The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-06
eays Che Baltimore SIN. I

HE VALUE OF IBUTH.-The Rev.
G8non Kingsley, in late sddress In
Arlstol, England, averred thai he gave
unf his professorship at Cambridge be-
c4nse he found history 80 overwhelmed
with lies. that he could get at the truth
Of nothing whatsoever. On the whole.
his CRITICISM was not very wide of the
mark. When, in continuation Of his ar
gpnent. he proceeded to show that the
yo1ng people OF this age are not edu.
oated In careful regard for accuracy or
faot. he uttered truth which 1t is worth
while to ponder. There was q vast
amenns Ct solid ~:sacn. L. ell. :raeeh
OF sCanon Kngsley. He declared that
decline was the fats OF every nation
Whteh lost the habit Of speaking or aot-
ING the truth. He spoke with even
more than his usual power when he said
shat ''by cultivating the habit of perfect
accuracy, his hearers would not only be
gradually making themselves good men
OF business, good engineers, able and
srusty men, but they would be enlistine
epselves on the side Of truth and
nghs. and against the side OF lies and
darkness" He added that "what was
wanted nowadays was more accuracy,
more truth. more oarefulness OF fact.
andSthat in proportion as carefulness
CONCERNING faot and reverence for fact
were cultivated among young English
tionF would England kecp her proud
position; but if accuracy ooncerning fact
was lost, she would sink and lose her
place:" The next sentence was still
rich in the moral lesson that Mr..
hlngsley specially sought to preach:
The 8nations who had been successful
were those who faced facts, whether they
liked them or not Such nations would
De the greater in war, in commerce and
IN science, because reverence for fact
enabled them to lay hold OF fact and
Keep it, and as long as they were work
ing with the eternal laws OF nature. thew
had those laws on their side; but as soon
as any nation lost it's hold on them. 40
surely did that nation 90 down, gently
at hrsH and then with terrible drop,
Just 1.-THE barometer dropped before q
hurricane
There is no doubt whatever that the
practical truthfulness of the English
character has been one of the great ele-
ments OF the commercial greatness of
that country. The London Telegraph,
IN It's comments upon Mr.. Kingsley's
ADDRESS, remarks that our Saxon San
eestors 'despised liar as heartily as they
~SSE~SS0 - oOWdEus duu GQ0G lB the
supreme heritage which they left to the
England of modern days. Truth has
also been the basis on which English
workEanship has rested its claim to the
first place in the markets of the world
No abundance of iron, or coal, or skill
could have won such position. It was
won by sheer, hard, honest toll. The
world found that English stockings,
knives and forks, yarn, steel pens and
locomotives were made of the best ma
terial that could be procured. Tho de-
sign might not display beauty of artistic
taste, bnt at least the workmanship was
characterized by, admirable strength and
finish. No where else would the wheel
OF locomotive be rejected by the manu-
tacturerc because il bore an infinitesimal
flaw. too minute to challenge the criti.
oism OF the Government inspector, and
too trivial to weaken the iron rim.
Hence, on the continent, English
goods becomes but another name for
honesty of workmanship. Practical
truthfulness had been of more service to
the nation than dozen mines of gold,
By veracityof deed the nation had been
more enriched than it would have been
II an English Bismarck had annexed q
dozen provinces, and found tributaries
IN the greatest of continental States"
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