Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-07
For the VERMONT FARMER.
The Nobility Of Mind.

mind is the standard of the man - so one
OF our poets said rs some one was speaking
to him ofhis stature. This being the case,
mind has the supremacy over all the facul-
ties. Mind aspires to great things; If il is an
ennobing one the greatest things will DO
sought after and reached; If it is the oppo-
site little things will he sufficient for its
small capacity. Mind is the wiil-power OF
man. IL that power is strong it will grasp
the things of life with n tenacity that takes
no denial. and will bring them under con-
troll. If that mind is well balanced ones
own actions in life will be their own pass
port, and life itself will be grand success.
Mind has the capacity of bringing stores of
knowledge from hid den recesses and storing
them in the thinking power of the brain.
What but the mind of man will make him
aspire TO high and lofty things, that make
him reach after learning? To every noble
mind the pleasure of acquiring knowledge is
indeed great in any period of life; we reach
after things that are only attained by hard,
constant study. In youth the longing for an
education is perhaps the greatest, and we
may go on and on, from one branch of sci
ence to another, and step by step climb the
mountain Of fame, turning each stone so
carefully as II there were hidden gems be-
meath them, and by dlnt of great perseverance,
moral and mental courage, Mt last place our
feet on the summit with the idea that the
goal is reached, the victory won.
But Is it so? Is the mind satisfied? No
the more the mind receives the larger capac-
ity it has for receiving, and we but feel then
that we have only begun to cat Of the tree of
knowledge.
The mind OF man is seemingly sometimes
hidden beneath rough exterior, when their
powers are fully brought into life and the good
predominates; the powers of man lie DOR
mant perhaps, until some one whose mind
answers to mind can bring them forth; 1t is
then you see that the real value of their
minds far surpassed your own expectation.
The mind OF man may be compared to hid
den treasures; 1t costs time and money to
reach them. but are they not worth itP And
is not an education worth being sought after
and reached; can we not afford to dress our
bodies plainly for tho sake of dressing our
minds with learning, keeping them well-fit-
ed for present and future usefulnessP Yes,
yes. God gave us our minds; let us improve
on the talent, not let it lie hid in u napkin"
You know not what powers, what aspira-
tons, what nobleness of mind is hidden
from our view,till the spurious is taken from
the real, and the purity of the mind brought
into action. Are not these hidden treasuresP
oh, how many hidden gems there are in
our everyday life if we would but seek after
them We can set everywhere we go good
example, we can help some fellow bong
perhaps and bring out tho good and higher
part of his being. Perhaps In the "shadow
hides the heaviest wheat of ALL" II the
mind of man would always cling to good
works MS the ivy does to the giant oak, how
beautiful their lives would bel They would
make footprints for others to fill, illustrious
lives, great and noble minds. Yet some will
let the baser passions fill the mind and bring
forth fruits of wickedness, no manhood, no
mind, and when such man has gone earth
Is glad she is rid oihim.
II il could only be said OF the men of the
present generation rs it was of Sir William
Wallace, one of Scotland's defenders, speak
ing of his god-like actions; "He is worthy of |
scorning TO do low act, always |
daring to do right" His mind was indeed a |
noble one; let us follow in his footsteps that
/ may be said of us that we too have god
ike actions. ADVANCE.