The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-03

proofs Of it, industry, science and art; but
how little il seams in that grand universal
sollsctionl yst Il ID one sound. one note Of
the great symphony. For all that whistling
Of steam, that digging, boring, hammering,
chisellins, down 70 the hardly audible scratch
Of the savant's pm. down to the inaudibls
movemsnt Of the painters brush, all 10 one
complete symphony called labor. 1t rsnews
and embellishes TIC world The old legends
appear new.
.srya TN ARcoNAuTs. IS etlv
Tho Argonautsi Yonder, upon the 'sbeau-
tiful blue Danube, float swimming mansions;
from Ulm to Vienna they carry hundreds-not
Of warriors, but OF worhmen-and they bring
back, not the Golden Fleece, but the inalien-
able treasure Of rich sights and new energy.
sg n crSnxa1nzA LABOR. faa eees
And another one stili Once upon time
there were three princesses; two of them
were highly honored. shining in respondent
palace and surrounded by brilliant suitors,
while the third had to work for the neces-
sites of life, sitting on the domestic hearth
The Cinderella Of the Old World was Labor; her
brilliant sisters were Science and Art But
Cinderella Labor was set upon the throne,
and the princes and leaders Of nations come
and bow and salute her. But to-day, at her
grand festival, she unites with her the sister
Beauty and the sister Wisdom. They are no
longer separated their union is already pro-
nounced by the words Industry of art
(Eunst- Industry. 49,
tsfaae SCIENCE THE RULER. M sa VA
Still Science is and will remain master.
The shining glories of humanity will hence
forward be free. Science and Art; though not
directly serving the ends of utility,
they are, nevertheless, sufficient unto them
selves. They II are the wings that
carry Pegasus into the empyrean; but
through them . breath Of the higher
world pervades all life chained to the earth.
Physical power is measurable by horse power,
but the fight of genius is Unreasonable. 1t Is
unreasonable because only the understanding
Of master spirits of its time can furnish the
measure, which later generations only learn
to apply when the ashes Of the inventor have
been long in the grave. M
.8 FRANxIIN AND GUTENBERG. 3
Imagine that on this LIST day of May, ct
early dawn, even before . living soul has ap-
peared, man is walking through those halls
replete with labor on the banks of the Danube;
. man who belongs to Europe as well as to
America. He was . disciple of the German
master Gutenberg, but also, in the life Of his
mind, genuine ssself-mads man. Dare
undertake to recall Benjamin franklin
Nearly o century. before this day he
was to meet the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph of Austria. Joseph and Benja-
min were brothers, sons Of one mother,
Humanity. Benjamin Franklin, walking
through this gigantic collection Of labor,
thoughtfully, but with beaming countenance,
he stops in front of that apparatus which has
made lightning speak, which has caught
lightning and made it harmlessly sweep past
the peaceful habitations of men, and now it
speaks over continents and through oceans.
MODERN MIRACLES.
That is science, that is labor, which nova
days are working miracles. Since this has
happened the idea of supernatural miracles
has become obsolete. Onward he PAGES, and
new devotion, as it were, speaks from his
mild features. Here is the age of power con-
centrated, where striving and daring lead to
the elevation of life. What would the Olym-
plan games be compared with this2
THE FORUM OF HUMANITY.
How many years of labor, of quiet thought,
of devoted energy are here united before
the forum of humanity And here all nations
are measured and judged by the mental labor
they have accomplished, by their visible
work done to iberate, to elevate and to en-
bellish existence. Here is the worlds soul
visible to the eye.
THE LANGUAGE OF LABOR.
It is a wonderful greeting to the workman,
the presence Of all this finished work The
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soul Of ths originator speaks to the admirer,
not only from the written word; nay, also out
of the hewn stone, out of iron and wood and
all materials. ea.@. ts