The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-13

layer, who, being in temporary reverses
through the illuess Of his family, had conse-
quently been obliged to part with his best
clothes; and being therefore missed from his
classes, in which he had been noticed as
very hard worker, was persuaded TO attend
them in his orking clothes. He replied,
''No il was not possible. 1t must not be
thought of. 1t must not come into question
for a moment. 1t would be supposed, or it
might be thought, that he did it to attract at
tention." And the same man being offered
by one of the officers a loan of money TO en-
able him to rchabilitate his appearance, posi-
lively declined, on the ground that he came
to the institution to learn and to know better
how to help himself, not otherwise to ask
help, or to receiS help from any man. Gap
plause) Mr.. Dickens then went on to com
bat at considerable length the assertion that
this is a material age, and thus concluded
To the students of your industrial classes
generally / have had it on my mind, first, TO
commend the short motto in two words,
"Courage-pe (Cheers3 This
is the motto of a friend and worker. Not
because the eyes Of Europe are upon them,
for ] don't in the least believe it Oaughter),
not because the eyes of even England are
upon them, for 1 don't in the least believe it;
not because their doings will be proclaimed
with blast of trumpet at street corners, for no
such musical performances will take place
Qaughter); not because self-improvement is
at all certain to lead to worldly success but
simply because it is good and right Of itself
(hear, hear, and because, being so, it does
assuredly bring with it its own resources
and its own rewards. | would further com
mend to them a very wise and witty piece Of
advice on the conduct Of the understanding
which was given more than half a century ago
by the Rev. Sydney Smith--wisest and witt
est of the friends l have lost. He says-and
he is speaking you win please understand,
as | sneak to a school Of volunteer students
he says:-''Ihere is piece Of foppery
which is to be cautiously guarded against, the
foppery Of uniyersality, Of knowing all scr
enCes, and eXcclling in all arts-chemistry,
mathematics algebra, dancing, history, rea-
soning, riding, fencing, Low Dutch, High
Dutch. and natural philosophy. Qaughter.)
In short, the modern precept OF education
very often is, Take the Admirable
Cmchton for your model. l would
have you ignorant Of nothing. ''Now,
says he my advice, ON the contrary, is to
have the courage t. be ignorant Of a great
number of things, in order that you mGy
avoid the calaniiJy OF being Ignorant of every
thing" (Iauehter and cheers To this [
would supeladj a little truth, which holds
equally good OF my own life and the life of
every eminent upu / have ever known. The
one serviceable. safe. certain remuueratye,
attainable quality in every study and in every
pursuit is the Q,lnllty of attention Ny own
invention or imagination, such as it Is, can
most tIuthiuliy assure yOu, would never have
served me as ui- bat for the habit of com
monplace, humble, patient, daily, toiling,
drudging attention: Genius, yiyacity, quick
ness of penetration brillinncy in association
of ideas-such mental qualities, like the
qualities of the apparition OF the externally