The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-16
SUPERIORITY OF MIND NOT Me-
CESSARY TO OBTAIN ENllNEN CE.

e There are few persons much in Il
y habit of assocalins with those who
the first places in human affairs, WI
have not, upon intimacy, found occasi'
TO remark some particular in which tn
were beneath the station they had a
aimed. In politics more especially,
: has again ard again been noticed, III
, the smallest degree ofinieIect will srffic
'ol the composition Of statesman
Scarcely once in an age has there al
peared, in this class, man of comprt
henslVo philosophy, nnd the great q
muses. that accidcn, has conducted 10 lb
helm Of nation have been far frem th
most successful in their calling. or th
men who, in our times, have made fc
themselves a plAcS in history, bur fu
their connr xion with striking events, wha
astounding deficiencies, have been re
corded! What extravngsD, Jlundets havt
they not committed! What surprisin.
weakness lave they not discovered
Burke, Pitt and Sheridan, the polar stal
Of our youth, were no philosophers; ant
in so far were beneath The position they
filled. More recently Petcval, Liver-
pool, and Caslleroagh, have shown that
very ordinary faculties iDGeed, when
aided by place and perIinaciIy, may pro-
ducc most Influential changes in the des.
! Iinies Of nations. Nelson when on shore
appears 10 have been pappre sire: md
Niurat was nothing whtnolf his horse,
but q fMand a dandy.-Noy, even Napo-
leon himself, who with his single name
has filed an entire age, and whose me>
mory will fail only with the extinction Of
historic record, has been pronounced but
"lhe half OF great man." a.
The Emperor Of Austria, one of the
weakest and most ignorant Of sovereigas,
was enabled, by bis single national vr-
tue, OF a patient perseverance, to outs
manGnvre; at The gnme of Machiavelsm,
this COLOSSUS Of military aud political skill,
and 10 overlurn his gigantic empire. In
the department of money making, nothing
is more common Than for the wepkesi
ntellec,s TO make the most extraordinary
strides; or for the greatest merchants to
be the mos, completely incapable Of
forming a conception Of the principles by
which Commerce is developed. Every
day produces It's trading Cresus, model
of low vulgar inclficicncy, and the city
abouhds in men who have accumulated
moro thun uag plumb, rrhr=o ou",p,e
hension would not suffice for making
plumb-pudding. The law, likewise bos's
Of lis ilustIious obscure; persons who,
by their skill in noting brief, in cross
examining witness, or applying prece'
dents, had arrived at the top of fortune,
and have reached The highest judicial STA
lions, without more extent of 'n:ellecl
Than might have served them TO count.
the fees, and to keep their fingers out Of
The fire. Excellence in The arts has at
no lime been deemed in necessary con-
neclion with great powers Of mind
Claude Lorraine, before he commenced
painting, had proved himself unable TO
become decent pastry cook and was
consigned as an imbecile TO the church
Great actors, with the exception Of
Gsrrick have rarely shown ability beyond
their art, and il is demonstrated Iha, TO
win all hearts by embodyiug the concep-
lion of others on the stage, does not
reqnire the possession of an enlarged
mind. Musicians, obliged TO devote their
entire time TO the attainment Of practical
skill, ought not to lie taxed for The want
of other requirements, it is, therefore the
less reproach TO them, That their claim TO
the admiration Of their species should SO
often be closely confined TO the sphere
of their professional activity. That the
most eminent physicians have not always
been the most intellectual or the mosl
learned of their class, and that many
have arrived at extensive reputation on
the most slender qualification, is the less
10 be wondered at because in ibis depart
ment the purchaser is no judge Of the
commodity he demands; but it is equally
rue that considerable skill and much real
knowledge in the medical ar,, do every
now and then fall to the share of indivi-
duals whose intellectual calibre is singu-
larly circumscribed; while minds Of the
highest order sometimes fail, simply be-
cause ,hel nature is too fine for the
mere mechanical parts Of the profession i.
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