The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-11-29
Results from Little Things.

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full triumph of science OF arts is UNIVERSAL
ly acknowledged as the grand consequen-
ces which are to flow from it are evolved,
but who goes back to the pale student who,
in some obscure garret, years before, dis
covered the principle upon which it is
founded, and stimulated the investigation
of other minds, so that fact was finally
crowned by almost miracle of success
Your practical men those who gather
the wealth of the world in their Golfers
are disposed to look with contempt upon
the labors which lay the foundation for
momentous changes not only in the bus
mess and commerce of the world, but teven
in the condition of humanity itself
When two Italian philosophers, in the
last century, wrangled over the reason
why dead frogs leg could be made to
perform involuntary motions, who of their
cotenlporaries failed to regard them as
mad with too much learning? Yctin the
explanation of that phenomenon lay the
germ of all electric science. 1t has been
developed into new and beautiful appli-
cations in the mechanic arts, as well as in
science, and done more to revolutionise
the world than the march of victorious az
mics.
The curious collectors Of specimens of
rocks and of fossils were regarded by men
of the world and the rustics who witness
ed their labors as demented but out Of
these collections has been built up the his
tory of the world before the "beginning."
Now, the beetling cliff and subtcrrancan
mine have an ineligible language writ
ten by the finger of God, and preserved
for the instruction of our times. From
the period when the earth was globe
of 6re,swecping with flashing light through
the heavens, down through each success
sive period of new formations, until life
made it's appearance in its lowest forms
in the retiring waters, the force Of each
contending element, the process by which
electric and chemical afinities and me-
chanical forces laid down each successive
layer of rocks is known; and men can
look back and see the working out in
harmony through countless ages of the
plan of the first great architect.
So connected is the whole system OF
truth, that at whatever point clue is OBJ
tanned, it leads, when followed, into unex-
pected and wonderful discoveries. The
falling of an apple led to the discovery of
the law which held dthc planets in their or
bits, and developed to mortal ears the
music ssof the spheres. The kissing of
steam from common tea-bettle led to the
discovery of the power of that wonderful
agent that now moves the saw, the plane,
and the loom; drives the ship over the
ocean and car over the land; multiplying
thousand fold the energy Of human
industry, and overcomes the obstacles Of
time and space.
Who could have guessed that some
seemiic gly insignificant experiment was
destined to change the modes of human
labor; that pebble picked up in the field
would become an index to untold mineral
wealth; OF shell gathered from an old
deposit sure Indication of what lay deep
ly buried beneath the soil? Who dream
ed the possibility of giving a pathway to
the winds, and discovering law by
which to determine the approach ofstorms?
Our present knowledge on these SUBJ
iects has not been obtained by accident.
The men who have seemed to be dream
ers-whohave devoted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
to minute things, found the key which un-
locked the store house of Natures myste-
ries, and enable us now to gaze upon he1
secret work
The results from little things have beer
so vast--the richness of the fields ot
knowledge yet to be explored are so great
that we look with fear upon every move
ment of the scholar-the mere observer
the rough explorers who never attempt tc
reduce the knowledge they acquire to any
practical use. No fact obtained in the
physical work is valueness. No principle
established is isolated, but beyond and
connected with it is another which adds
to the certainty of human investigation
and the marvel Of new practical appllca-
tions.
a@ Try for single day, beseech you
tc preserve yourself in an easy and cheer
full frame of mind. Be for one day. IN
stood Of q fire worshiper of passion and Of