nature of that subject and of his
surroundings he must be acquainted, that the object to be attained and the
means for its attainment may be known to him.

What is man? What are his powers, what is his destiny, and for what
purpose and for what object was he created? Let us enter the laboratory of
the chemist and commence our labors. Let us take down the crucible and
begin the analysis, and endeavor to solve this important problem. In
studying the great Cosmos we perceive each being seeking its happiness
according to the instincts implanted in him by the Creator, and only in
man we see his happiness made dependent on the extent to which he
contributes to the happiness of others. What, so far as we can see, would
this earth be without any inhabitants? What great purpose in the economy
of nature could it serve? A palace without a king, a house without an
occupant, a lonely and tenantless world, while we now see it framed in all
its beauty for the enjoyment of happiness.

The Being upon whom the art and science of the teacher is to be exercised
is one to whom food, clothing, fuel, and shelter are needful; possessed of
organs of digestion, whose functions should be made familiar to their
possessor; of breathing organs, to whose healthful exercise pure air is
essential; a being full of life and animation, locomotive--desirous of
moving from place to place; an emotional being, susceptible to emotions of
joy and sorrow, love and hate, hope and fear, reverence and contempt, and
whose emotions should be so directed that their exercise should be
productive of happiness to others. He is also an intellectual being,
provided with senses by which to receive impressions and acquire a
knowledge of external things; with organs of comparison and of reason, by
which to render available for future use the impressions received through
the senses in the past. Lastly: he is also a social being, to whom
perpetual solitude would be intolerable; sympathizing in the pains and
pleasures of others, needing their protection, sympathy and co-operation
for his own comfort, and desirous of conferring protection upon and of
co-operating with them. But, further, he is a being who desires to be
loved and esteemed, and finds the greatest charm of existence in the love
and esteem he receives; to be loved and esteemed and cared for, he must
love, esteem and care for others, and be generally amiable and useful.

Such is the Being, susceptible of pain and ple