The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-03-15
THE tSE OF SHORT WORDS.
BY nos, rsonAr,o srYNo,R.


This world is greet sehool, house, ia
which through life We all teach and We
learn. Here We must stady 10 find out Whist
is good and xhat is lad. what Is true and
villa; is false, and thus get ready 10 act IN
some other sphere, What We a-r at.illc end
Of this life Ne shall I've when thenext begins
We must spare no pains, then. when wc teveh
others or oursclTfs We teah ourselves
what We hear and read and think -afhers
by OR words. We must take care thst We
think and speak in Way 50 eiear Inst we
Id not cheat ourselves or,misiesd otlefs Ity
yagvle ar misty i,less We must put our
thoughts into wgm'f>. ani'wc must get in a
way of using these in tiouyht with the same
care We use when W. speak or write TO 9th
ers. Words give l-ziy or form To- our j.
IDEAS, without wl,sal they are apt 10 lie 40
fcggy that NC do MT sec where they are
weak or false. MI,~n vc put them into
llotly of words. ~ ill, MS rule. learn how.
much &c truth there is in them, for in that
form wc can turn them over in our minds.
II We write them nut. We find that in naEy
cases the ideas We thought we hsd hold If
fade awsy when pat to this test. But IL
they ployc 10 lie real or Of value. ihey are
tl.us rot erly inside cItar 10 us. i,st they are
in shape where we can make tbrn clear
to others. Ne have a prnbf of hon much
We thus gam when We state to osh-rs our
tleabts, for, as a ru!e, we solve them when.
We ,lo tl.is. before we hear shat tl,ey have
to say. In most cases wllat we say ID. otk-
ers, NIT whst thry say to us, whcn we con.
suit them. settles the Doubt.
We must NOT only think in nor.is. Int We
mus slso try ana use tho l.cst wor,ls. aud
'l'ase which in speech will put what is in
our mines info the minds Of Others, This
i thr grrai art wh,ri, those must gain wbo
wish 10 tcacI, in the school. the church. At
the har. or through the press, To DO this
in thc right war. we should use The short
words which wes I-aru in early life, and
which have the same ssnse 10 all classes II.
med. They Are tllss hest for the teacher. The
crater and the pct. II yoa will loak #
uha, has ''een raid in rr~c or ID verse.
that comes down to us il,rough many. years
which struck ali minds, and THAT raen nlost
quote, y.n will lind tlxt 1t is in short war,ls
If our avn tongue Count them 10 Graya
eIegy, which all lore 10 read. snd yoa viii
find ,hs, they make up Iargr share &c all
that lie asses. The English .,f aur Biblc is
gno,.. Now and thra some hiny worlis are
fohRh, and thev always hurt the verses in
which you fnd them. Take thst which /
saws; ''oh, sc generation of vipcrs, who haih |
wstuesl you ta fee ftom the wrath tn comcir
There is one lnng word which ought rot 10
I've init, namely, generation In tho old |
version the word ''l,rool" is used Real /
the vcrsc again wish.siis term, and YOU feel
its full fierce; 'ol, We vipcrss brood, WIN
hath wsrnc,l you tn fec from the wrath to /
rame
William II. Nsypuri, very able man.
who stoad l.igh In hrs country and his state
nnce wrn,e ect speech for the Fourth of +
Inly Ii wnrls Of ope Syllable, save nanes
Hn strneih was very much due 10 the fact
inat in thought Aud speech he maele il a |
rnle 10 use as tcw words a be could. an'l /
those that we're short and clear II he hal |
Iiyed-out his term OF ,lree.sce serrs, he