Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05

/ examples are recorded In history, an
many are vet to be recorded hav
only to cite you 10 the early ehildhOO
days Of Horace Greeley .One Of Amerl
cas- Leading benefactOrs. Who doe
not fancy ne can nov see him, a
Z biography states it, lying upon tn
I floor Of their humble cottage, and b,
I the light OF q pine-knot intently 4
study notwithstanding the annoy
ances Of his playing companions
Tell me If the lad of a poor but indus
trious family Of Kentucky, TO WHOM
neither academy nor college was eve
opened, and who spent his youth II
clearing the forest, and his full maR
hood In guiding the councils Of hii
country through 8 great war, did no
rise up in a similar manner2 He has
little or no schooling, and scarcely
any books with which TO awaken IN
him thirst for knowledge. Circum
stances were against him; but he haC
within him that which education car
not supply, that which is bound Il
Lift men above circumstances and hii
fellow men. That the powers which
have made such men great and "a
nous were innate seems TO me con
elusive. But now they tell US educa-
ton creates this dissimilRrity. Let u
see.
Take, for instance, two men equally
well educated in the same medical
school. You 20 TO one and tell him
your ills, and as best you can what
the trouble ie. He listens attenavely
examines your pulse, looks st your
tongue and says you are threatened
with q fever, and gives you q dose
which he thinks will break 1t up
Time passes along, but you do not get
any better, and 10 you 60 aud see the
other. He goes through with the
same investigations and says you have
AllsymPtou1s Of apopiexy.
Take another instance. Here are
two reverend gentlemen, both well
educated, who are spending their
lives in studying the Holy Book and
preaching its precepts, One goes from
place TO place preaching the sxistsnce
Ofa place Of punishment hereafter ;
while the other breaches there Is no
such plsce Is t'heil.H Thus We flud
mental differences In every depart
-ment Of life, which lie In the native
constitution Of man. There Is the
source or fountain head Of intellectual
greatness and also of intellectual in
feriority. Therein, to great extent,
lie mans character, principles, and
acts Of life; and these are the catalogue
of the man. Ifin q man judgement
Is wanting, be is like q vessel at sea
WithOuta rudder. II he is wanting
reason, he Is like an engine without
3 governor. II he is wanting ambi-
ton, he is like an engine without
steam. But If he has all the powers
or facilities 50 blended or united that
each works for the good Of the Others,
he win go on like tue giant locomo-
tive, carrying with him multitudes
who are ready and willing to pay him
homage and applaud his greatness.-
All history proves this, tradition cor
roborates IL, and observation will con-
firm II. Just look back upon the vast
expanse Of the time, and Of the multi
utude Of humanity who have lived
and pefished, Rndsee how many gain
that fame which time can not de-
strOy. For every one that yet lives,
venture to say q hundred thousand
are sleeping IN forgotten graves, and
1.-THE places that once knew them
know them no more" Here and
there we see bright stars on which are
written in inetfaceable letters such
names as Homer, Shakespeare, Milton,
and Newton. They were extraordin-
sry men, possessing abilities fer supe-
riOr TO nearly ali OF their fellow-men.
The Creator lRvished upon them his
greatest bounty-a giant intellect
The theory or equal powers Is q dalu-
sion and, thank Heaven, it Is fat
dying out.
It is said that no man could meet
Daniel Webster without saying, 4,He
is an extraordinary man, His every
feature and movement struck You as
being singularly grand. His high
massive forehead was alone suffieie II
says q cOntempory, Ito Impress any
one with feeling OF admiration. %
And this man, by some means tho't
to be Americas greatest son. had the
next largest brain on record. I do not
claim that every intelligent man has
3 large brain. Far from il. A small
brain may be 80 evenly balanced as to
bring forth better results than many
larger ones.
Many strong minds have gone down
TO ruin on account OF their lower DOW
srs being predominant. The towering
keen eye, and expressive
are all the work Of the
Creator through nature, as are also all
0f intellectual powers. She molds
he man and gives to each certain
abilities. And when Il Il said % her
We owe all that We are and all that we
nay be, my conscientious belief Is ex-
pressed.
Butip all that haz been said. the
writer does not wish to be understood
IS diaparaging any young man from
getting an education. II Is his right.
and Is Is the duty Of every
man to assist him Be
,ause q man has meager powers. il Is
10 reason Why he should fnrsake their
culture. So much the more be should
Itrive TO become enlightened that he
nay appreciate the intelligence of
'thers. There are bat few men who '
,annOt by persistent effort become
masters of some branch of the worlds
history. Stephenson, it is said, could (
neither read nor write, yet by untiring
perseverance, be came of victorious
md is one Of the worlds greatest bene-
actors.
Some men look with contempt upon
hose whom nature has not 50 well
avored. Such can not be aware that
mali minds are as essential to- the
TOrldis equilibrium as large ones.
a. rrTu ~ IL
Butler. the world would be in con-
inual dissension and turmoil. Every
nan wonld consider his views to be
he more beneficial 10 the country.
every rock and stump in the land
would support q shouting orator.
nhe plowshare would rust in the fur
ow, the fire go out ia the forge, and
he cutters would I'LL up with filth.
But fortunately this dilemma will (
lever occur, as the Creator has de-
reed otherwise.
A word 10 the young man, and I
N done. OF all the sermons ever L
Ittered, there are none better for you |
han this KnOle ThYaslfu From I
he fact that observation teaches US .
bat different men are constituted by 4
nc sNACAslA Win ulacI6uk AppGEtle5 4
or different pursuits, il behoves
very young man TO study himself to
earn II possible for what calling ma
ure has best equipped him. When 1
le has determined this be should give
loose rein 10 thai spirit which throbs
Tithin him and bend every power to 4
make It a success, remmbering that
zone science oaly can one genius ut,
So vast is Art, 80 narrow human wit"
Learn to bride those passions or pow