The New York herald., 1878-09-30

from this, IL has no Significance. Were human de-
sires satisfied at tue birth there would be nothing
and life would siagnate. There are more
fools in the palace Than IN The howell and
philosophers In novels than IN palaces
lake the reigning families Of Europe to day. the or
spring of which their desires satisfied at their
6rn everything ,ha. soul could wish Is gr.,aea & Is
anu placed at the disposal OF these roya children II
Is rarity that an imperial mind is iound In an m
perai home. Put the Prince OF aes TO work ana no
viii make useful man. The men who have made
their mark upon tue world were born IN poverty and
Graded IN want the unsatis1cd hunger OF their DO
sres necessity and an inspiration TO action.
Civilization is uoi much she creation oil iorethought
TO supply artificial wants II is the result OF the
necessity to supply natural wants. Nature's prerog
alive Is 10 create, mans prerogitve is 10 develop;
possib,htias are winln the reach of all. The COM
mand comes ringing through the ages, TIL the SOIL,
cevc the mines sail tie ocean, climb the mountains,
the Ash. shoot the 5as. slay the beasts weave
your garments and erect your dwellings Man IS 10
snbd the mighty forces OF nature aud compel them
TO saoserve bs purpose. Men are not born pnil-
osophers orators poets, statesmen and warriors out
they ase endowed with capacities which must be
developed; neither born saints and sinners,
Thee VINO have cxceiled IN any department IN life
have done so By development. The reason Tor THIS
order OF RAY not be fully apparent, but am
inclined believe that our happiness is IN tue means
and in the end. II you place tho game In the
hands the spcrtsmsp he will laugh Al your folly,
for his plsosure Is in bringing down the game The
pleasure OF wealth is In acquiring II. There Is
keener pleasure 10 seeking truth than IN possessing h
And IL Is In the great struggle Tor fame the chief
enjoy Tue struggle ITSELF This Is the reason
why plunge INTO the strife, FOR II Is the inoxi-
cation OF the conflict which delights. There Is
higher happiness the struggle TOR moral victory
than the victory itseli.
NAN ls NEVER SATISFIED.
AZ this Is clear from the fact that man IS never
satded and therefore, true happiness IL In the cs-
OF rather than IN its conseque nces The
human mind demands something beyond. The sad
dest dav the life OF Alexander the Great when
he discovered that thero worlds TO con-
quer. Happiness is 10 have desires sa;ated and
aspirations which know no repletiOn. Heaven would
be eternal monotony were not Tor tLis pruciple
would rather remain tho arena OF mortal strife
than enter such a m0notonous pace as that IL is
historic fact that Whatever is beautiful art bcneh.
scien ce salutary in law noble In charity and
Godlike religion is the product OF human toll and
suffering WHAT has the priceless boon OF liberty cost
man ind? Let twonty-three centuries proclaim ITS
cost-rom Marathon TO Yorktown. WHAT has 1t cost
Germany, from the dethronement of Henry
w down tho compromise treaty of West
phalla? Recall the 20 900 Frenchmen who Of
fercd their lives tho aars of liberty
in the st. Bartholomew massacre. What has It
cost beautiful Italy through two miIcnniumsP What
has IL cost England, from William the Conqueror to
Waterloo? and at has u cost America from ricon-
deraga Yorktown and from Charleston to Rich
mond? Let the mighty army OF WIDOWS and or
phans, the dead heroes ana MANNED soldiers tell It's
priceless value.
The history OF Christianity Is that Of perpetual
struggle. How vast the army OF her martyrs. No
one attained to santbood who has not fought the
good ig of faith. This, theD is the philosophy OF
e-Let us fight the good fight OF faith and wear the