The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-24
A plea for Men aud wo"en-- Tor
1cea,ts,---Eor Short Sk""Fs---s''

~ I'm most thoughtful men and one Oh inc
(a,,.,,s. cy,,o>itorS Of the science OF poh'!'
.-., .c,oo,,y to bc found in the United states.
Iyng.. are sa.nc extracts from recent lecture
Of his:
y, n,onouud true theory III regard 10
.f,. ,tii,>. Of men is iyut to attempt TO iorm''-
la;n The abstract or genera! puhc!picS "po"
viii, men should act, and to combine III i
.,r,eral statement or rules the result OF ''c"-
r,,.. observation. There may OF course w
,rnn and f.llSn theories. and false theories o.
,,1J;a;,.1I economy have been among the mos,
,,,yon; t,,,es OF the ruin BOTH OF men anu ="
t,1;ionS. The fr!>c theory al hn'''i.'H E',''
nynv which once controlled nearly Ill inc ne,
tiais was that the precious lntIh'
the oa,v true wealth. ana t:!'t III al ."'''
,nn,...,. Ly,,a; one nation gained another must
,'' ~ ,,,av SON 10 you who do not closely
n'>,,..,. .I,n habits of though: among busl-
,,o.s ,nnn that these old errors were long since
,,nn.royrrt.d. and have ceased 10 exert any
;,1r.onc. hut YOU could not minGle ior 4
..nr', djv with the So-callci practical men
or orr city without prrCciving that while
d. .,a;Iuiur any and all theories, ANA hcc'-
io,r most earnestly that they net only from
,hn dictate Of experience ana oi absolute
LnoNlcdrc, they are. many Of tacn, yer
1u.ieI IA;. control Of the most prinic!ou> 81
Ill theories in REGARD to the precious metals
and to commerce, and only fail in producing"
Disastrous results bcc.I,,c the common s@n>c
oc Tho mass Of the people ms gone beyond
them. and check, their mischief before II has
worked OH; its complete result. HIS &rautial
Development OF common sense cannon .!'i 70
lie observed IN al tH'>c '''i'o','c ~
We're ii hot Tor tl''s one ''''SI, ">imh.
may hope tIat ~"lnc o! the iHI''ic' III i':''"
- trade. such ~ the uoTlEi o! pr''"tl'i.
which iow curse IN ullt,t di>t:inu'io!i @!
wealth. viii som" time disappear, ~ inc "'Hri
IL w!tylrrIIt d!d. simply rcrit!>c iHcE VIII
to'~1'" - absurd ana WEI Hc@o ITO '1S ~.
lAsi:' irr thclr r"i'HH'2h. II - 5'"eA"'H
considered Inst THESE oti errors NisapiearcI
when A'1n smith TciUlca trchi ana E''"
d,nMtnc.Untnii!cnt"l pfi!cil''S OF Il Scie'ice;
ant i't!> - 80 taF tI'r ''''' /, mas wen ''.'
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A"> cAS.''u - ~ WILL, ~. v,t;|,,. :,
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- ,..i,, ,,.,urI rtirrinlu, roin-
~ ',.,,i:.,.~ ,i.o ,roG,,,.t:ou md
ir.,.,%i ci ,,:,,itl, vii, Ln evolved
60 '''''''i a,o,,,, ,,r rn,c,, rho FIJI
ANY, ''!.s ,na,. i,soI rron
.!i5.ii, "! n' t.t,I,.tio -, cn. rhn Inu.
il''.'c "lt'' '.I' ;', ,n,, I.,,,. ava hut ,ir,L-
;,,'" ~ a,,mn,, far tIc ,oIn,nn cf
'''!' - '>.,i !, ,,,,.t snnnn, mr. r,tnr hc
C .,,,i' ,',;, ,hn,' tnml viii 10 accented
i"''t9, "''t i ~ S,,,n,,nnts nf ~.
- H'. 'tie, iH ti t,,dc,,
''I ,,.;m ~ NV, ,,.,I I,.tc nix So
~ 80, ,,;' -" ~, '
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THIS roS':lbIn sClENeE'
Il relates 10 the production and dist'ihu-
TIA u wsath-not IN me limited sense III
Whicathc wore Is commonly lsed lis "islilh!
Il II me Tor tic !arSc ACCOMMODATIONS OF 4 levy
p"r.o!S, but OF wealth III the sense oil sub
n,~t"ncc anl comfort for the Who'll" people;
in tn, sense Of the common veal, welfare,
and wealth Of each and I'll. Il il b" said t!!lt
.hc department OF thought which relates to
stici! material and i@llobc things rs he daily
sui,py o! beef and bread, Of c!oIlIin. and
shelter, is bul Il potato gospel" not worthy
the attention Of men of high purpose, one
reJndcr is tia, the potato gospel must pre-
crIr the spiritual, and that il is OF little
Use TO rrcaclI TO or to attempt much in>truc-
tion. either moral or intellectual. for those
who lave not sufficient food or shelter.
or who are ardnoli>v engaged the liyclon.
RI
miy re,It that The very thought itself o.
those WHO may regard our work with dis
ta,n: The very process of intellcction car
rid on by one OF the ganylia Of their brains
!, but another material process, another
movement of particles. another waste and
s,uvly Of what we call matter. We claim
that we who think cotton and cloth. foola
fucl, are engaged in the same function as they
whose thought is not so material. and are as
ncpd,i,l ~ inrv to tri,e harmony and 4 full
rr,lixafinn ofthr hioher life Thcirtholrhts
ARA nnw-rs in rho land and ideas may he the
outv rn,li,v hnt unleSs some men give Them
selves m With all their force to building
l2;lrood.' oprninn mines. constructing ma.
cAiucrv. and operatjnr the very printing pro-
cess br which these ideas are made to take Il
visible form, these very thoughts might
il!l aS dead and be as quickly lost =,
though they had been spoken III the
stone age or among the bushmen. The
scholar who thinks III the crowd, and IS
y. u: Nv i,,"1hei VIZ hiio"o t"c "i.'tIS VI
Who srn,rate themselves and IGNORE ~ .,lic,t
to desnisc fine ,natr,i,l Interests of the world
we are members onn of another ana whila
some Of MS are engaged in c,Ilin"s that mr.
take Of drudrcry. and where the dollar infr-
euce is immediately before us and NOT one
stcr, rcn,nvnd others muct dn ,hn r.or, nj