Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-08-06
Labor and Recreation.

There can be no exc silence without
labor. No power Of genius Can all
solve us from tkis fiat of fate, and the
education, moral and intellectual, of
every individual, must be chiefly his
own work. 1t Is the capacity for long
continued and hard exertion allied to
genius, which pushes men and women
into the front ranks. Genius, unex-
erted, accomplishes bat little. We will
frequently see issue from tho same
college two young men, of whom one
will be known to have genius of high
order. the other of only mediocre
ability, yet the genius will fall far in
the rear of the mediocre when striving
for honor and eminence. One will do
pend entirely on his uuexerted genius
to send him up the hill of life; the
other will piod On slowly but surely,
gaming at eacn step, until at length he
reaches the goal for which bath have
longed. This is their own work. E ,ch
carve out his own life, and made his
own fortune.
The doors of the maj rity of col
lrges are thrown open to men AMI wUni-
en- alike. Here are given the best op-
portunltles for thorough instruction..
1t depends on the stuieats themselves
whether they will gain knowledge or
not, aud to what point OF excellence
they will attain. They are the archl-
tects of their own fortunes.
Thousands of men aud women
breathe, move and live, and pass OF
the stage Of life leaving nothing be.
mind them which will DO remembered
They did no gooi in this world, &C.
cOmplished no definite mission. Not u
word they spoke, not u line they wrote,
would be worth recalling. This was
their own fault. They dill not exert
even the mediocre talents given them,
and thus the remembrance of their
names persisted with their lives.
God never yet besto we'd genius upon
man or woman without detiuite eur.
pose. Can We doubt that that purpose
was the good OF mankind Should We
then allow our best abilities to rust anu
decay for want of cultivation and in.
terest ? 1t is our business to Carefully
cultivate our minds; to rear to the
most perfect vigOr aud maturity every
particle of talent which has been sU
graciously bestowed upon us.
Yet life should not be entirely given
up to exertlon and toll. 10 work best
man requires daily rest and recreation
In order to be- able to think profoundly
he must not thank steadily. lusau.
asylums and hospitals shelter the VIC
tins of Il mad attention to business
which knows no rest, no pleasures; or
OF study which allows no cessation, NO
relief in inaocent recreation to TIT
terrible strain On the mud. When d
man on any plea has overlooked the
| necessity tor recreation, he has suffered
for it, and perhaps been terribly pun
lshed for his lack of prudence and WIS
dom.
A we'll known teacher, in Boston, OF
Shakespeare and the Languages, fur
nishes an example of the effects Ut un
renting study. When q young man
he devoted himself to his bucks I'LL
ceasingly, taking neither rest nor rec T.
alton FIR years, aud needless ot the
cOunsels OF those who saw his dankei
and gave him timely warnings. He WA
bending over his books AZ usual one
night, when all ut once the room grew
suddenly dark to him, something
seemed to snap in his brain, and he Tel
unconscious to the floor. When b.
recovered his senses he found to hi
CONSERVATION and grief that he Wal
totally blind. and so he remained fol
several years. Nature took her re-
venge for being overtaxed, and he pail
a severe penalty for his rashness ano
imprudence. Those years Of darkness
when he waited impatientiy for his
punishment to end, brought him rea
son, and he never again oyel-exertel
either brain or eyes.
Amusement is not only defensible,
but the want Of 1t is calamity and AL
| injury to the interests of society. Ma
ture seldom fails to revenge u violation
of the laws of moral and physical
health, and n suppression of the pleas
ure-craving propensities of our natures,
involves an inevitable arrangement ol
the higher organs and faculties. The
intellect that takes rest and recreation
works more powerfully and to better
advantage than that which is subject t.
constant and unremitting strain.
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| 1t is the hardest mineral in the world
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