Lecture on the necessity of the study of physiology : delivered before the American Institute of Instruction at Hartford, August 22, 1845 / by Edward Jarvis.

  • Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884.
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1845
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Credit: Lecture on the necessity of the study of physiology : delivered before the American Institute of Instruction at Hartford, August 22, 1845 / by Edward Jarvis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and of substance, so that in dealing with matter, they may act in obedience to these laws,— they may avail themselves of the inclined plane, the screw, the wheel and axle, gravitation, &c, and without making mistakes, suffer no loss of time or labor. Natural Philosophy and Mechanics prepare them for these. Chemistry enables one to make surer and better mixtures. Astronomy may guide him across the seas. Music makes him a more acceptable companion. And Painting gives to the scholar a peculiar kind of enjoyment. With the knowledge of these and some others, men and women are not only educated, but accom- plished ; they are prepared to meet not merely the re- sponsibilities, that must and do come upon every one, but those, which, in the varying chances of the world, may come upon them. So that, whether a man be a laborer, a mechanic, farmer, or merchant, whether he be master or servant, whether he live on the land or wander upon the ocean, he is ready for every emergency ; his storehouse of knowledge con- tains every fact and principle which any occasion may call for. Besides all this, he is so trained in the graceful ac- complishments, that he is able to share in the cour- tesies, to mingle with the generous hilarities, and to give and partake of the enjoyments of social life. Thus is a man supposed to be educated not only for the certainties, but also for the probabilities, and even the possibilities of life.