Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-17
wEBsTER,S PRIVATE CORES
RONDENCE.

sheets of Forthcoming work OF the ABOVE halhe'
MR. WEBSTER PROVES HIMSELF THE HANDsoMEsT
MAN IN NEW ENGLAND.
BosroS, March 10, 1905.
The discussion you had with the
EElive ladies' in Boston" on She question whether
Mr. w. was 'plain man, must have been,
think, very cdifying. 1t requires, certainly
vast variety of knowledge to manage this queS-
ton creditably You must, for instance, know
geometry; for how could you speak ef the an
giles Of his phiz, unless you understood deca-
CONS and rhombOidesG And chemistry, and
sculpture, and architecture and gardening, would
all be necessary. II, however, you will admit
the reasoning Of Granger, the Partisan, can
easily prove that am the handsoinest man IN
New England. This is the process: Boston is
the handsOmeSt town in Few England; Ire
mont is the handSomest street in Boston; Scol-
laws are the handsomest buildings in fremont
street, Christopher Cores office is the hand
soonest room in Scollay'S buildings, and am
(now) the handSomeSt man in Christopher Cores
office, ergo, am the handsomeSt man IN New
England; Q. f. d. Now if this case stands
over for second argument, shall entreat my
counsel to make use of this reasoning.
wEBsTER's EARLY OPINION or LAW AND LAWYERS.
BOscAwRN, January 10, 1906.
Study is truly the grand requisite
for lawyer. Men may be born poets, and
leap from their cradle painters; nature may have
made them musicians, and called on them only
artificial 1t is human science to be- learnt,
not inspired. Let there be genius for whom
nature has done so much apparently to have
left nothing for application, yet to make law
yer application must do us much as u nature
had done nothing The evil is that an accursed
thirst for money violates everything. We can
not study, because must pettifog. Welearn
the low.recou of attorneyism, when we should
learn the conceptions, the reasoniDgs, and the
opinions of Cicero and Murray, The love OF
fame is extinguished; every ardent wish for
knowledge repressed conscience put in jeopar-
dy, and the best feelings of the heart indurated,
by the mean, money catching, abomininable
practices, which cover with disgrace part of
the uodern practitioners of the law.
The love of money is the ruling passion of
this country, 1t has taken root deeply, and
fear will never he cradicated. While this holds
everything in its grippe, America will produce
few great characters. We have patronage
for genius, no reward for merit The liberal
professions are resOrted to, not to gain reputa-
ton and consequence, but to get rich Money
is the chief gOod every eye Is on it; every heart
signs for it. When the day will come when
these things shall be ordered better, you and
cannot tell, but will hope that it will como some
time. Our profession is good if practiSed in the
spirit of it; it Is damnable fraud and iniquity,
when its true spirit is supplied by spirit of
misunderstanding and money catching.
MR. wEBsTERs ADVICE TO STUDENT:
w
You are now, | think, in your
sophomore year. l recolect that year was an
interesting one to me from the studies that be-
longed to it. suppose the course of studics is,
since that time, good deal altered but 1t was
then, geography, logic mathematics &C., As
we had before been confined altogether to Latin
and Greek, these other pursuits, in addition tn
their real Importance, possessed the charm OF
novelty. Geography, especially, is an entertain
ing study: and its usefulness is as great Us its
pleasure. 1t is an indispensable preliminary to
history, the ancient Epic poetry, and almost eV-
cry other literary pursuit. would advise you
never to read the history of any country till
you have studied its geography. lfit be an
cient history, you must have before you maps
of the country with its ancient names and divi-
sons If it be modern history, you must have
maps with modern names and divisions. You
should learn to use the globes easily, and should
use them frequently and freely. If you form at
first incorrect ideas of the situations of the con-
tinents, the great seas &C., you will find it very
difficult to correct them afterwards.
ON THE CLASSICS.
BosTON, June 81, 1917.
NV dear Nephew: wish l was competent TO
give YOU useful advice on the subject of your
letter. In general, it is n safe rule when pro-
(essinn is chosen, to pursue it without diStrac-
ton by other objects and engagements; but there
NAV be cases fit to be exceptions. / have not
much belief in tue edifying nature OF tutors
employment Many tutors have been good
scholars, it is true; and SO they probably wouId
have been had they not been tutors. 10 teach
others the Latin classics, naturally renders one
critical in the classics, as far rs he goes in his
instructions, but would not, after all, give him
much Latin. If you were to walk every day
from AndOver to Reading, and from Reading
back to Anduver, You would know the road very
well from Anlover to Reading; but this daily
itineration would never bring you to Boston.
The Latin should be learned for the sake OF the
good things which are i'll Latin. 1t is folly to
learn language and then make no use OF 1t.
What should you do, is not to go back to pros
eClv and syntaX, but to read hewhole of Cicero
and Lvy. and Quintilian, and the other great
writers; you will perceive, on the whole, that L
rather agree in the resolution you formed while
at Hanover. dare say President Brown will
find n very good tutor in your place; and as you
are designed for profession, think he should
leave Won to pursue it. But | would not have
you trust much in my opinion; for, after ALL pro-
gress in knowledge depends frequently on the
opportunities enjoyed, than on the use made of
them. l am, my dear nephew, your attectOnate
The editor of the Nashua Telegraph has
Hawkes. printing press, and works on it himself;
and he says the fiy-wheel casts, by gas light,
revolving shadow, irhich Is paLpabiy gearing
out the floor!
The above isa pretty stiff story, nevertheless
a good one. The editor of the above paper is
said to be one of the drollest and best fellows in
New England. The Ohio Statesman tells Ofhim
that, in 1910, he was appointed Post Master of
Nashua, worth s., 900 year. He lost it by
guessing conundrum In this wise: during
the heighth of John Tyler's treacherous admin
istration, some Southern editor asked, "why is
John Tyler like an ASST" Beard-thats his
name-copied it, and gave as an answer, 'Be-
cause he isan ass" In less than u week he was