National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-23
OUR WASTES AND BURDENS
LECTURE By REV. HENRY WARD
BEECHER List NIGHT.

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THE RENOWNED RrAcHER-pEAurlFuL
the Lecture OF this rsnornsd rpeaker lsst night
was not only aattering tribute 70 his ssaiss and
the intellectual Is held BY the cultured society Of
the national metropolis. Net only every seat Z:
me v,st .uaisori.n Of Lincoln s.a. , ~ s....S
| ~ sale, ana about Two hundred pefsons mes.eu
ON the stage, leaving bat standing rooa for the
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oy S SSs IN
II Void be le.s .rduo,s TO stass Who were NOT
there il.a e name bee xao Ssr: Rr:ssnt, Cen
i fssnf members Of botf HosrsS. Ths General Of
| the Any. and many ofSccfs Of the array and
ns.y eSssseiss ~ tasiss eep:
4 cislIv nstieeahla re- yeStuF0r 0poSs Win d.
ency and pothos inspired By hiS vsse andisses,
/ note Of time, but an were eagsr 70 eateh saeh
Word which conveyed the Brilliant thsaghfs q
the speaker 20 the sstsetlvs aeesIs!y: ~ -
mai ffon IL Nsshin9ao1 pablie e ia teniersd
10 Mr. Dseeher last niKht. = 80 =
ucaSretocd ho1 socistY VA made IKE 81 oyer-
iadsa shtp d . Stern, SagIsriag % her eolrse BY
reason q tie unnsee0eEy bardans pat sDoa Ase
jectsd The hrst Wssts 70 vhish hs shealI allnds
vas ~
v...- - .prrsa
This might b considered asaa slsinssts PsaileGl
economy, and - s.eA Va! vcskneM ID on.
society The perfect STATE eho.id % o1e u WHEN
the whole popalation Was In vigorous heAlth, tne
health was the state from which or wholesome
life sprang. Every sick na4 VS. leakaEe. No
who h.d ps e. sss osHd
munity BY evoidable Sickness. Sickness took
FROM life . vast portion Of tbs population, and
society uas great loss. Lat u consider how
large portion Of society Vas burden, II We u.
cuded all the helpless, and All the weak, and All
the supsraunuated, and All the nck. genera,
tion was comPated at about thirty Eve years. that
is. race that might live 70 Sne hundred dla not
average thirty-fve, % that about third Of the
human cIlstcnoe wes Weseoo. ECon1mn.s ssu-
duccrs. 0 TSefefore. when We eonsidered that X
generation lasted only thirty,aye yeafs, and that
abled him to produce wealth, We begsn TO have
some idea Of tho weakness and the burdens o.
sss IF ma .a the work
society! The drones outnumoered tho noney-poes.
WAISTS OF WEAKNESS
was worse for society than that Of sickness, BE-
cause feeblcness not only entaueG the 1858 OF .
person, but brought IN ncldentai WEAKNESSES
weakness produced poor work, which was great
deal worse than little Work; WEAKNESS was fruit
full Of shifts and devices, and shams and cummings
tended to underyalue the quality Of work. II
orSsEn. IN tess
they tended TO give an INFERIOR qunnty 70 WORK IN
general. We were cursed in industry by eItrava.
Wiling sna 50 an
ness aaa is inability I y e COPE viii sSo; espa
wealth and intelligence, but comparatively little
OF the neaitn Oh the comnuny; anu .hese wa S
nothing Oh more impor.ancS tnan Inc neaatn anu
tilation, sewerage, light, warmth, abundanee,all
these were iundamental elements IN the prod9c-
ton OF wealth, ana health Nsei was iunda-
and morality and order were regarded;
A. Inc iectufeI ne2I passco u INC CONSIDERATION VI
'he waste u isn0ranee'
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ives not considered. The ignorant and unedu,
Gated man lived nc sad, near 70 MS oirtn.spot an
deyeIopcd they found that there was q story above
the lower, and the ground stories that they Ind
story, and higher still crystal dome crowned
that, from which they iooked 70 tne invisible.
Men were born at the bottom, and ignorance Kept
came to their higher nature; Mans ignorance
prevented MIN irom peing prontaple IN this NE OF
invest R largely II ssnoranes il Knew i vas saiS
that men could not be educated with safety unless
they were educated al roand, anu that 10 carry
carry up the moral eleMents ives to mako man
ingenious as rogue or a. knave Some
tunes this was 20; but they should remember
that It vas hard IN the spring to make one
ing,ahd that It was equally hard In educating men
RPsS ~ .nor .S NM o.tS a1cst,on Iss III
best pioneer and guide. The best educated ma
lions were those That furnished the best work |
% ns s IL
gauge that had been applied to all the civilized
countries Of the world showed that In the qualify
ths md
would be found, and for the same reasons, that
higher than them ali, from the fact that he By
universal Intelligence was better adapted to work
and was endowed with more versatility than any
ton, therefore, had q direct economic value, and
Ignorance was an economic waste In . community.
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THE WASTE "
Men were put BY their parents into professions
quence was that ffon top 70 tho bottom society
was iGa o. st! H. nurs,s M - ~ %e
How many men In the pulpit that ought mot to be-
All through life we found men committed to
syocations BY mere chance Gen.. Thsy
longs to weakness. So Il was that 70 had work
eSofs Il. 1t q %
and thousands Of men who made brilliant be.
ginning passed out Of sight, and no one knew
,nsnr they nad gone OK '"na' haa Deo0me Oh