When was it published?

July 9, 1849 in Portage Sentinel

Editorial July 9, 1849

Portage Sentinel

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Moral Or Religious, Education, Social Reform

Q: What keywords are associated?

Industry, Time Management, Moral Improvement, Youth Advice, Virtuous Living, Mental Application

Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio

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What is this article about?

Editorial advising boys to be industrious, use spare time for learning and virtuous activities, and prioritize mental improvement over mere physical labor, signed by N. E. Farmer.

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Boys should be industrious, busy, and active ever desiring to aim at improvement. Happiness and success in life depend upon this usefulness in the world -- an object worth living for -- is greatly promoted by an economical appropriation of our time. Spare moments -- the golden sands of life -- should all be turned to good account. Much is to be learned, and more if possible, is to be accomplished. Time, even if lengthened beyond our reasonable expectation, is not too long to be appropriated to those virtuous uses which the Great Dispenser of all our blessings require of our hands. When not actively engaged in bodily labor, let the mind take its alternate turn at some laudable object or useful purpose even then, when the muscles are in action, the higher organization of thought and mental application may not remain idle; mind may and should predominate over matter; therefore let the faculties of the soul expand and mount upward on the rapid wings of improvement and a legitimate and rational system of enjoyment.

N. E. Farmer.

What sub-type of article is it?

Moral Or Religious Education Social Reform

What keywords are associated?

Industry Time Management Moral Improvement Youth Advice Virtuous Living Mental Application

What entities or persons were involved?

N. E. Farmer

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Advice On Industry And Moral Improvement For Boys

Stance / Tone

Moral Exhortation

Key Figures

N. E. Farmer

Key Arguments

Boys Should Be Industrious And Aim At Improvement For Happiness And Success. Economical Use Of Time Promotes Usefulness In The World. Spare Moments Should Be Used For Learning And Accomplishment. Time Should Be Devoted To Virtuous Uses Required By The Great Dispenser. Mind Should Engage In Laudable Pursuits Even During Physical Labor. Mind Should Predominate Over Matter For Mental And Soulful Improvement.