Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-06
Self Made Mcr,

/ We give tile following synopsis
Of Horace Greeley's lecture at Water
ion, last week for the information b
those VIII wercnot PRESENT.. .a Il
hctare attacked what h,
considprehtile greairstAgauiug ofths
Eage. on waiting fnr onportunities,
I insteaa OF taking hold ana doing the
best that can be done, and working
UP, fso be that work may lead te
something better. IF anything car
really belong, to d man, it would
come to him, If he earnestly strive tc
do the best he could. - 9A ~ Gs
He tadmifetl the abundant op.
lportunities he saw ian the young and
growing communities of the country
for the education of all those that de.
sire IL. Bat this alone would not IA
ore for the demands of the world, fol
workers. Many things were studied
that were not adapted to the prob
able pathway In life of those who
Study them. He himself had aeon.
mon school education In tue days
when common schools were com.
moner than they are now, at any
issssV euSy WCiG RDOIGtsF#ts M8t& wsfA Ri
The drift of his discourse would
be that persons should have train,
ting adapted to their future course la
life. Every one should be qualified
above all, to be able and willing Il
earn his own way In life, no matter
what averse circumstances might
surround him. In, this sense his
lecture mightbe considered q protest
against what Is calleia higher edu,
cation.n 1*ss fssfs ~Ssf se.
''Of all the self.mads men Of oui
country Franklin's career was mark.
Ell above all, by the characteristics ol
uniformity. His power and popu.
lnrity gave Us the French alliance. -
Had franklin been reared In luxury
ad~he been q graduate of Harvard
or Yale, would he have been the
great aud useful man he was? He
placed Franklin higher than Wash
ington as tile icolsamate flower ui
colonial America. FROM franklin
the speaisere aasse.l to the opposite
pole Of AMERICAN life, Daniel Boon
What Interests US III the character
Of this mani is athes boldness with
which he PUSHES into the dangers ol
a louly pioneers life. Robert Burits
was the type of man that pleased tile
speaker bsttsE MAat o lucatinn ard
tit culture might have done for. this
man cannot be told. But If he had
had every advantages his verses
would probably not have been sc
good, and millions have been de
prived OF pleasure. Burns songs
made democracy possible. He hal
loved the lot OF the poor aud lowly
His verses wereknown In fragments,
more than those of any other writer,
Never was such an Ovation offered
To any Englishman as to this tavern
hunter, when he was sixty years
deal. His sincerity Is what we nd
ulire. He spoke from his heart ia
tho universal heart. How different
was Shakespeare another self made
man. No oue could doubt but what
Burns at heart was better MANI
I'VE have been told long ago, he
said, that self made men are only
half made men. Can il he that SET
enoe is--vaia ana study worthless
thorough inquiry would lead To safe
and benltlcent Conclusions. Life il
so short and art SO long that the
great question for every unfolding
mind Is, what do / most need TO
know. The two great questions are
What is the most needful TO preserve
life and limb, what that may best
earn subsistenee? Hard labor is
c0nsieered degrading because it il
slavlslt. III the same work was done
Us y free will Offering TO tho good ol
mankind, all men would honor it,
Gods work is.noble because wholly
uneonstraiued and devoted to noble
ends.U ar 1879 s eF,rs@4
" The speaker would not disparage
true education. A people without
common schools cannot mantain civ.
II liberty or public virtue. The true
Eden ties before us, In the develop.
sment of public capacities Yet pro.
gress ~ not without its drawbacks,
Civilization has dangers that thu
olden times knew not of. We live
farther from Natures dictates than
did those people ofold, and we pay
the penalty" ."sflmr48 .i'.
The lesson that self.inade mel,
were sent TO teacills is this larger
social economy, where labor and
GstNJ Ch1t DC NOHiultCo III DEDIlDfs
tion in the education of every child.
The moral deduced from compare.
son Of self-made and school made
men Is to have every youth taught
to earn his living by his hansls.--
Every one slioutd be trained to earn
a living by manuel labor. that so lie
might serve-the world moro effsctu-
ally.n y3f ~ ~
THE speaker had grappled with
the great question OF social order
Tie thought his eyes had been turned
in the right direction Every day
should have its tasks aud it's leisure.
No man should he idle, for want OF
work. The time would soon come
when every towp wonih have It's
university. 1t was to the speaker a
proud satisfaction TINT SO many look.
ed for the good time coming when
co operative industry succassfully
gnided. should bring its blessings to
all. The day was coming when
mind should master material, when
the world should be made wiser ard
better by tise efineai successors of our
sELF-MADE MEN. sts .