Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-12-03

moreover, in them we study men and
things divested of the prejudiccs, the big.
otries, and selfinterested influences of
that which is present in time or near in
space.
Especially is this true of history-the
most amplyfying, liberalizing in its ef-
feet upon the mind and soul, Of all stud :.
les. He who remains bigot in any.
thing has read history to little purpose.
And he who would comprehend the pres.
ent and discern the future, must give his
days and nights to this study. Piophe-
sy uninspred, is but history anticipated.
Read history, and learn that the patriot,
the hero, the statesman, the orator whom
You reverence. or admire in the pages Of
Plutarch and Livy, or of Hume, Gibbon
and Macaulay, was reviled and persecu-
ted in his own day, ana suffered death,
il may have been, at the hands of men
OF his own generation. Ponder, too, the
wisdom Of Moses, who before the honors
and pleasures of the Kings court, pre-
ferred rather the Red Sea, and forty years
in the wilderness, and death and an uh
known grave, that he might become q
great law giver, and the founder Of a
new religion and of powerful people.
Most of you, young gentlemen, have
rea the usual course of "ancient clas-
: sizes" 1t is the fashion of our time to
decry this study. But aside from the
perennial pleasure through life, which
he receives who seeks these precious foun
tains, their practical value also will not
be questioned by him who reflects that
our whole language, and especially our
scientific nomenclature, is derived large.
ly from the Greek and Latin, and that
our entire literature is pervaded by the
spirit of these classics, and full Of quota
tons and allusions drawn from them. -
Cicero's magnificent eulogy upon the
studies which Archias taught, is not at
all exaggerated when applied to the Gre
clan and Roman writing which have
come down to US.
If the modern sculptor study the Apol-
10 Belvidere and the Dying Gladiator,
why shall not the modern student learn
the language of the men who chiscled
these wonderful creations out from the
; solid marble? But most valuable as the
mere discipline may be, it is not enough
: that you content yourselves with the usu
al course now prescribed in school or
college. These writings must be a study
more or less, through life. Let not any
say that he has " no time" There is
always time and a way, for whatever n
strong willed and dilligent man may un-
dertake. Whnt is most wanted is a ju-
dicious economy of time. and wise di-
vision of it in tho multiplicity of en-
ployments, so that but one thing shall
be done at n time.
a ma orty of you, young gentlemen
are preparing yourselves for professional
pursuits. Whoever would become II
christian Clergyman, let him preach the
evaugely of Bethlehem. Let him con.
fine himself to his legitimate duties, and
aspire to be the most exemplary and
faithful oithe men of his calling.
Whoever would practice surgery and
A medicine, let his ambition be to reach a,
e nearly as possible, or to excel, the &C
= quirements and skill of the great men
= who in ancient and modern times, hav,
been the ornaments of that profession -
II The noDUm Organum of medicine remain
= to be written, and he who is to write i
i has not yet appeared. Why should h
not be an American Why not adorl
's the University of Michigan ?
And You, young gentlemen, who pre-
d pare for the profession of the law, vii
Ie nave a nobler thcater to ACT in, than an
who have gone before you in the Unite
States. Out of the terrible revolution
lr which now convulses every portion o
- our unhappy land, will arise questions O
@ constitutional and statute law, person
y al liberty, of private right, of property
o Of life, grandcr, more numerous, NOR
. infinite in variety, and more porplexing
It than heretofore in any age or country
t. If Just now amid arms, laws are silent,
. in your day. at least, should tree govern
t mcnt happily in any form survive anon,
e us, arms will again yield to the toga
d and the laws reign supreme. With dill
gcnce, therefore, fixed faith and unalter
!. able purpose, prepare yourselves Tor tn
/ destiny which lies before you to tn
= end that in the next generation you ma,
@ be among the number of those who upoi
4 the Bench and at the Bar, shall restor
!, and bear aloit to higher renown the al
t ready illustrious standard of British an,
d American forensic learning and elo
= quence. Cowardico ard servilty befor,
1t executive power, were tho disgrace q
A. the English Bar and Bench in the day
Or OF tho Stuarts; and these, threatening
ID now the honor and independence of til
Of American judiciary, are among the mos
y, alarming portents OF the times. But re
1t member while along with the gret
IN Iampden, the name of the honest an
f. fearless Coke and of his noble wife sti
t, survive in honor, the time serving an
O. unjust judges who sat with him, an
ar yielded to political expodiency and emil
u itary necessity" have perished from hi,
or tory, or arc remembered only to be exc
Of Grated. The blessed memory of Lor
ID Hale is still fragrant while the name {
ID bloody Jcilries. who escaped death upo
the ielon's scail'old only by dying mise,
a ably in felon's cell, is the opprobiur
% of tho English Bench. Algernon Sid
N ney died as convicted traitor; in lit
ID while his execution was adjudged judici'
r. murder. and posterity for six generation
! has held him in reverence as patriot
s Finch, King James the Seconds Alto