, 1879-08-23

a iAH4l "A0 A9uh5 AZ hl.ks
IN the EAifor n! The Tribune.
Cn1cAoo Aug 11.-t'And yrt The usefulness
md p1ens,lto OF Tic Hume Ia not runis,ctl Or
exhausted"
Such was mr. mental remark nffer tlavnr
rcad over the ntany we'll. r!ttcn md Instructive
nrtlvles III The llu1uc Of last week. 1tsrems tu
TIC as II this department IL. atnl tan ho made,
an excellent thing. haze wntcucd 1t Billcu It's
inception, nM f1hYe sometimes ielt tllat 1t ras
III fte accaicncc. E,tt sllei, MI intellectual at
prariscai cx,,sitftn, Of life ar the PRINCIPAL
subjects Of discussion, lpns mr. 10 believe Tint
thr usefulness null benctit Of this department
may be lnrrcascd rather than Diminished.
| !iayc naiittd that whcn tn re- Is subject Of
general Interest or vital Importance there IL
tluu! OF aIu au,l witty writer's to respond. r!c
great trouble In The Home. as iu general cop-
rcrsatfor, Is to get soma topic of genera! Or
tntltliat fntcttst to taik nbuut A rcry stupI
t,ersnn mnv lie able to talk vrrv Glsblv Mnl pto.
tletenty urot snlnu one subject to which lis nt-
,GutltAl ur cxnrrfcncG l,as ure, specially called,
Allowing Ullu stilnIa t,llu To every huuurcu brill.
liant uncs, VIC lirst collect much wlsduin nnl
GxncrlcurE.
And what The world needs l% human cvpc-
, rlencr. Nnlions wnnt thu history n1, cxpcrehco
vi uttrr nalOnB In Eutit them IN tlIpir course
Ut action, n int!tstuaG ccrtnlnlY need The cx-
pcrienrc anil ul'iut"ns III uthtsa to g1IG tlum
~ ckt h'Aut lnSs llIc llUfllE III kuE
'fnbuSE n,ay be nat.r nerleet encyclopedia Of
nllsian wlstlnin. II nny firing to illu lssl-ophst
sntcu nIl Inexperienced individual thc Iutyst ex-
per,tt,cts nui conclusions, irush from tho t}clls
uf human litc.
1t Is mt enough to read law or literature to
know o Mi t'lnt rxists. II Is necessary ~ read
h1'nnn txI ertcnrG. u ponder uyrr othrr .reu-
p!r's virwe, tn stad tile thoughts ulu tGulllgs
ttIat hnro unlimited oth minds, 10 find what
IN If deductions were Or ARE, to plarc tiHir ron-
rluslHns nUnEttde III our own, to tunpnrr, 10
ninlszr, alla ilnullr to ded,lcu that lew or tua
itlpu outslfDn wtlcI ettu Gr formed from the Gx-
percnce Of al. The life 0f II st,Iglu tnIirJual
is not lcug enough toexpgr1Gnce, to ton,isare.
nsld IN hnfarce nty nt,c 1t tl!e Errat questions
of HE IN Vt It's BEARINGS Consequently thu
b,.it nt hmnn knowledge nnd experience is In
llft than thr errntIc Or. Isolated oplntun Ut d
single 1ntll1fbnnls And lUr the discussion Of
tlic practical as cccenfric problems cf lie Tic
Hutne cnil be It1do MI excellent nrtium. Its
cou.nsls Should Ee uyu1l 10 nil. III t!s way Its
greascs gond may be II, a,cu:nu'tsfett. i!ic nIan-
IEencnt of [llG Hume i;ss3 Gc!erally hrcn lib
eral. although st'tlr SUBJECTS have BEEN pro-
sctil'c'l, perhaps Wiscly.
There Is DUO characttr sic OF q few, and very
Few, vi tho cont.1htors ~ Lars l!uislc, alA ,,,.t
IL ,nlu|cranrG Ut nhoshtr's opl.ifuu. Human
scllstsnc:s and eeotfssn are not yct draa IN
some Eersnns. although IN people of broader
culLuru ntil more GxLetrtl VIEWS Buetl cl,arac-
leerBtes 10 int crop ualt 10 un'nitnsntly. 1t Is
pleasant to ttlret with IIgysoil3 III liie who Gun
to1erntc your np!ilniis, however widely tIusa
opIfiluI's sllny ds![cr iron, tNrir own III tart 1t
is peAsant t0 !,Itct Tint culture md kindness of
heart lint rnn consider ltnntu1, beng n.uro
valuable tla'l an opinion. Dnc op.ntun tnMy 10
nS valuable US thr o;lier or hotIl ln1y bu W1rtH.
tcss.. -anu 1t tfny not be 1nnrnrnprlutt adrIce
to NIL wno write to The HUME tU trent the oan-
,ans of ntI,rrs With the sa,l.u respult tia: YOU
deasrs your nSn upinions 10 be treated. When
iMrg Is mutual courtesy shown tin ro
wiz b. mutual respect Il ~ yesy