, 1880-12-26
THE ADVANTAGES OF IGNORANCE.
Something That VIII Please Grant
White.

BY f1G,. =: y. cso'ns IN.
Ihe ocoas'ona! p1lsslulnees " ,sno. aa.s , ."1
-. - - 80 fo1tor ~ wisdom, II posses from mouth
10 mouth @ WITH WITH the au1hority Of nn oracle. But
passive pas KIND. The doctrine is stated, but not de-
Tended; while, on the other hand our journals :'l
TEEN WIN aFkulaen'9 - 4o'oA y. ~"
upon the importance OF schools, and about the
best methods OF electine achool-trustees. IL. tees.
Inc 1act tnnI tue o' lutaea ~ aspsn. ,saa ~, 'tha+
own persons lne au' an,as ~ S,a,, s,,a,snr
educated men can rarely attain to sucn superior
positions,-is never urged with anything like
prona; vlonr. Efucadon In ones self imbucs
p.of ,.4t e,s.f,d1oa o,ncarnino tha ed,ca t3on Of
others; and such pre)udaces' WIN tnelr attenaAnt
partialittes, ought to be rigdly ex cludcd from
The management of public institutions. Ac-
are placed as snperv@s1ES @ hs r. sn,1s ~ tha
seaoois The Superiority of ignorance is eloafly
In every walk Of lfe Ia a psefesstons tnc ns sm
the trained and intelqent statesman ,a Is DO. TO-
fcatcd by the loud. .mouthed stump-speatker' I t .a
Who knows noton9 @ OF @ 3rtasp a,r ef Mnsnce ~ to
mendable regularity: Iae oroaaiy eancatea, =,
papaaf esasem By sSa s%aagerns vss
child @ pulls Up sprout!nx beans for growing t The
tmes Wx the @I5 patronase Of the we'll informed ply
slctau, and makes fat living where tho latter 1
would only starve sicK pcoisle are lonu o. ~ ~,
than thar they really are. You have a
slight cold. and q good DOCTOR cnargos
S. for curing you. hnt me ,,.!I pIl!l-
diphtherin. or pneumonia, visits you twice US
often. and charges three times as much. and .n
that haxs not ches
with his. and both are eetlcr satlsnea. dous
sro1nachache Is magnlhed into gastric FEVER:
yuur boil becomes an lnclplent cancer: hl'ent
chill indicates approaching typhoid Inc QuacK
fatters your ~self-lovc, exa!ts your own impor-
tauce in e1agRerattng that or your dlsease, com,
deplctcs your veins and your pockets with ad-
| mirable equanimity:
The old saying that "fools rnsn IN wnero IN +.
behalf Of the fools. To be sure. ne natural
history Of the angel species bus been bur tmper-
fectly studied; Ect here aEain our Serf ngnoo 1uo
ranc helps us. Theoretically. we snoula all lke
to be angels: but. practically we prefer 70 stay
where we are. Bes!des, famllarity Win anE9ts
Gn they should sake It into Tie ghosts of sheiz
late heads to visit Us IN ,Wtn .he &C.
compartments Of blue-flrs nna winding .sheets @ g.
cautinus and calculatlng: careful OF preeedents;
| afraid of mistakes: Many time the brtilian1
audaeity Of daring 'gnorahns ha mas nsnt.G
| to orderly skill and tralnng. LORD I1motny
Dexter, that most inspired OF idiots
sent cargo OF Warmiu8-p pans 10 Tue
West Indies. The natives took the b,ttoms tor
sugar-scoops and the perforated lids Tor strt.tn-
| crs, and Dexter gained fortune out Or his r.
| diculous venture Zachary Taylor, whipped BY
a Mexican army, was too bad soldier to be
| couscio'ls Of his defeat, and kept on fighting
| His adyersaries, astonishcd at his perseverance,
! thought he must hove hidden reserves. and IN
| contneutly ran away. Thus Taylor won the
| battle, as ptruries say, ''by sheer pluck
| and awkwardness.' 'Against stupidity the
| cous themselves fight powerless." Stupidity,
| therefore, by all the rules uf logic must be su-
pcrior to sense. and truly deserves, over all COM
petitprs the crown Of laurel.