The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-05
LABOR AND MIND.

MAY we not indeed say that labor |,
the creator of mind it,elf-that bril-
liant, Caring mind that penetrate'
the mv>terie, of nature, talking with
the flower in its own eloquent Ian
cuaue: with the stars that spetk IN
silent laughter with the winds that
wi,per or scream through the forest
and over the plains; with the ocean
hose deep voice has echoed through
all the centuries ami fills the dome of
heaven with proclamation OF the mag
esty of God, and with the snowtlakcS
and nam drops that comes To us with
touching description of the spotles'
purity of the skies; that mind which
larne>Scl the lightuings upon the
wi.c and sent them dancing with their
burden If intelligence through the
sca,: that imprisoned the Lot breath
Of the water and taught il To move
the piston ROD on lis way 10 liberty,
and tina, has kindlcd the light of
,cic zoe until the world sees itself faith
fullv reflected on It's own strong and
mighty intellect. What hoars and
DAYS and centuries of toll are repreSen-
ted in thcSe@rand achievements. What
countless myriads of bodies have been
worn out and borne To the churchvard
in the process of developing the mind
that it might hear the voice of God IN
the songs az the waters and the wind
and bcholdimg him walking upon the
heavens and riding upon the light.
uincs: that ii might open the long scafd
book of nature, and as 1t turned It's
pares, 20 read their meaning and to
appreciate their beauty. 1t is the poor
tired body that has borne mind into
the dark places and held it there, while
the eyelids dropped, until it blazed
with sufficient brillimcv TO melt the
night into morning. Galileo, and Soc
rates. and Plato, and Newton, and
Columbus, and every man whose mind
has been Il lamp to the world, were
weary toilers, whose limbs begged for
sleep which the developing intellect
denied. Franklin followed the beck
nnirg of the mind that grew at the cost
of his life, until vermont with toll, the
body laid down in Il cold shadow of
an ice-mOuntain and slept Il sleep that
knows no awakening. Kane came tot
tering home to the old churchyard,
and the tired laborer told the mind
that he could support it no longer and
he went beneath the turf and flowers
TO rest. Livingston marched through
the iungles and cherries forests Of I'M
inviting Africa TO feed the growing
appetite OF mind, until the limbs were
unable to ~ farther. and they stretch
ed themselves beneath Il burning sun
in death. Thus the soul flies from zone
10 zone and from world to world, sip
ping the sweets of wisdom, rs the bee
sucks honey from the flower. listening
10 the silent eloqueace of the fragrant
garden. reading the lessons of the leaf,
lets on the tree studying the nature
of the zephyr which scftly kisses the
earth, and of the hurricane which
howls its rage through forest and city,
but it drags the body after it and feeds
upon its vitality and It's industry.
Benjamin Franklin WAS an indeiati.
gable worker. Eli Whitney toiled
harder than Il stOker on the steamship
Robert Fulton knew what Il physical
sacrifice a growing and investigating
mind demanded; james Watt wa.
familiar with the Pickering light OF
the lamp burning at midnight; and
yet. forgetting all this, the frail hut
terflles of fashion and the light weights
in intellect, think it becoming to rs
sumo superiority over the millions who
are toIling TO make the world beautiful
and grand. A strong. rough hand
clearing a pathway through the rocks
or planting the rose in the desert, ant
uncovering the mysteries of nature fol
the study and improvements of the
mind, is better than Il white kid GLOW,
or the hand that it covers, if tha
hand is too delicate for exposure I,
the sun or to touch a needle or a pillow
handle. The young lady whose timc
is devoted to her wardrobe and tn,
renovation of the fading color of he
checks by the use of a rabbits foot an,
q paint-pot, will never be Downing
: Sands or Il y ightingale. The yOun:
man who bases his claim TO recogni
ton upon the ct Of lis pautaloOn5 vii