The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-19
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

| MARYLAND INSTITUTE. LEcrURE.-At the hour de-
slgnated for the commencement of the Lecture be-
tore the Maryland Institute, last evening, very
large audience was in attendance. The President,
hon. Joshua Fansant, and stated that the
next lecture, and the closing one of the season,
would be delivered on next Tuesday evening bv
Ut; LUMBAR, OF this city, the subject of ''Voice
and Speech"
The President then introduced Rev. George W.
Burnap, OF this city, who proceeded to deliver his
lecture on the subject of Men of thought and men of
action. he commenced by remarking that Provi-
uence had designed in the creation of man that he
should De social in his character Society is made
up OF individuals, and in all communities there were
leaders who seemed to be specially delegated by God
10 take prominence. They take the lead and the
masses submit to their command because they see
thaI II Is TOR their interest so to do
The leaders were divided into two classes-men
OF thought and men of action; the qualities of
thought and action were seldom combined in the
same person; they may be mentally endowed alike,
put the one who thought must necessarily retire
from outside things. Men can have but one avoca-
lon and he who devoted himself to thought was
ncapacltated to command. Men who think can
discover what ought to be and what can be done
put tney cannot do it, and scorned and ridicu-
ea, whist practical men spring up, succeed with
their enterprises and send their names to postertv
But the man of thought is the man after all, and
"irnout MIN the practical man is nothing.
Inc two are different in their temperaments; the
man OF thought cannot endure the conflicts of the
world; cannot brook affront or violence The
man Oh actlon may not be a wise man and vet he
may take the lead. He may have the facility to
impress the multitude and by his mode of address
may attain the advantage over the man of learning
VINO would control must have confidence in him
sen 10 inspire confidence in others-he must take
the responslbility-must have face of brass and a
voice like many waters
A wise though timid man may fail, while another
VINO sezes upon his learning and the facts which he
mas produced, may take the lead and have things
just as ne wills them. So much has temperament
ana constitution to do with controlling the
But the men of thought are the representatives of
truth ana justice; from them flow the power which
rules ana governs the world, and those who come in
contact with them are forced to acknowledge their
superiority, They are the true sovereigns of the
Worid-and homage must be done them Men of
thought originate deas-men of action found insti-
tutlons. Achievements of men of action may be OBJ
hterateo by other men of action; but the works of
men OF thought endure forever-what they do is
never to be obliterated
rericles was man of action of noble ancestry
and powers OF eloquence; he could SWAY the Ather-
ian multitude as the wind does the trees of the
forest; when he was placed in power he was in his
proper position; he could meet emergencies in every
case; IN an age of great men, he was greatest of
them all; he made Athens the wonder of the world