Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-08-28
MDRAL AND RnLIGIDUs.
Importance Of Thoroughness.

TnonoUeuNEss - thoroughnsss and
again | say THoRoUGHNEss is the secret
of success. A child, in composing the
simplest subject, may get an idea Of per.
fec,ness, which is the archelype Of all
excellence, and this idea may modify
the action of his mind through his whole
course Of life.
Be thorough, therefore; be complete
iu everything you do. Leave no enemy
in ambush behind you IS you march on,
10 rise up in the rear and sssail you.-
Leave no broken link in the chain you
are daily forging. Perfect your work, SO
that when il is subjected to the trials
and experiences Of life, il will not be
found wanting.
1t was within the past year that | saw
an account in the public papers Of ter.
rible gale in one of the harbors Of the
Chinese seas. 1t was one Of those ty.
phooms, as they are called, which lay
PROSTATE not only the productions OF ma.
ture. but the structures Of man. In this
harbor was lying at anchor the vessels Of
all nations, and among them, the United
States sloop of war, Plymouth. Every
vessel broke its cable but one. The tor.
nado tossed them about and dashed them
against each other. and broke them like
egg.sheIls. But amidst this scene ofde.
struction, our government vessel held
last to its moorings, and escaped un.
harmed. Who made the links Of the
cable that the strength Of the tempest
could not rond Who was the work.
man that soorked under oath, and whose
work saved property, and human life
from ruin otherwise inevitable? :? Could
that workman have beheld that specla.
Gle, and heard the raging elements, and
seen the other vessels as they were dash.
cd to pieces, and scattered abroad, while
the violence OF the tempest wreaked it.
self upon his own work in vain, would
he not have had the amplest and pures1
reward for the fidelity Of his labor!
So, in after periods Of our existence
whether it be in this world or from an
other world from which you may be per
mitted to look back, you may see tht
consequences Of your instruction upor
the children whom you have trained. lr
the crisis OF business life, where infel.
Iectuol accuracy leads to immense good
and intellectual mistakes to immens,
loss, you may see your pupils distinguish
ing between error and truth, between
false reasoning and sound reasoning
leading all who may rely upon them tt
correct results, establishing the hishes
,, reputation for themselves, and for yo
as well as themselves, and conferrng in
calculable good upon the community.
So, if you have been successful il
your moral training, you have been pre-
pared to stand mistaken and unseduce
amid temptation; firm where Others ar
, swept away unconsumed, where other
i are blasted and perished. You may b
| able to say that by the blessing Of Got
you have helped to do this thing. An
g? will not such day be day Of mo!
0 exalted and sublime joy than if 20
looked out upon the storm in the easter
seas, and known that it isyour hand
It work that saved the vessel unhame
+. amid the wrecks that noated around il
;. Would not such a sight be rewa'
great and grand enough TO satisfy and Fl
@ up one heart, mortal or immortal 2
): Hon. Horace Mann.