The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
Goldea words.

lhe Following extracts are culled from an
auurpss by Hon. Horatio Seymour to the
young iady students of Welles Female col
iege, Aurora, N. Y.
:. iouIh Is beautiful in the eyes OF age, and
IL looks with admiration upon the courage
Win which the young confront the uncertalI,-
.,es OF tne future, and the faith that leads
suelh 10 iooh forward TO happiness aud sue
oei' cheating is the most common kind OF
raul. IL a "a good rule, when you find that
'halte's OF Indifference, TO conclude that ti,et,
are some things which YOU do not. but wl,ic,,
you ought to, know.
iheie Is nothing you can learn about any
subject which will not give it a new interes
IN your eyes. The deeper your learning III.
oetter, but the quality of knowledge is like
nat OF gold, which, although il is reduced to
he th'hnest Leaf, yet makes all the things
glitter that it touches.
surface knowledge is lightly spoken of by
Inc learned, but it Is information worked out
IN the past by toll and study until it is put
within the reach of all.
In the course of my lie | have studied all
classes OF men with care, and, as a rule, j
have found those to be the most cheerful anu
wise whose habits and observations have Civ
IN the widest range to their mental action,
aud have brought within the scope OF their
thoughts the most varied topics, although they
may not have been learned with regard to
any of them.
Men do not liv, in the same world. When
we look around us we see that they live il.
very different houses; some a,e humble, but
poorly finished; Others are costly residences,
adorned with paintings and s~tatuary amt
everything that art can do to crafty the Taste,
We make the world in which we live. Ii
is more disreputable to live in one that is dull
aud barren than il is to make our home III
poor and dilapidated houses.
Intelligence will enable us to cope with the
problem of life, to endure its misfortunes
with fortitude, and to bear its successes will
moderation and wisdom.
The office of the eye is to give facts to TIN
mind. Things are not seen in a true sens
merely because they are brought within th
ralge Of the vision, but when they hav
stirred the mind and thoughts have bee
evolved.
Sc strong are the enjoyments of looking VI
on famous objects,o or of treading upon groun
made sacred by events, ti'at men cross broa
Oceans to visit them. And through after lif
hey are wiser and happier for the knowledg
thus gained.
1t may be that some are gifted with ant
'uue' IA certain directions DeyOnd otnef
That some have faculties for learning, for art
OF foI science, that gives them peculiar az
7antages in their pursuits.
, When | am visited at my farm by thos
WHO feel no sympathy with nature, and sa
, they have no taste for country life l make u
my mind they do not like it because they d
, not know enough about the world aroun
them to enjoy its beauties.
, No one who has reached the age of thre
score years and ten would, upon reflection, /
willing to rub out from the experience in lii
+ the aorrows which have softened his chara
ter, the mistakes which have taught him wi
f dom, or wrong-doings which he has ever +
GREETED, and which, by their influences, a'
made the golden threads which may
/, formed in the texture of his moral characte