The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-15
Good Words osoufhern Youths.

Among the noteworthy Incidents Of
commencement week at the university
of North lCarolins waslau Grafton before
the students literary socisties, delivered
by Maj. Joseph A. Engelhard. Among
other things he said !" With this mu-
nificent country under our CONTROL, the
duty comes up directly before us TO
develop it. That development can only
be secured by work--and If ] was called
on to declare, in one word, Jour duty, 4
would without hesitation, utter the word
--.the greatest of all werds--work- And
by that expression 1mean work OF every
character professional, mechanical,
agricultural. scientific, artistic---in their
broadest sense. 1t is the great law OF
nature, the necessity for human nap
tpiness, the staff of human virtue Y
nope the dsy is mot distant when the
man who works the most viii be KNOWN
and appreciated as the most honorasie
among ms all, for such he deserves to be.
I desire to zee him rank above all. Let
work be the watchword ot the south );
write 1t ON every banner linscribe IL on
every standard. Mental and physical
work, labor that ,conques all things
tine first paramount duty OF all OF us.
1T is the great mystery that made New
ton and FRANKLIN, Morse and Washing
ton, Caesar and Napoleon, immortal. I'll
is the one great want of our people. 4
Bountiful nature has almost dispensed
with the necessity for labor here. Meral
causes must be the motives and incen-
tives with us for work. The time has
come when labor must be the title deed
to position Injustice has too long been
done toit. Tits the foundation Of every
value that man possesses"
In another part of his address Ma.
Engelhard said: Nor can we do our
duty by indulging hatred to other SEQ
items of the country and perpetuating
the animosities ofwar. The glory Of q
people can not be built upon hatreds.
God will mot let discord be the POUNDS
tion of happiness, our fame, must rest
upon gurer foundations--upon the rock
of eternal Justice and right. Hatred OF
the north will not build mp the south Or
lessen the burden which we must bear.
Denunciation of the north will not
restore eour prosperity orheal the wounds
OF war. lit Willteonfer mo blessing. ally
young ,eOnntrymen, we are too great, too
good people, no be degraded by the bad
passions Of the humanheart. Theimage
] have in my mind Of the south is teo
high aud too pure 10 think it can he
sullied by frowns of ignoble hatred. In
the dark ages of the world the wrath of
Achilles or the oath-bound hostility Of
Hannibal TO Rome might be the themes
of song and history, but such passions
willlno more Dlacken the pages OF poetry
and eloguenee. In their places is the
higher Christian virtue, of Which Plato
never dreamed, toscongner all Things by
doing right. Theenmity of Hannibal to
Rome made him miserable and entailed
untold smiseries upon his country. Let
us transmit TO .oRr children the sublime
sentiments that live. above the bloody
passions. Let us remember our mis-
fortunes only to conquer them. let US
remember the faults OF Others only TO
prove that,we are superior 10 them. Lett
us manifest to all the word that nothing
can overcome our supreme sense OF
right, of justice, of duty, in all things
and at all times. Our past is so duiieOf
great deeds, of great results, of great
virtues, that we can well be magnan-
imons. Our very sorrows are glorious.
Our defeats are more honorable than the
victories of Others. Let ns crown our
achievements with a brave, most illus I
ttrions conquest over the passions and
weaknesses that have diahonored less
noble people"
Inscriptions on Egyptian TOmbs.