Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-11-04

are the same anywhere, whether in
a venerable college. surrounded by
learned teachers and vast libraries.
or at the fireside of the poor, i. e. la
borious application, close attention,
and loving interest, the earnest con-
tact of one mind with other minds,
whether living or dead, so that the
works of past ages seem TO him like
stars and mountains amid which he
walks a. in scenes of glorious en-
chantment, or so that the works
of q cotemporary, perhaps not
much older than himself sur
rounded by the same circum-
stances, disciplined by the same
manners, possess such reality tor
him as to inspire friendship of
minds, so that his very admiration
shall fan and feed his hopes. and en-
large his mental visions; i cGriosity
to investigate ami inquire for him
self, and an earnestness in defense
OF the truth. Now / saw these con-
ditions may be complied with any
where. they depend upon the man.
not upon his condition IL any stu
ation, moi upon his wealth, not upon
the luxurious appliances with which
a university may surround him. 1t
is true that wealth. that the facilities
it commands for acquiring liberal
education is great advantage. He
who has books and leisure, and can
take his ease in ~ academic course,
has an immense Gdvaf comnIo.o
quires, if industrioas'Nipiin q cnI
ness ard finish of Ciiseeauai,.ta
ture of taste, liberal a.lirgsno
with I'll departments of learSd
literature. taat givas tie m>s
breadth and a unIversality, that
elevating and dignifying. Let it be
confessel that the elaborate liter rv
culture OF al English Univers.ty, is
realty ad.airable, that it coniers up
or writer, professional speaker.
or 3 British states men, "a neatness,
Ipo!ish aud dignity of style. which
Tie so-cIlled sell educated men sel-
dSn If ever attain. i here was a
rugged energy about the eloquence
CT the Cc2t.a.1s, that must have
made their speeches overwh Ginning
at the moment OF their delivery, but
they will not bear many perusals.
How interior their stl lie TO the style
OF Macintosh, or Macauiy, or the
HsrcGIean grandeur OF Elmund
Burke. The stNie OF speeches in
tie British Parliament, is on great
occasions certainly superior to that
OF the speech makers in our Con-
gress. And l do confess that the
style OF many British ciergymen is
tSr superior in all The Dobler quail
ties, 10 that OF the American clergy
men. Few WELD polished crystal
style Ike that of Dean, Trench, o.
| Stanley. or that have the beautiful
simplicity of ArnoiGs style. But
what of 1t: ft,ese are products of
fuxurles, 1t requires time and money
ID obtain them; aud though self
made men be too poor to enjoy them
vet the advantage is still with the
self made man. Let US take :he ma
ljOrity of these men, who spend from
ten To swenty years in University,
lhey cease to be practical, they y,ry
oftsn fail to be independent aid
original thinkers, they often spend
years in learned trifing. Burton
spent the literary leisure of forty
years in composing that curious
book, The Anatomy of Melancholy.
They are for the most part conserv-
atiYes, having little confidence in
and sympathy with the people, and
contribute little to the cause of pop
ular liberty and reform. Now con-
trast with this the characteristics of
self made men. As general thing
they lave mOre meataI strength.
that is more intensity, more n..tu-
ralnesS, and more lire. Because they
tobored in study, with or without
teachers, were compelled to MASTER
their studies. The self-educated
man, may not begin with as much
knowledge, but the necessity of the
case makes him thinker. and when
a man has once aroused the faculty
CT intelligence within him, knowl-
edge may be obtained under almost
any circumstances. The self-educa-
ted are the most original minds, they
have also the IN moSt ragged and nerv-
Gus styles OF wrisirg G and speaking.
Whatever a man do, 5 anddoes well,
he must educate himself to do. Fur
thertnore they are generally men-of
the people, identified with them, by
experiences of poverty and toll, and
their advantage is, that they are
mentaily ald morally qualified TO be
the leaders aad educators of the
popular mind. Their style has ex-
ccilsncies of its own kiHl Where
is there purer, more effective Eng
lish style than that Of Horace Gree
Iev or OF Richard Golden, or of John
Bright? The plain naturalness, and
lire III the style of q self-made man,
gains in pO Ter, what it loses in Ac-
sIdeInic finish And these men gain
in effectiveness and power, what
they lack in polish While the Ac-
ademician plods away the best years
of his life in converse with the
mi ghty dead, the self educated man
grows mighty in doing, combines
study with action, and perhaps &C.
qniTes his knowledge of books by
lamElight, after the task Of the day
Is done, during the dav, like
Patrick Henry. from benin the
counter.stuhies men. whom he shall
learn TO sway and govern in coun-
ell Seli-cdlcated men are pro-
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