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88 he cited numerous cases to show that the mental is often cultivated beyond the Physical and that such persons soon become helpless or fill premature graves - he also made some very interesting remarks in regard to the feeding of children - he recommended giving them very plain food - boiled Wheat he considered the very best food for children or adults -- he also said that to scold a child was a monstrosity - to whip one an outrage - he would rather a child would not mind than to mind through fear -- he says learn them to love you to mind from a love of duty - and they will not disobey - he said the economy of Nature was love - that love was the first principle of that glorious faith which teaches us that if we love God we shall not disobey his laws - the lecture was very interesting to me and I would have missed hearing it for twice the cost and trouble incurred -

Tuesday Mch 11th

 another Snow Storm - it fell to the depth of 3 or 4 inches during last night - loafed about all the forenoon - after dinner went to the College and worked a Problem which only 4 of all the Scholars they have ever had performed - this made the Principal wonder as the whole 4 including myself were what they call out here Yankees or eastern boys - in the evening attended another of Fowlers lectures - his subject was "Love Courtship and Marriage" - he dwelt particularly on the love sentiment as being the cause of more happiness than all other sources put  together - that a person never knew what it was to be happy until they had been in love. - that love would make a hero of a coward - would inspire the man with ambition - he would labor hard and endure almost everything for the sake of one he truly loved - he also dwelt upon the manner of courtship as carried on at the present day - he despised the idea of a young man putting on his Sunday best and calling on Miss Julia who would receive him with a bewitching smile with her Silks and flounces