Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-07-16

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Scheoi Was bora IN lhs village Of paniei
Amer leaving The NoIual sehcol, Ne ~
male Assistant Professor Of History el fh
losephy, aud fnally Tiulsr Professor ,
Philosophy Al lhs faeally 81 Letters, n
was. bssides msmber ol the inaliuie Z
the couasel of rublle Lluesiion, aut of lh
Chamber ef nesullss,
Jouilloy has pnhllsAel biz rransAHon Q
''Risd's Philosophical Works, aud that q
''ske,shfa Of Moral Philosophy hy nusal
stewart, a course on Natural nlghis,'
course GA "l,sihelies and tao Volumes pl
Philosophical Miseelanies.
His style, ever natural, easy, animated
al times eloquent, has a purify, "a sonpless
which one hnls Ia but very FeW phll9soph
zeal works.
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epeeeh made AT the distribution 81 Prize
in CLaFlawsgne College, la 1910, BY Joua
roy
Srhai life, ! have In a great measnr,
passed through; know is promises, ia
realities, its dscepuonsi you mighI ask m'
how one faneies IL, am going 10 tell You
Low one ilnds II, not 10 crush the Hover .
your noble hopes--iiie Is perfectly good Il
whomsoeyer knows It's aim-but TO warn
you upon that sanie uliimalioa aud TO teach
you or learn you, In revealing what 1t can
best0w, what you have 20 ask OF II, anl In
what way ycu shonm spend II.
"one believes IL lengthy ,'youpg pupils, Il
- very short; for youth Is only lis slow prep
aration, and old age It's slower destruction
In seven or eight years you viii have seen
4 through all the formulating ideas OF which
IL -. 1sr lan laf
( some twenty years ofreal strength in which
TO rcallge them. Twenty years that isi an
I eternity for you, and ia reality but a mo
ment. Believe In those for whom those
I twenty years arc no morci they pass like q
shadow and there is nothing left but tie
deeds with which they have been flled.-
Learn thcii the value of time; employ 1t
with an indefatigable, jealous activity
/ DO whateper you may, those gears iVhich ere
rnroitiag Memseices before you IKE an end
! less panorama, viii Rerer aecomPHsh bet
/ .Jamt part cfyoHr youit(@ idcaS tse others
,ciH remain useless gems, RPoa ichieh the Fee'
summer Of Iife shall hare passed icithoM g'e-
ing them birth, and rhiek shai! die out fruit
/ Tess IL he ieieies ~ old dgs.
aYour nge still doludcs itself in another
I way upon life; il dreams in 1t happiness,
and what IL dreams is not TO be found
What renders youth SO beautiful and makes
one regret ii when it il passed, is that
1 double Illusion which deiers and gilds the
horizon of life. Those noble instincts which
sneak within you, and which aspire TO such
exalted aim; those mighty desires which
asitate and call you, how can ono not be-
l;cye tl.ut IL is Gcd who las implanted them
| in you to crafty you, and that This promise
| life fultills? Yes it is n premise, the prom
jse OF q grand and happy destiny, and all
the expectation which it oxcites within you
will be fulfilled; but if you think thatit will
be in this world, you mistake. This world
is limited, and the desires Of your nature
nro infinite. We're each Of you to grasp by
himselfalonc all tho pleasures which it con-
tains, those pleasures hurled Into that abyss
would not I'll il; those pleasures being con-
tested, one obtains part of them only at
the paip of fierce conflict, and then, for
tune does not always accord the best part
to the most deserving. This is what life
teaches us, tlia is what saldcns and dis
co,rages us, thus is it that we accuse 1t,
and with it, that providence WHICH gave it
| to us. No other period was happier than
ours; no other has opened more literally to
all, access 10 the happiness of this life, and
vet il resounds with this accusation, we
blame everybody for not being happy, we
blauie God, man, soc'e'J anu 'i,ose Tno gov
efn 1t. Let NOT your Noicc w heu.u ~ on1
moment ,n TINS insane accusauoi Nv nv
your soul, succomo III 'nrni 20 'iis "'v'un-
ed despondcrcy; and for that learn early TO
SET life eas tis, and to notask oft what il can
not give you. 1t is in mistaking this aim
thar we blaspheme ana are unhappy it is
in knowing or in accepting IL thht We arc
men. Listen to me anu allow ne 10 teii you
the truth
| siYou ere about 10 60 into The world. Or
| the thousand paths which ii opens 10 hut
man activity, each of you win choose his
own. The course of some will be bright, that
| of others obscure and gloomy The circum-
stances and fortune OF your parents shall
IN a great measure decide. Let those not
murmur who shall receive the most uoder.
ate part. On one hand, providence is ust,
and that which ID Independent ofus cannot
| bo real good; on the other hand, the coun-
Try lives on The competition and labor of its
children. and in the mechanism of society
there is no useless spring. Between the
minister that governs the State and tho i'm
pie mechanic that contributes to ITS pros
| pcrity by the work of his hands, there IS
only one difference, it is hat tie calling of
| one is more important thana hat ofthc other;
| but, In filling them well, the moral merit is
| the same. Let then, each Of YOU, be salts.
fed with the part which shall be assigned
bin. Whatever be his cause, it will give
him n mission, duties, a certain amount OF
CORD to accomplish. There win be hia task
lei him fulfill it with courage and mercy,
honestly and faithfully, and he Shall have
done in his sphere all that is given man to
do. Let him also fulfil it without envy
against his rivals. You will not be alone
bin your path, you viii travel it with others,
called by providence To pursue csane end.