Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-23


hOly they are greater now than ever
before. For the atmosphere of the age
- untavOrahle to study and the devO-
ton of sufficient time to preparation
for professional labor. The stir and
hustle aud rush of our life, rather dis.
suade from Thoughtful investigation of
principles and truths, and encourage
superficial views aud hurried conclu-
siOns. The iavniile mOttu of the day
is not, "Festiuu lentph 1t j. to make
haste not slowly. but rs fast as POS
sible.n And in other avncations than
those which from time immpmOrial
have been understood rs profession
al, and to require long aud careful
previous study, are these deplorable
consequences obvious. They arr
| markedly 81 In the various industrial
pursuits which have OF late obtained
unwOnted life and activity, and which
demand the knowledge aud skill i'm
parted 10y thorough instruction, and
also faithful aud accurate workman-
ship, for their success. The sudden
rapture Of an i'll constructed reservoir
of water, spreads devastation aud
death among numerous villages aud
| operatives. a church, with INSULT
cient means Of egress, is seized by fire
D
there ensues n frightful holocaust of
human lite.
"A we nave impoverished our soil hy
continuous drafts upon its fertility,
without allowing it rest aud repleu-
ishing its resources, 50 is Modern So
cieiy eXhausting its life 10y incessaut
excitement and strain, aud permitting
noleisure for healthful repose and quiet
recreation. 1t Is possible that this must
be so for who shall effectively forbid
| it? But, at least, 1t will not answer in
the midst of such intense action of
vital forces and such rapid movement,
| to allow a little or superficial knOwl-
edge in union with much conceit of
wisdom, to prevail, to guide and to
govern in affairs. The knowledge that
does this should he thorough and subs
stantial, at least in the department of
work where it undertakes, and should
| be welded to sound discretion and
modest self, reconsideration. What is
needed is men of trained and informed
minds; educated in heart, as well as
in the head not only intellectually,
but morally and religiously. What is
| needed, is men who have "A particular
vocation, who have been properly ia
structed for it, who understand the
! business they undertake to do, and
who do it well, with the calm conf
dence which the consciousness of
ability imparts, and without the as
sumptions of pride or the swell
ings of vanity. The railroad
train which drives swiftly along its
way, bearing precious freight of hum
dreds of human lives, should be as
nearly perfect as possible in all its
| ooh a n an aud 70 nd -,
such train may Society at this day,
especially in its higher or more crowd
ed circles, be fifty compared. Is en-
gineers, therefore, should be intelli-
gent and wary; its conductors, dis
Greet and attentive; its brakemen,
active and vigilant; its firemen must
supply the fuel with discriminating
care aud even the men who pour oil
upon the heated machinery beneath,
and ply their humble task unnoticed
by the contented passengers, must
promptly be at their posts and do their
work. No one sho-ld assume to do
more or else than he understands, nor
NEEDLE with his neighbours business.
Each one should be suited to his place,
and be there with ready hand, when
Duty calls.
Modern Society is travelling at rail
way speed. Its stage-coach period has
passed, never to return. In this part
of the land, it is making its mile in
three or four minutes. In other parts,
its miles and its minutes are equal.
They who conduct it then, should,
plainly enough, not be Sciolists, of
mere pIetensions, but Men of true
Science, who know thoroughly what
they have to do, and having no over
estimate of themselves, do not thrust
that estimate upon the notice of others.
Only so, shall we escape from uneX'
pected collisions, fractures, detach-
ments, explosions, departures from the
track, and from wounded and slain
passengers; and moving safely and
pleasantly forward upon the pathway
of Progress which stretches invitingly
before us, arrive at some desirable des-
tination.
b The schoolmaster, therefore, should
: be abroad in the land the capable
i flommOn School Master, the Normal,
If lie Collegiate, the Professional Teach
/ err Aud yet, in order that their work
At De None efficiently, there is prelimi
h nary labor. Socrates, the first chro-
v nologeally of the best series of Greek
y PhllostDhers, made it his business to
2 expose the Sophists of Athens each
/ in his tur,. their own ignorance. They
e pretended to knowledge, but they
4 did not Inow. He argued aud
convinced hem they did not.
n They derided hated and presented
/. him. They pr him to death on false
:. charges Of irreigion aud corrupting
+ the young men. Had they heedel his
n words, their minis would have been
4 opened o. learn true wisdom. Bat he
J. prepared ne way for better phloso-
ply tha theirs. He broke W the
falIow-gru,.d Of the Grecian mind to
: the cultisonrg hands of Plato and
. Aristotle
$ o, for hundred Socrates T. 90
: through the land, and convince men
A of their ignorance, that so they night
4 be willing and eager to learn go
/, through the land, to overthrow the
E Sciolists, and prepare the way for the
: feet of the competent and dilgent
| Teacher.
= Young gentlemen, the inhitu-
ton whose halls you are about to
D leave, is one of class which doesgood
, service, by its silent protest againit the
Z m ad ruSh of Mo1arn Sociatv for nara