The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-03-29

THE DOER AND TIE THNKER.-It some
extraordinary man should undertake 10
build. in his lifetime. ten thousand brick
blocks. in the city of New York each block
being larger and better than any now in
the city, and should do IT, The whole world
would ring with the fame and praise of the
millionaire. His wealth. knowledge intel
lect, energy and every comeudahle trait Oh
character would be magniied uy admiring
multtudes. "A hundred fold: he would be
ieted and complimented while living and
the account OF his funeral would be read all
over the earth. He was a doer; he had
done n vast work in a short time and done
It we'll But with his departure from life,
hGudred years, there would be no one liv-
inc who ever saw him; in three thousand
years III, blocks might be- entirely i'm ruins
and no one know anything of him, unless
tmight be his name; and all his works.
great rs they were. would cease to Affect,
directly. the welfare of a single person liv-
ing on the earth.
While these immense buildings were in
process OF erection. there might perhaps,
be passing them every day. an obscure me-
chanic. carrying his dinner in a tin pail. on
the way TO his place of daily labor By
this labor he barely subsists, while all the
energies of his mind are devoted 10 study
ING out q sewing machine OF a new mode
of printing. or "a new motive power, or a
new method Of artificial light. He accom-
plishes the object, and dies. lie is buried
i'm an obscure spot. and his name is not an-
nouncei in any paper. and nobody is heard
praising him; Why Because no one knows
anything of him. He was never distin-
guished a. an orator OF a general. or a
princely merchant. He was not doer.
lie never did anything but barely To sub
Sist end NRf But that mans invention
will live after him: and when he has been
dead ten thousand years il may he in Use
by hundreds of millions. contributing 10
their wealth and happiness. in corners OF
the earth so very remote that their locality
was unknown TO the limited geography Of
the inventor. 50 that IL i. possible tha,
the thinker. with his tin pail, may accom-
plish vastly more for mankind than the
doer, with all the advantages OF immense
wealth.
In the great ocean OF existence. As the
myriads of humanity appear successively
on the surface. and then sink beneath it Tor
ever. the doer arises i'm the waters sud
denly, and lays abont hlm with power
While he labors, the large waves rise al
around his person; but as they recede. tht
force Of the first impetus impaired to then
Giminishss and they grow smaller anC
smaller until they are seen no more.
But the advent @. the thinker among Iii:
fellows may scarcely disturb the Stiffness o
the waters: he occupies only little spac,
while living: and when lie finally sinks
only q small ripple viii be discerniblc. Blu
this ripple Will have the power Of Seomet
rical increase: and as the waves recede
they will grow continually larger armstrong
er. and 20 on augmenting until they re
sound on all the shores Of the earth.
The dOer aud thinker are brothers; they
are both necessary. anC both have thei
Just reward. But the younger must not b,
jealous because the reward OF his elder