The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-19
Industry of Man.

III e following composition was writ
ten by Miss Marion HARRISON, of Shell
by county, and read on the 4th ofJune,
at the commencement exercises OfShel-
byville Female College. The essay
does the young lady great credit:
Man is so constituted that his great
est happiness is derived from the ac-
tivity of his mental and physical pow
ers. Man has been at work ever since
his expulsion from Eden, and the law
of labor under which he was driven
forth has been mitigated by its sweet
returns. The amount of physical and
mental labor of whichIman is capable
is almost without limit.
The hand Of man has made the soil,
instead of bringing forth the thorn and
thistle, yield is daily supply, and he
has literally fulfilled the command,
that Sin the sweat of thy brow thou
shalt eat bread He has penetrated
into the recesses of the earth in search
of its hidden stores of wealth; bound
less forests have been cleared away,
and in their steal towns, villages
and cities have been built, i'll which
the conveniences and comforts of life
have been indefinitely extended and
multiplied. His hand has formed ma
chrnery and applied it to all practical
purpuses. The most marvellous result
of his industry and genius is the APP
plication of steam, by which ships are
propelled along over the sea; cars
drawn along upon their iron tracks
silk, wool and fax woven into beauti'
full fabrics. and books and daily news
papers scattered over the land.
Thiek as autumnal leaves that strsw tn,
brooks
In Vallambrosa."
In internal improvements, human
industry has given to the world canals
tunnels and railroads; the latter i'm
proving the former ways of travel tC
such an extent that man is enabled tC
almost realize the boosted speed of thai
little imp who could put ''girdlt
around the earth in forty minutes"
Modern engineering spans whole
continents, tunnels alike mountain;
a I'd rivers, and dykes out old OceaI
itself"
The human mind, however, displays
its greatest power in the walks of lit
erature, philosophy, the sciences ant
learned professions. The ministry bring
all its wealth of learning to the inves
tigatiOn of question of ethics and the
ology, deducing therefrom an applica
ton to the spiritual and social want
of man the physician by careful anal
ysis and quick and active perception
discovers the cause of diseases and tn,
remedy; the lawyer applies his tao
and talent to adjusting the rights anC
liberties of society, by constitutions
and statutory laws; the geologist dill
gently labors among the rocks, bring
ing order out of chaos, by studying
their strata, and giving to them thei
proper arrangement and classification
: the naturalist investigates the peculia
, traits, forms and habits Of different an
|, finals, and makes appropriate classifi
cations; authors have multiplied book
D upon every conceivable topic from tn
: "hysop that springs out of the wall t
the cedars of Lebanon"
The multiplication of newspaper
and periodicals, the profusion of Liter
AIRY clubs and circulating libraries, ar
5 at once the fruit and proof of man
0 amazing mental activity and industry
From natures varied resources til
8 artist, pOet-painter, sculptor and arch
itect gather forms of beauty which ar
= faithfully portrayed with pencil an
d brush upon the canvas, chiseled upo
h the plant marble, or hung in arabe,
e que upon the walls, the cOlOnades G
d the ceilings of some grand creation {
e architecture.
!, In evidence Of industry in this er
e of the worlds progress man is III
e alone, for woman steps forward and
If no longer content with booking throlg
1t the "loop-holes" of retreat, but her ei
g is onward! upward" and she, to,
J. finds an opportunity of leaving a nan
l. which shall become unsurmOuntab
" by the waves of time-inextinguish
e bic by the mists of oblivion,