Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-04-07

E1tract from an Address deIiUered before
the Maine Charitable Mechanic AssOci-
alton, By John Neal.
"But who are the Priv;leged Glass in
our country, where all men are equal
where we have no kings, no princes, no
nobility, no titles! Look about you, say
again-look about you, and judge, every
man for HIMSELF Are they not the better
educated every where, and the children of
the better educated. throughout the land {
Go abroad among your neighbors, let all
your acquaintance pass in review before
you--and see if those who are better of in
the world, more influential and happier
than the rest, other circumstances being
equal, are not all-all, without one excep-
tion-better educated than the rest. 1t is
not college education that speak of here
1t is not even school education obtain
ed before man sets up for hinself-bnt it
is education at large-in the broadcast and
best sense Of the tefm-the education that
any body may give himselfby devoting one
or two hours a day to it---any boy, at amy
age. Again therefore do appeal to your
selves-call TO mind any man Of your ac-
quaintance who has got ahead Of his breth-
ren--who is more respected than they are
who is looked up to, not only by them,
but by others-and my life on il that you
find him better educated man--self edu-
Gated or otherwise, care not-better in
formed about some things which they do
not consider Of Importance. 60 further.
So perfectly satisfied am I Of the truth of
this doctrine---of the importance Of things
which the uneducated regard as trivial, that
would have this taught as a fundamental
truth--that 1.-TWO persons were TO begin the
world to-morroW-both of the same age
and same chafacter-- having the same
friends, the same prospects and the same
heal.h-he who was best acquainted with
the multiplication table would beat the 9TH
or in the long run. would have it gener-
ally understood, as another fundamental
maxim in morals, ifnor in religion, that ev-
ery'sort Of knowledge is Of some value to
every person, whatever may be his charac-
ter, station 81 prospects. do not say that
it wouldSbe Of equal value to every person,
nor that every sort of knowledge is alike
necessary. 4 merely say that we cannot ac-
quire any useless knowledge"
do not say, as others do, that if our
SasSSuOAsAS9 AuVW tnUN sOWu pOWOE u0y
might govern the country--I. do not even
say that they deserve to govern it now-for
they do not. But this / do say, that If
they were just to themselves, and to their
children, and TO their apprentices, they not
only. would govern the country before
twenty years were over, but they would de-
serve 70 govern il forever"
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HIND yoar Business. is an excel
lent exhortation, which in days of yore we
used 60 see stamped upon some of the old
fashioned New-England coins. There
was mere real value to our fathers in these
three words, "nind your business" than
there was ID the coppers on which they
stood imprinted; more value, because
they not only admonishsd the beholder to
goto work honestly @ obtain more Of thsm,
but they were calculated to promote his
healthAas they Increased his industry, and
% make hin Fespscfahls a. they kept him
ct q other peoples business. Readsr!I
LEE shasa words, as flie. saying d, - staro
ynn inahe face, whsnsver YOU sally our
info ths idlsras liss. o. 'whenager you DIRE
e. - p0int Of inauiring into the concsrns
.. NEEDING with the business Of others IN
wlich YDn have no interest; and our word
fog r. yourself win he lhe gamer. i