Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-10-27
For the Reporter.
Progress.
BY G.. T. ICEWEE.


the tickets, guards and outposts that
render safe the common welfare Of our
common country. They deride men
tai inbe,.iIity, cfaminacy and stnpidi-
ty, and hurl defiance at treason. They
encourage enterprise, invention and
the march Of minl, and patronize
largely the industry Of honest acquire
ment The consequence is that we
live in an age Of activity, Of wonderful
performance. The E,dorado of wealth
has thrown open its golden gate, and
science aNd art have Iavishly dispens-
cd their f;lvorS and blessings.
The worl has taken gigantic strides
i knowledge. If we draw compare
sons we shall see that the NJ ,derns
have left behind the Anci2nts, in what
ever concerns the achievements of
mind. II reading the logic 0fA"iStot-
tie, the physics of H2raditue, the phi
'oS'I'''9 u '''''S'' a. VI ,''e nv, '''S
"l 'l1efo' we S'lHll meet wan H''S'leS
of Genius, occasionally mingled with
SlafIh@ a"Suf"ltleS, ana the most fo-
mantle decisions. It would furnish an
interesting occupation for the modern
scholar t. follow out the foot prints of
tl' i'eP"oHc oi A'''e'S' III ''er success
we MAJ ici'eS from 'ile oecrepitu'e OF
antiquity |" '''e giant S're''Sth "' oo"h''-
less "lSc"'ery ana po"h"leSS oel'1oh-
N''"'l"i'S' IL y 'i"'' however NJ ''l''
"il'eiS "i ''li> ''"! Si'''io S"ee' 'C t!'
''iil"'ehcV "l Ihe ea'lE eyes, t"f II may
De nfoa''ly a111fheo tha' AFlSt ''tle had
c'"I'iiS 70 " "eh-'"fii''s' III. ne "h"t+lef
1t WAS acquired ID! framing the 'ec'hi
eau foleS OF Syh"@lShS or III anl'vzihG
'ile structure ant component parts OF
''it '''''l''n ''''H ana 50 '''S'' o'Ier" con
u'"'''''' I''9''! |" 'll' cause 81 ii'iii''h-
~ ai'" oI il"''i''il l'''eIii9ehce, "he'llef
It WAS "ec"ll'PilS''e" ny dispensing MS
Nr''''l'.7 N"F''S'nS at 'he 1"Sn;n, h''n'-
i'i@ 90" " 'he pf"il'2S''e t;''"ilO"' Or
'''ii''' 'ioi'' 'Ae "o'I' composing ora
'o' ''l''c'S'''S' ne cary eHor'S OF
genius ""'Ae'leo 'he SUMMERS OF ages
ana i"''"''Se" " ne" oF'ef oi thli9S.
ooc'l was 'he tendency OF the early
0'' ,'2S'eS VI ''ie ''ceS'
1t y ii''ee'' Il" P'eaSii'@ eh'h@ 70 see
'l'''" wasted 'n" genus wandering IN
.l' o'i''' ""FNheSS OF 1alSe prlncipieS'
u '''''' ~ '"''''',' o'"ok 'l'e o"c'Fine OF
l'''! ''''', ~ >''''>' 'i'' ~ >'"''c''ii''a'1C
il''' Ill ''''' Ii''''i'c'"'i '"oeTIa'lohS.-
consequently the lana "l L hli"S"phF
ii"> '''''S ''e'' '"''o Oh 'ae "'Fi''
map ~ 'lie ii"'l'e' "o' 80 m"ch OF the
So"'' - '''' S'V'''' horace, 'he prince
VI y 'i'N an" VI l'o'hah 1"elry' ana
ii''.iie' ''' '"'' 'h''''o'l7 h"ffor 20
az ''i'''7' III vi 'i'oi'ii verse; were as
l'i''''l ''''e'' IN ]A'e'i'ile"eS' 'he great
eS' - e"'lH astronomers h"t q new
era i!"S H''f'"'"cea Il -hlIt"n ana
Newton, '"' we are "0iged TO own
'h' lh''iitc'N'" supremacy "f modern
a''i'N'''''l' oyer u'a' OF the dark
"5-"N-
M."d' however, i' the standard OF
N" man a ever! 'Po'h "f the Wofld
ana the n"0le>' ght 't God t" man. 1t
commands our voluntary respect he
Iahd "1 AFPlh''n prod"rcd Cicero
OF Sparta Il Ll|ur@uS, and to undcr-cS-
timat" the eioquen'e OF the one, or the
wisdom "' 'le "''leF Tor errors common
t" the times, would be aS absurd rs to
Ind fanIt with the schools ct Plato.
Arrh~IanS OF A1ANa2oraS tor teaching
the SlneeeNploded doctrines 81 the ear
ly ages. Inc cradle ct k'mnlnS, and
the birthplace OF Socrates gave to the
world reasoncrS as we'll rs poets and