The Shasta courier., 1855-12-29
Taos, vs. Talent.

Talent is something. but not everything
Talent Is serious. sober grave, and respectable.
Tact is all that and more too; 1t Is not seveh,h'
but it is the life of all five OF the senses 1t is The
open eye, the quick ear, the Judging ,as'e' 'he
keen smell and the lively touch; II is the inter-
prefer Of all riddles the surmouner of all diff
! culties. the removal Of all obstacles. Ii is use
I full in solitude for il shows man his way INTO
the world. Talent is power, and tact is skill.
Talent is weight and tact is momentum. Tai
I ent knows what TO do. and tact knows how 10
do it. Talent makes man respectable; tact
will make him respected. Talent is wealth /;
tact is ready money. For all the practical pur-
poses of life tact carries it against talent ten TO
one. Take them to the Meatre and put them
against each other on the stage, aud talent shall
produce Won a tragedy that will scarcely live
long enough 10 be condemned, while tact keeps
the house in roar. hight alter night with sue
ceSsful farces. There is no want OF dramatic
talent there is want of dramatic tact, but
they are very seldom together; hence we
have successful pieces which not re-
Specialize and respectable pieces which are
not successful. Take them TO the 6ars, and let
/ them shake their learned curls at each other, IN
/ legal rivalry Talent sees It's way clearly, but
tact is first at its journey end Talent receives
many compliment from the bench, but tact re-
ceives fees from attorneys and clients. Talent
/ speaks learneCly and logically; tact triumph
anily. Talent makes the world wonder that it
/ gets faster; tact excites astonishment that
1t gets iast-and the secret is that 1t has no
weight to carry, it makes no false STEP 1t hits the
right nail on The head, it loses time it takes
all hints and keeping It's eye on the weather.
cock is ready to lake advantage of every wind
that blows Take them into the church. Talent
is always something worth hearing; tact is sure
of abundance of hearers. Talent may obtain
living; tact will make one. Talent gets a good
name; tact great one. Talent conquers tact
convnces Talent is an honor to the profession;
tact gains honor from the profession Take them
to couf; talent feels lis weight. Tact finds It's way.
Talent commands tact is obeyed. Talent is hon
ored with appreciation; and tact is blessed by
preferment. Place heu in the Senate. Talent
has the ear of the house; but tact wins its heart
and has it votes. Talent is fit for employment;
but tact is fitted for it, 1t has knack of slip
ping into places with a secret silence and glib
ness of movement as a billiard ball insnuates
itself into the pocket. 1T seems 10 know every
thing, without learning anything ltneeds nodril-
ling: it never ranks in the awkward squad it
has no left hand, no deaf ear, no blind side. 1t
puts on no looks of wondrous wisdom; it has no
air OF protundity but plays with the detail of
place as dextrousy well-taught hand flour
ishes over the keys Of the piano-orte. Ii has
all the airs OF common place, and all the force
and power of genns. 1t change sides with
al almost imperceptibe movement. and be at all
ously and learned!y sitting single point Tai
ent calculates slowly, reasons logically, makes
out case as clear day light. utters its or
acles with all the weight of justice and reason
tact refutes without contradiction. puzzles the
profound without proiundiiy, and without art
out-wits the wise. Set them together a race
for popularity, and tact will distance talent by
half the course. Talent brings to market that
which is wanted; tact produces that which is
wished for. Talent lustructs; tact emil ohtens
Talent leads where no one follows: tact follows
where the humor leads Talent is pleased that
it has succeeded. Talent tells for IA posteriiy
which will never repay IL; tact throws away no
pains, but catches the passions of the passing
hour. Talent builds for eternity tact ON
short lease, and gets good interest. In Short
talent is certainly very fine thing to talk about
a very good thing TO be proud of, a very glori-
ons emnence TO look down from; but tact is
useful, portable. Ppcable-aways alert, mar
ketable il is the talent of talent the available
ness of resources, the application Of power. the
eye of discrimination, and the Sht band OF in
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