strength�察�and skill�察─�

       have    become      impossible     for   the   greater    number�此     �and     athletic 

exercises      are   now�察   �in  England      at  least�察  �becoming      more     and    more 

artificialized and expensive�察�and are confined more and more ´ with                       the 

honourable   exception   of   the   football   games   in   Battersea   Park   ´      to   our 

Public Schools and the two elder Universities。                All honour�察     �meanwhile�察�

to the Volunteer movement�察�and its moral as well as its                  physical effects。 

But it is only a comparatively few of the very               sturdiest who are likely to 

become effective Volunteers�察�and so              really gain the benefits of learning 

to be soldiers。      And yet the        young man who has had no substitute for 

such   occupations   will   cut      but   a   sorry   figure   in   Australia�察  �Canada�察  �or 

India�察�and if he stays        at home�察�will spend many a pound in doctors' bills�察�

which could        have been better employed elsewhere。                ;Taking a walk; ´ 



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as one      would take a pill or a draught ´ seems likely soon to become the 

only form of outdoor existence possible for too many inhabitants of                         the 

British Isles。      But a walk   without an object�察 �unless in the              most   lovely 

and novel of scenery�察�is a poor exercise�察�and as a                  recreation�察�utterly nil。 

I never knew two young lads go out for a                  ;constitutional�察─�who did not�察�

if   they   were   commonplace   youths�察        �gossip   the   whole   way   about   things 

better   left   unspoken�察  �or�察  �if   they  were   clever   ones�察  �fall   on   arguing   and 

brainsbeating on politics or           metaphysics from the moment they left the 

door�察  �and   return   with     their   wits   even   more   heated   and   tired   than   they 

were   when   they   set      out。    I   cannot   help   fancying   that   Milton   made   a 

mistake in a       certain celebrated passage�察�and that it was not ;sitting on a 

hill    apart�察─   �but   tramping     four   miles    out   and   four    miles   in   along   a 

turnpike´road�察�that his hapless spirits discoursed 

       ;Of   fate�察  �free´will�察  �foreknowledge   absolute�察  �And   found   no   end�察  �in 

wandering mazes lost。; 

       Seriously�察  �if   we   wish   rural   walks   to   do   our   children   any   good�察  �we 

must give them a love for rural sights�察�an object in every walk�察�we                       must 

teach   them   ´   an

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