The Baltimore County union., 1866-11-03

Tho Use of Time and Uselessness OF
Hurry.

Time was given 20 man 10 use aud not waste.
II is for rational USE aud not coiish abuse. And
at times IL appears to the rejecting mind that We
are mistaken in our endeavors 10 crowd into half
an hour what should ill half a day. We 10 not
refer 10 our habits Of hurried eating so frequent.
ly the subject Of critics aud ltciurers but TO the
general hurry aud haste that charae,'riLe every
movement VI our people. In travelling VIC give
preference TO the fastest. this being the ghnd re-
commentator Of one competing line over an
other. The annihauon of space and time is u
modern boast, as though the feat WIS really rncr-
itofious.
II Is TO be questioned whether this idea is a
correct one. Human life IL more valuable than
few hours or days, YET we risk lie and limb In
paironiEing those conveyances which run the
longest possible distance in the shor,es' possible
time. The employees of railroad and stcamhoat
COMPANIES have received the title Of baggage
smashers." for no reason exccp, that The rules Of
the companies and the exaciing demands OF the
public will not allow them To handle baggage, a.
Tom Hood advised the management ~ The body
OF The desrniring suicide -
Take her ur t,uder,
Handel with carr
Its public demand that every thing shail be
done in the shortest possible time, but il is
wasteful and often ...cidal demand. We DO not
live out half our days five exis, the alloi.
ted spac, Of man life We do not live. We arr
driven BY this spirit 10 hurry AS relcnilessly as
the poor souls in Dante Inferno bv the torment
ing devils Of Iiades
Ba, laying aside all considerations affecting
the general welfare Of the race, the elemtn, Of
hurry NOT judicious employment VI iimc-in the
building Of engineering works and machinery I.
really injurious. Men and concerns are inirusi-
ed with the building and completion Of work
Of magnitude, winch Is TO remain tor the usy "
future generations and Gs monument Of our
81 anA netf l.F, fs,,..
themselves on iob well done. they boast rsih-
CT, OF one quickly performed. We have bridges
that break down. ships that f0.E !eF, engines iha,
fail, boilers that explOde-uo' Go sr,at ~ ihco-
ries that will no, s,ahd the test " practical use
simply because we conceive time To BE- Of more
value than any thing else. Il is all wrong -
The engineer had better take twelve mouth. To-
test and perfect his plans, Rnd then r,'uts -
time 10 build his structure, ,hnn 10 make /, an
experiment, the offspring Of crude ideas. The
mechanic would do better 10 iud, The parts vi
bis machine, aud NJ last emboGy Them ia per-
fec, and practical whole. than - De si,isfci with
hurried completion Of work that may ruin
his reputation.
II large bodies move SLOWLY. works u use
aud for endurance should Le carefully and slow.
~ constructed. A crude idea may be worthless
aud u may contain the germ ui n valuable ini-
provemenI, but neither Of ih,se facts eau often he
ascertaintd without patient Investigations and
repeated experiments Hurry l. the curse of our
mechanics. IL prevents them often from succe.-
fully competing with the sudious German, the
patient Swiss, the persistent frcuchmnn aud the
obsiinat, Englishman. Wejump al conclusions
aud insis; that even II Rome was not built IN
day" We enn erect gresier ihan l.ow" w IN
hour.
We need 10 use care, patience, fmt u Ne ever
intend TO succeed a. mechancians. Time em-
ployed in the elucidAlion Of au idea iAc demon-
s,raiion Of theory, the test Of an improvement,
or the reliability Of an invention is never wasted
The fruit may lie long ripening, bat. when ready
TO pluck, l. will not prove detective --.Sr.ssi.fc
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