The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-12-06
Jf!istellunrullH Ifuhing.


The Pleasures Of Knowlsdgs.
How charming I. divine philoeorhyi
Not harsh aud srabbed, as dull fools sup
pose, tys a ~
But Musical as is Apoiio's lute,
And perpetual fcset OF nectared sweets,
Where no crude surfeit rsigns." Sn,ays D,
So sung Mil,on two centuries ago.
and long before that date Plato had ant
nounced that the worl is Gods epis.
tie to snankind."' Il is the grand book
in which all NAV read. and whose pages
are so full Of varied interest and genial
knowledge that the being who. having
the power, neglecis to study il, surely
may lie written down an ass, for he de.
prives himself Of an enjoyment such
as no other pursuit can give.
We are sometimes inclined 10 be
vexed with our own race when we find
them all toiling after every vain fancy,
some bent upon. one ambition, some an :
other, and but q minority, digging in
the deep mine of the grandest Of all
possts.ions--Trulh. Granted that its
gold is not yellow, nor its silver white,
for its iresses have not the color of ma
terial wealth. but they are as glorious
and beauteous rs The sparkle of the dia
moHd and rs enduring as the hills
Science clothes not her votaries in pur-
pie and fine linen, but dresses them in
lovely flowers or i'm i,idescent shells.
and gives as her reward conten.ed
inind and a pure soul. The poetry of
science sometimes flashes in the loration
Of n professor or in the pages Of book.
bur her truest epic is written upon all
materially, which proclsims that in all
things there is, q law which. when known
and applied, shall make man happier,
better, and more truly human. by the
investigation Of The laws which govern
the objects that are all around us. fhe
motions of the planets, the relations
of life and health, the desliny of man,
and the glory Of the Deity, are better un
derstood and, the lighting pfa cottage,
the building Of a palace, or the cooking
Of dinner, are better performed. We
can never be in any position in which
knowledge is not of value TO us, and we
can never prophecy the y moment at
which We may most require it. Indeed
many of us, only know that there is
more 10 be known; than occurs 10. us in
the daily round Of business life. by the
discovery that something we do not
kHow is calculated to make us richer or
give us more case. But" exclaims
many n petulent person, how, shall l
study without an instructor, or how in
vesligate without apparatus r. Foolish
notions! The best workmcu always
uses the simplest tools. ilave you eyes,
ears. nose, aud handil Then you are
proyiled with apparatus, aud me,nory
Is the table; on which TO wife down
your impressions. Each one of Us is
better furnished than 4 college la6asa
tery or a professors lecture room, and
all that We have 10 do is 10 learn the
use Of our apparatus; and there is no
place in the universe where man cannot
find some object to interest, some study
TO pursne. dGoldsmitb found fime 10
observe nature and record bis thoughts,
and in glowing language he tells us
"the blushing beauties Of the rose, tho
modest blue Of the violet" are not in
the flowers themselves but in the life
which adorns them. Odor, softness
and beauty Of figures are their own. bu,
il is light alone that dresses them up IN
their robes, which shame the monarch.
glory. As a concluding incen,iveto on,
readers to study for themselves, rs vel
as to read books and scientific periodi
Gals, we will, give quotation from lee
ti,,e by Prince Albert of England -
I.Man,p observes this eminent sayds:
lis approaching more complete ful
fillmcnt Of that great and sacred mis-
,ision which he, has to perform in Oh,
lis reason being created afie
nSGod, he has 10 use il 4
-. which the almigla,