The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-03-23
What Makes the Mani

What Makes the Han!
In every community there is q leading spiri
one who may ftly be styled the ruler. In
| every department Of life these individuals an
foremost The came Is true Of nations. Suct
thing as practical democracy never had ar
existence. A few leading spirits fire.
quently only one-goyern and control the aftalrs
of nation. These men tower above the mul,
titude like some huge mountain peak which
overlooks all surrounding cliffs. Their history
is the history of nation during their exis
tence. The history of Martin Luther, Is the
history of the reformation the history of Gal
houn, Clay and Webster, is the history of the
American nation during the period of theil
natural lives. The general principles stated
above we believe, will be admitted by every
student of history. Every one knows that the
names Of particular men become the house
hold words of every family in nation. Oh
these men it may be said in qualified sense az
was said of Washington; "They are first in war
first in peace and first in the hearts of their
countrymen."
1t will be interesting and profitable to en-
quire what it is that gives these men their su-
periority. At first sight it might be thought
that wealth was at least pillar in their temple
of greatness. Facts, however, will not justify
this conclusion. Some of those men who rep
resented nations in the highest sense, were born
poor, lived poor, and died poor. Some men
who revolutionized nations had 80 little proper
ty at their demise that winding sheet had to
be purchased for them by friends. Julius Cesar
was mt one period of his life worse than poor.
When he received the control of the Gallo
provinces, he was deeply involved in debt In
pecuniary point of view, most men would
have pronounced his case hopeless.
Neither can it be said that mere intellect
makes the man. Sometimes-yes, frequently,
we see men of extraordinary natural endou-
ments and superior intellectual attainments,
who occupy no higher position in society than
that of mere drones. For some cause or other
they occupy no higher station, and exercise no
greater influence over their fellow men, than
the veriest fool. Nor can 1t be said that the
particular element, whatever it may be, which
makes the man is hereditary. Sometimes the
father is man, and the son drone-a cipher
"a nothing. Sometimes, again, the father is
drone and his son hero.
In order to make man, three things are
requisite. There must be well balanced
mind. There must be proper proportion be-
tween the intellect, sensibilities, and will
Napoleon remarked, concerning one of his
marshals, that he had not intellect sufficient to
enable him to put two sentences together cor
rectly, but that he had will enough TO execute
any order given him. There are men whose
minds would be truthfully described by saying
that they can execute but are incapable of plan
ming
Again, other men can concoct good plan
but are mentally insufficient to put the plan
into operation when devised. Some men are
good thinkers and not worth much after all.
Again, some men have no sensibiEty-they are
heartless monsters. They can neither cry nor
laugh; weep nor rejoice. 1t is evident that
the marshal of Napoleon never could be great
man. All that he could attain to was good
seryant-a subaltern. We repeat, that to be q
man and succeed in life, we must have suti-
cient intellect to concoct plan, sensibility
to put it into execution. If these three mental
endowments are possessed in just proportion,
and are properly used, the possessor will be
characterized by the following traits of char
acter: He will be steadfast He will not be
changing his occupation every time the wind
blows from the east. He will be energetic
What he does he will do it with all his might.
Another characteristic of such man is that he
has an object in view. He embarks on the sea
of life expecting to make particular port.
All his observations are taken with respect to
this haven. He sets his sail 80 as, not simply
to hit the opposite shore, but to hit it at par
ticular point. The sparkling jewel, consisten-
cy, glitters continually in the crown Of such a
man.
A man with well balanced mind controls
his appetites and passions. The man who flies
into violent fits of rage, and the man who kills
himself drinking whiskey, are both examples
of mental imbechity. In such individuals the
will has not that power which is necessary to
govern and control the animal passions.
Parents and educators should keep it tsteadily
in view that the success in life of their children
and wards, depends very much upon having, q
we'll balanced mind. Hence, children should
be taught to think, to feel and to will. To
neglect the proper education of either one of
these three departments of mind, is to violate
the laws of nature, and must be attended with
ruinous consequences to the individual and to
the whole community Norkuile Enqutrr.
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