The New York herald., 1873-12-03
The RecSoriaI Address.

MT. DIsRAELI, was received with loud and long.
continued cheering. lie said:-.
Mr.. PRINCIPAL, PROFESSORS AND STUDENrS-My
first duty aud my deepest qualification Is TO thank
TWO years ago. lt l. high one. No one can be
tnsensible to sympathy from the unknown, but the
pleasure is necessarily heightened when 1t is Of
1ered by the educated and refined. when that body
IL representative, and, above all, when Ii repre-
sents tbe you,h o. a famous country. lcheers ara
OF which the fultilment is scarcely less gratifying,
is TO avail myself OF the privileges attendant on
the ONCE TO winch you nave raised me and 10 odef
you some observations either on the course OF
your studies or the conduct or yonr nves,
which, ir made by me, viii be made with
out pretence or presumption, quite satisfied
II, when we are separated, any chance remark OF
nine may recur to Your memory, and lead you to
not altogether unproftabie meditation. Were 70
follow my own bent IWould dwell on those delight
fui studies which occupy considerable portion or
your time within your academic hals-studies
which, while they form your taste and strengthen
your intelligence, will prove TO you IN future years
both o guide and a consolation. But when reco-
acct the INDUSTRIOUS roll Of tAose who have preceded
me in this oEice, and remember how tully and how
recently many OF them have devoted Eheir genius
and their learning to such an enterprise, am u-
clined to think that the field, though in my opinion
inexhaustible, has been for the present sufficiently
cultivated; and as you are about 20 enter life at
period which promises TO be rnomentous--perhaps
I should say which menaces-I think per-
naps, on the whole il may be more appropriate
were 10 make some observations which may tend
TO assist you in your awaiting trials. lCleers) lie
WHO would succeed ia life and OBTAIN that position TO
need OF two kinds OF knowledge. 1t would seem at
the first blush that setknowledge was not very
difficult OF attainment; that Il there be any subject
on Whch person can arrive at accurate cOnclu-
SiOns it should be with respect own dispOSi.
ton ana his own talents. But 1t Is not SO. The
period Of youth in this respect Is one 0. great
doubt and difficulty. Ii IS period ALIKE o. false
confidence ana unreasonable distrust, Of perrlex-
1ty, OF despondency, and even OF despair. 1t has
been SAID by an eminent phy clan that there are
lew persons oil either sex who have attained their
eighteenth year who have not c0ntemnlated wth.
IL 4 nu
from that world which 10 lact they nave never
entered. (ienewed lauenter). U0uutiess this
morbid feeling may be ascriDed, In some degree
TO the dread o the unknown but 1t is also much 10
be attributed TO- and it certainly Is heightened
by, an ignorance oil themselves. How, then, Is
THIS sel-knowledge TO be acquired, and where are
we TO obtain assistance IN this question From
the family circle Z Its incompetency in this re-
spect IS almost proVern. perception 0l Character
rs always a rare gift, but around the domestic
hearth II is almost unknown. Every one Is ac-
guainted with tue erroneous estimates OF their Off
spring which have been made even by illustrOus
parents. The silent but perhaps rensiYe boy Is
looked upon rs dulard, while the 1ippancy of
youth ID Commonp acc character rs mslnter-
preted tato a dangerous yivaclty which VIII GER
talny ast0nsh, and may in time even alarm, the
world. better criterion should be found IN tho
judgment OF contemporaries VINO are our equals.
But the generous ardor Of youth Is not favorable
20 20 critical discrimination. us sympathy is quick,
~ ahHlres ana appaud3; but 1t lav1shes It's ap-
pause and ADMIRATION On qualities which are
oiten not intrnsically important, and 1t
ANayH cxagRerates, ana thus IL Is tnat the hero OF
schoot ana 81 college often dis9ppOinls expectation
IN altcr liie but the TRUTHS lie has shown no de-
nciency IL the qualities winch OBTAINED ha his
early feputc; he has been wanting in the capacfty
adapted 10 subsequent opportunities. Some are OF
opinion tnaJ the Rurest judge youthful character
must DC the tutor, aud there IA Il passage in
socrates on ths head not without interest ne
was an accomplished INSTRUCTOR aud he tells rs he
always studied 10 discover the bent OF those VINO
attended Ms lectures. 50, after due obseryauon
he would say TO one. you are intended for acfion''
and the camp Is the lie which WIZ become vo. to
another. you should cultivate poetry: thira waa
adapted TO the passionate eXercltatons of The
Pn5x; whlle q fourhl was clearly destined for
the groves aun porticOcs OIL pnios0pny Tho
early Jesutts were masters OF education. and
were accustomed 20 Keep secret regis.
ters OF their observations on the charac-
know well long generations afterwards. When
these records were examined lt ~ said chat they
bore startling evidence Of the prescence o the
molly fathers IN the predictions they had mace as
10 tne careers OF individuals VINO had subsequently
become leaders III arts aud arms. confess myself
that have not arrived at the conclusion shat on
the Whole on this point OF the discrimination OF
youthm characters, tutors in general are as inlai-
nDlc as socrates. lD tue rst place, just percen-
LION oi character is always n rare gilt. when pos
scssed IN high degree IL Is the quality winch
specially Indicates the leader OF men; liz is rnat
Whcn tnaples general or minister To select the
nttest Ior lne public purpose, without which all
ihe preparations Tor " Campaign however costly
anu complete, may be lruless, ana ali the
denoeratlons of cOnnclls and ali the discus
slon9 OF Parliament prove mere dust and
WIND. (CheeIs.) Scholars and philosophers
ne IN general too much absorbed by
their own peculiar studies or pursuits to
spale suihcient time and pains on the discrimins-
LYON ol character, end 1t viii generally DO 0nnu. If
.nc sMSns y pupil are recognized by them, 1t IL
Rchei any WDen ne has evinced disposition TO
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