Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-19
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Horace Greeley lsctured Friday evening at Odd
Fellows Hall, under the auspices Of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Central Presbyte-
rian Church. The audience about filled the hall,
though many came In late. Mr.. Greeley came
forward at o'clock, and was introduced by Mr..
woolston. He said he did not propose to be
funny, that be had no special talent in that way;
If ho had perhaps the hall would have been fuller
tonight A question which embracesa thousand
different topics, and takes as many forms, Is Of
Education. How shall we 20 educate That the
people OF the next generation will be better of in
all respects than the PRESENT. Referring to the
addresses being made by Hon. Robert Lowe, of
England, who, though thorough classical scho-
ar, declares the usual routine of University Ed
ucatlon greatly deficient, he would look NJ the
matter from tho standpoint opposite MIR. loves
thorough scholastic requirements that of
"Sulf-madc Men,"
What is true Educatiou--whercin Ia 1t deficient
and how eau 1t be improved? THESE were the
questions arising to be considered. With the in-
tention apparently, OF eulcgsing the simplicity
of nature, and of showing the necessity IN cduca-
ton, IL kecping near her perfection, the speaker
described ut suine length the grand aud impress
sive scene, whcn he saw the Big Trees Of Caliior-
nia. Comparing scifmadc men 10 the New Eng
land oak, which under apparently adverse cir
cumstances Of nature produces the most useful
wood that grows, he said the buifutlngs Of the
storms, &C., which it endured only served Ito
tougher its ilbres, and increase lis strength and
value.
He then sketchcd the character nf Fantie
whose greatness seemed not 10 have arisen hut
grown. lie placed him at the head Of stii made
| Americans, and introduced Washington for pur-
poses of comparison. The former was more YER
satile the services he rendered his country and
mankind were more various, though lie had not
| Washington's dignity and grandeur. AS an cx-
ample of the rugged child OF nature he drew the
portrait of Daniel Boone, though scarcely in
terms of euogy He thought Boone's mode OF
life had Its attractions in fine weather sometimes,
to everybody, when feeling came over you that
il would be nice to be a loafer, but 10 follow 1t
permanently would be quite different. lie then
passed to Burns, whose character was not free
from blemish, by any means, but whose poetry
was grand and effective because 1t was spontanc-
Gus and natural. "a mans man for a that
than the Marseillaisc or all of Rousscau's senti-
mentalism. lie doubted If there was a living
adult human being, speaking the English Ian.
guage, who docs not cherish, consciously OF not
some fragment from Burns. He spoke of Shak
speare In comparison, as far more courlly ant
sccretiye, less natural.
Life is SO short and Art so long, that the grea
problem comes to ths--the best adjustment o
time to labor to secure the particular education
most urgently needed. The objects of life mus
be IL. Preservation of our limbs and lives. ?
Procuring subsistence for ourselves and those de
pendent upon us. These objects, though cvi
IDENTIFY of prime necessity, will alone condemn
the character Of much of our so-called :" llighe
Education" Though of course there was man.
a higher end of existence, than these they mus
always be the beginning. He loved spontaneity
but did not disparage school education, by an
means. Tho stories of noble baIbarians ar
abominable fctons." Education, by enlargin
our capacity to enjoy, spritualizes and refine
our enjoyment. He liked the 10Th Century, an
thought, too, "Bettsr fifty years of Europe tina
cycle of Cathay.'
Referring to Ills experiments with Others,
Social Economy, he said that though they wcr
) unsuccessful, and had not solved the prcbem,y,
: the lost planet would yet be found by some He
sccl or Lie yerrier, in that quarter of the HEAVIER
which they had swept with their telescopes. I'll
changes in society and its practical progresses il
dictated YET greater change, when Study az
: Labor would be appropriately and bcne6centl
$ combined in system complex as the nature
9 man and when by truer methods and wis'
c teachers We shall secure wellinstructed con
n munity.
e Mr.. Greeley was listened to with thorough pie
o sure, and great attention throughout, notwit
,. standing the frightful temperature of the ha
which was very cold, and swept by drafts al
:. currents OF air, in all directions. He closed
" 20 minutes past 9.and was warmly congratulate
I'd by many who clustered about him. The prom
Mt turning oil the gas by the jantor, white on
10 third the audience were passing to tho doc
- closed the occasion.