The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-12
Old md Young Men.


The Rev. Samuel osgood lscturea last evening under
the auspices of the Mercantile. Lsr.ry Association bs
fore large audience subjsct" Oar old msn and our
yourg men; or, what is the gensrst to dor" He
rpoks ubstsntsly 10 lows-Lst start fair and Try
to s'ste ths relationship between sge and youth Soma
Of young hsve very Old heads and some OF
old ea Slve very youog heels Yet ags AID youth
w'n r. fne the ter15 choose have
10th alssys among and upon them issues
hang Old ought not to orosk In d. spondency,
yourg in corceit No life realizes all its
early creams Every one L. probably marked By some
leading diappeinmer They who hsvs been hSp-
py in their tine should encourage thoss who oeme
after II We were to define this term "old fogy"
and you'd stop every else sron gro wing. Such
e always false TO thor experience especially in
but ths Law OF preservation Thus, with NJ, constant
growth is the only pIuderce progrssss the only
stem Those sho shut up G.llso for saying that tas
Tbs, he every flesh growth i from an OLD $50;
las corsa word FOR ohurlish eonssrva:isa our Old
America nsy coin word for psr rI6iossm. Extremes
meet spd ysurg Eighty is Of oil fogy himself.
0vtrsrsined ra0icam 10 very likely to end 10 ultra
part OF youth towards both ties g.insrs Tuis
cheerful philosophy OF tie relationship beiweeA
snd youth and We should try to maAe Il practical From
ben susht ard is-shat free SCOPE must be given
70 ever mind Th., peculiar to the Amsricsn people
shaved the few to the many, ths Europe.a dssposms
WHO'D enslsved the many to the few We have not pro
@snt BUT every m.n carries s ou yhe iasss Of
Lis father, who deerp IL es to make Of himself by
.ve1y me,ps in his power Our young men must affirm
perhaps, little OF the indusnce Of the pAror
upon hs manlness young Next to prohgaoy
there IL, peths q, no irfuepcs more dangerous Old
An cries meant to think like and he thought
and If Young America would act In the way, Ia
must do likewise Our youth mnst keep up the manhood
n Ia
90 thing must stand hB sroubd do what
Goes with al his might Oar popular type OF the hershss
very little OF tho type e Hamlet but very much the OF
Dsvc Crockett who carrtsd out 90 ahead motto 20 as
last The back vcodeman who HI led II bear, AMI turn
e. uron the iipsl weeriug IN bis BLOOD, ard said s
animal Is onlous HtroGs is typo Of the Ansri,,
character struggling sgaiust destiny Lev yeupz man
place. &c msy tcd That the world Is to, tu bat has
not the world sl~sys be, n iuu-fu enough TO sclre
asa eheou,ase ,ae oasst Is.rs Is Only ono
he undertakes and do it we'll 1t ia OF the staodins
fcts Of LIE that the right sort Of yeuug asa?s dad
their friends among the right sort OF CID msn Where ia
the ycrrg man who works his steadily, who say
st tie table is set and There is for hnS Bur
another quality is wanted in youtt-a generous public
spiIi' The very scs Of country invites 70 this,
ard Provide co calls all the Earopean pcoole VINO
rake this Continent ;h.ir home to collee. iato onp
great ration. II vculd and . wao eal.
b ditd the fpnI o; country, mus. look TO tbs
West-Rsny Cl:y is his mans His ides OF public
P5oyems mt vii De carried ont beyond uhst he expes
ed. Beis is stirring thought for young ths
nlt hsi century to come 1t would be we'll if youns
progressive refinement is better than
lee II would wsn for US II, isstsAd OF senaeg 70
Europe mary ministers u aq1vocN character, our
foVsrumert would study old IA aic ned dip,on soy
follow tie exLnp,e o.! Frsnklns sml city q. the French
court The true standard for ths public spit of our
day Is thu growth OF the old nationality The bsst native
Ansr.esIem that have is OF TIE Cd kind that
deavofed tc n'uss German ami th and make them good
AneIiesu citizens Dor nationality is OF the prospective
kind Lse man who does rot kno- what Ia 10 him TIL
he ttes e do s7meihrg so 1t with nation oursps
eisity is peculiarly practical Ia cur wisdom and in cur
lily We believe ,hst II iGes he muss carry
ths' ideA out Into practices The lecturer coocuded with
asw eloquent remarks upon the hopes OF nerics In the
~ uIe, an hol goIious menories in the lsst