Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-15
Gdnfatipnal.
THE TRIUMPHs or SCIENCE.
aKnOwIedge Is Power,

IL its relation to the progress Of individuals
Infiety
intellectual powers ennoble man, distin-
Till him from lower order Of creation, and are
Risef glory The cultivation Of these is his
luand eonduces to his happiness. Talents
aren to be improved, not to be buried The
toich secures knowledge is richly repaid ii
she heuisition. The educated man has eyes to
see beautiful things of earth ears to hear the
of Nature; hands to gather up
theeless gems, which Heaven scatters along
Hi, Education translates us. as it were, in
4 rorld. Nay, more; it extends the curtains
AZ Affiliations, and we, who once burrowed in
tbfh, may walk among the stars.
who can estimate our Indebtedness, as
cigl nations, to Education, and the general
dih of knowledge? Machinery, set in mo-
to regulated by few, does the work Of
iasiying to one man the hands Of the fabled
Brs Golden hayests gathered and garner
al lay; spindles and looms converting wool,
5Rnd silk into fabrics of the finest texture
anaest beauty, with astonishing rapidity !;
my ore dug from the bowels Of the earth,
sal moulded and polished, transferred to our
hoor service or ornament, all these tell of the
Iris of science.
mbering coach and sluggish bark, which
catar fathers, is exchanged for the commo-
dNain. which flies through valleys, darts
-th tunnels and sweeps across the plain, con
Yelen and merchandise from the seaport to
thies of the West, or the wilderness beyond,
min days, the long journey, which it once re-
quonths to accomplish.
was, when it was thought a wonderful
fesneans of reeking eouriers to carry intelli-
Eee hundred miles between the rising and
| thagof the sun. Now, thetelegraph flash
es sage across a continent. in the twinkling
of and the merchants in st. Louis, is ap-
pr the prices Of exchange in n. Y before
thopolitan has read his morning papers. =
| ghander-in-chiefof a nation forces, seat
edeeluded apartment, is informed of the
rei contest before the booming Of cannon
Hallway, and the smoke of battle disappear
eds remotest hamlet in the land reioices
ss ua7ded city, in the restoration of peace.
bcs iR is dry on the parchment, which
pled9ss and fealty.
ans Of the Press, books are indefinitely
md and as eheaply furnished, that labor
| inlto-9y may purchase what was beyond
| th Of lings; and orators, who once spoke
to- Thousands, now address nation, in
ITS thEt breathe and words that burn. .
| TIE wtowe it, that the condition of man has
beforated his comforts increased, hismeans
ofess augmented; the dim twilight of Civ
ilissceSling towards the meridian of bet
telore glorious dag. Let it receive due
era what it has accomplished, whilst we
pm, u Tlo gave these faculties Of mind, by
WIN his scared ike bird of dawn, into
thaer igions Of thought and action
ars reminded that progression is the
lasurd We have at first in the seed, a
prof Efe burning through It's covering,
thadq then the ear, and at the last, the
fun he ear Day by day, and year by
yeender child passes on to maturity, then
s;l6self with the attributes of noble man
! nChke manner, the development of the
: mduaI, and knowledge is acquired by slow
. deSir Isaac Newton began with the alpha
be the common school, Daniel Webster
laiundation Of his intellectual greatness.
- her who trains the youthful mind, az
suponsable trust, and undertakes anoble
: Ms he who clears away the rubbish of ig-
no error, and lays the cornerstone of an
me e9ifce. If bis work be iInperfectly
q dolture viii reveal it. Ifthe first princi-
ID pkwledge be not clearly impaired, and
: Impressed, the mind win never attain TO
oliver, and freedom Of thought A dis
tiIstatesman acknowledge his indebted
mean who, in the low-thatched school
Ia hoht him the rudiineats of an English
IN ednd cherished his memory with even
d Intce and affection than that Of learned
Pr7ho conducted him through the alb
strof metaphysical truth. A clergyman
Lot he'd natural gifts, who might have
hl the highest position in the gift of the
chpies an unimportanf place, his indu-
enby reason Of the effectiveness Of his
ealon. If the foundation is imperfect,
tbsucture viii be also.
lis general intelligence is necessary to the
Il inlent Of the gifted few Unappreeia-
ne EN- runs to decay. The public speak
egse an audience, which can perceive the |
lei and be moved by his eloquence to no |
pShe author must have a people 10 read /
anad and be benefited BY his swTitings.
W n orators who addressed the people, !
he reporters. drew inspiration from
=. h'nbIies. which listened in breathless !
sir impassioned eloquence, or rent the 4
ID aiI applause. The intelligence, of the 4
~ 81 le went far to secure them the I'M
PIE m6ich Is theirs. Educated American
ss pey estimated, and longed for freedom
on reessive yoke, and hence they caught
uFent of the noble Henry, and shouted
5te Give us liberty or give Us
mmon school then, receive the en-
So and support its important demands.
= all we secure the wide diffusion OF
AhAd raise up academies, colleges and
s7. nEkhich shall be an honor to our land,
ann obscurity nations pride and glo-
Eguished few Let as so back to the
nc, nc nah ol,cn the fountain, and remove the
an an hat tho rill may flow forth, the brook
IA per ana the broad oceaa send up its
,crs el1rtls The sun. thence To- be borne back