Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-01

| been matter Of education q, No man has
! !. BY patrre alone, What has your 1educa-
r. Well, as TO education. The pewspspers
Fare correct--7I ueyer went toI school more
than SIX months ia my, life,os Bat, as you
lsey, this. must, be, a product of. culture Jin
some form. T. have beeo. ,ppttine the ones.
[Hon yppq ask me, TO myself, while you have
been talking. can say this, that, among
my earliest recollections, / remember how
when mere child. / used to- get irTitated
I.when any body talked to me inla way could
not understand. lid don'tg think Lseser got
angry at anything else ainmya life. hi But
that always disturbed, my temper, aud hos
eyer since, Il can remember going to my
little bedroom, after hearing the heighbo
talk of an evening with my father, and
spending no small part OF tie right walking
up asdodewn, aud trying tomake out what
was the exact meaning of some of their,ato
me, dark sayings l could not sleep,
though l often, tried to, wben got on
such o hunt after an idea,, until had
caught ~; aid when ] thought had goi
liz, was not satisfied until had repeated
IL over aud over, aud until had put
II in Language plain, enough, as ! thought,
for any boy / knew 10 comp! ehend This
was d kind Of passion with me, and il has
stuck by me, for 1 nm never easy now,
when i am handling a thought, till have
bounded It north aud south aud bounded
it east and bounded it west Perhaps that
accounts for the egcharacteristic you observe
in my speeches, though never putth two
things together before. sarJ bga ,s.yado
lO Mr, fLpcoln, Ilthenkryou for this 1t Is
the most spleuded eduea lional fact 4 ever
happened upon 81 This is genius, with oil
| its impulsive, inspiring, dominating power
oversth mind fits tpossessor, developed
by educaioa into talent, wi b its uniform
ity, its peimanence, and its disciplined
strength, always iresdy,i always ayailalable,
never caprcous-tbe highest possession of
The human intellect Buhlet me ask, did
you Prepare for your profession 2so1qs1 io (
dObg yes read law, as the phrase is;
thatiis Ibecame q lawyers clerk in Spring
field, and copied tedious documents, aud
picked up what / could of law 10 The inter
yals sot her work.m But your question re-
minds me- Of bit of education ] had,
which am touLd in honesty to mention
Ia the course of my law reading, i con-
stanily came upon the word demonstrate.
thought, at first, that understood its
meaning, but soon became satis fed that i
did not. / said to myself: What do ]
mean when demonstrate more than when
| reason 10 prore How does demonstration
differ from any other proof Z consulted
TWebster's Dictionary. That told Of Ger.
tain proof, proof beyond the possibility Of
doubt but could form no idea what sort
of proof that was. thought great many
things that were proved beyond a, ,possibil-
lity of doubt, without recourse to any such
rextraordinary process II reasoning as un-
derstood demonstration to be. i consulted
all the Dictionaries and books of reference i
could lfnd., but, with no better results
You might as well have .de6ned blue to 0
blind mau. Az last said, Lncolu,, you
icah nevefmake'a lawyer If you do not. IN
derstand what demonstrate means; and
left my siution in, SpripgG Geld, went home
to my fathers house and staid slberesuntil
could give. any proposition in the six
books Of Euclid at sight. l then fonnd out
what demonstrate means, ande deSent buck 10
kmysla w studies. T Hsilo bla! gu sy'd
7siI could not refrain from saying, in my
admiration at such develop ment of Char
acter and genius communicable. LiDcolu,
your success is no longer a marvel. 1t is
the legitimate result of adequate causes
You deserve it all and great deal more.
Ii you will permit. would like use to this
fact publicly. 1t will be most valuable in
inciting our young men 70 thai patient
classical aud mathematical culture which
most minds absolutely require. No man
can talk weli'unless he is abie FIRST of all tc
define himself what he is talking about
Euclid, well studied, would free the worlc
of half its Gala mites, by banishing ha9 th'
nonsense which now deludes and curses IL
l have often thought that Enc!d would b'
one af the best books to put on the cata
! logue of the Tract Society,if they coulo
! ouly get people TO read it. II would be q
means ofgrace.q h-ha.s.a
i think so. said be, laughing; voto for
Euclid. rza-7 afisi --aia''ioH
Just then man entered the cars who
was well known as a very ardent friend oil
Douglass Being little curious, to see
how Mr.. Lincoln would meet him, l intro
duced him after this fashion Mr. Lin
colu, allow me to Introduce Mr.. -L--
very particular feiend ofy5ur particular
friend Mr.. Douglas. He at once took hi,
hand in q most cordial manner, saying,
have no doubt you think you are right, sir
This hearty tribute TO the honesty OF
political opponent, wi h the manner o.
doing il, struck me as a beautiful sxhibitior
Of large hearted charity. of which we see
tar too little in this debating, fernientine
world, 81. .....s ..i. ...,l d. ....ai tsar
As we neared the end OF our journey
Mr.. Lincoln turned to me very pleasantly.
aud said, l want to thauk you for this con
ver alton. have enjoyed it very much
replied. referring 10 some staltwart de
nuucaIions he had jnst been uttering OF th'
demoralizing influence o. Washington upoI
Northern pollt lticiAusI in respect 10 the slav
cry question. Mr.. Lincoln, may say ON
thing 10 you before We separate Ger
tsinIy, anything you please. You hay ,s
= Just spoken OF the tendency Of political NJ
: ia w asbibglon 10 debase the moral conVlc
tions Of our representatives there by th
admixlure Of considerations ofmsre pohtica
, expectancy. 'SYbdhave become bY tbe con
Ioversey with Mr. Douglas. Que OF ou
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