Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-22
WELL sALAscEo nIHDs AND
sPECIALIBr0.
lr.u, No. .. Written By /. .ehoel bo,.l

Speaking Of we'll balanced minds leais
the writer to remark that. while they
are well enough in their way. u Is 0
slow.soing. gentle horse, yet in the race
Of life they will never win q prize worth
oontsnding for. In the olden times,
when education was bestowed upon q
fortunate few persons. the case may
have been different, as w are told that
tho Father Of his country" was not .
brilliant man. but won success. fame
and honors principally because Of . we'll
balanced mind. But, at the present
time, whom all OF our native born citi.
gems receive . fair English education. .
man possessed OF . well balanced mind,
and Of average ability only will starvs
while hs who has the faculty to excel In
any one direction will win riches, fame
and perhaps honor. Our successful
inventors, the Fultons. the Arkwrights,
the Morses, the Howes and the Edisons
were and are. all. men possessed
OF minds 20 bent Of warped In oue
direction % TO cause them TO bs often
called monomaniaos, or insane On the
question Of their particular hobbies.
Men OF we'll balanced minds may be
likened to Q herd OF cattle grazing.
ninety. nine out OF . hundred OF whom
are Of nearly equal size and strength. no
o ranging ahead OF the Others. oonss.
qusntly all have 70 put up with ''short
feed" The hupdredih one. however.
having superior strength and courage.
ranges ahead OF the ninety.nius. hence
lives literally on the fst Of the land.
Just 20 In the struggle for human exist.
enos; the man who has sufficient brain
force to enable him to 60 ahead Of the
masses, OF the specialist who expends
his energies In q direction. achieves
success, wealth and fame. Our Fairs,
our Keenes, our Vandsrbilts and Goulds
are all men possessed Of great brain
power and OF eminent executive ability;
but their successes, which men are prone
to ascribs to mere luck, arc simply the
result Of specially developed faculties Of
mind.
-, In our day and generation II Is the
specialist who succeeds. No matter
what occupation or profession the man
OF we'll balanced mind may engage In he
cannot compete with him who has made
the same occupation or profession .
special study. The man OF we'll bal.
snced mind scatters too much, his ener.
gies arc too much difnsed, are spread
over too much area, and while 10 point
OF ability he may average well with any
number Of specialists. yet each specialist
will outstrip him In the specialists par.
ticular profession because hs concen.
trates his mental energies upon one
objective point.
In view OF these facts II Is evidently
the duty Of parents and teachers TO en-.
deavor to develop special faculties OF
mind In . child when they recognize In
him q strong mental leaning In any n
direction, aud instead Of trying to give
the child . complete general education,
or to develop q we'll balanced mind, let
them, after the child has acquired the
basis Of q good English education, en-.
dsavor to develop such special faculties
as are plainly seen to predominats In
him. Life 10 too short for any person
to become master OF all, or Of even . few
branches OF knowledge-nay. even TO
acquire more than . smattering Of the
physical sciences alone. How unwise 1t
10 then for any n to waste bis time and
energies In the attempt to cover the
whole field. Rather let W Be specialists.
and carry Of the prizes Of life while the
we'll balanced minds are starving or con-
tending for . crust Of bread.