The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-29
THOUGHTS ABOUT READING.
No. III
BY GAsKEILs

ElFCh ~ VIZ HO@AHI ~ ~ 10y
shown in q new form at each time.
More persons are accused Of plagiar-
ism than are really guilty. No one
can ever expect to read the thou
sandth part of the books that have
been written, nor would the benefit
ever repay the outlay OF time neces-
sary to do so. The principles of
action snd thought in human beings
are so similar, that the same facts
cannot help being presented, in the
long course OF years, time and again.
Sir William Jones, the eminent
lurist and oriental scholar, who could
speak twenty-sigtt different lsngu-
ages, and was learned in almost
every department of human know
ledge, owed great deal OF his success
TO his mother, a woman OF remark
able judgment and understanding.
Tue love OF reading was early instiled
into his mind By her teaching. When
less than four years of age, to every
question he asked, her answer was,
"Rea1, and you will know." The
habit thus formed continued with
him through life and led him on tC
eminence. At school his voluntary
exartions exceeded bis prescribed
tGsks, and it was hia boaet il after
life, that, with the fortune ofa peas
ant, he had given himself the educR-
ton of prince" Appointed iodge
of the supreme court Of Bengal, his
vacations from the la6ori0us duties OF
his Office were far more studious than
most mems emp!oynlents. His hour
OF risiDg was between 3 AID I o. clock
Alter writing one letter, be read zen
chapters Of the Bible and then
studied SanscrIt grammar and Hin
doc law; in the afternoon the gee
graphy of India and Roman history;
the day being closed by a few games
of chess and reading Ariosto. Ye:
be Gays in a letter, Il never was
happy til l settled IN India" That
the labors Ct such a man were i'm
portant. and extended the field Of
human knowledge, may well be
imagined.
Pope Adrian VI, was son of a poor
barge builder OF Utrecht, who pro
cured his sons gratuitous education
at the University Of Lorraine.
Whilst there his means were 80
ecanty that he c0uld not afford car
dies. and in consequence, would take
his stsnd, book in hand, il lighted
church porches, or beside street
lamps, to read by their light. Yet he
became preceptor II the Archduke
Charles, afterwards the emperor
Charles ", who elevated him 10 the
papsl throne. Nor was this period
of power the hsppiest of his life, for
be caused to be inscribed upon bis
tomb the inscription, Here lies
Adrian VI, who esteemed no mis-
fortune which happened to him in
life, 90 great DC bis being called to
govern"
Perhaps the principles embodied
in the biography of no one are more
instructive to the young, if properly
understood, than in that Of Edmund
Stone. What We know of him is
scanty, but at the same time, very
instructive. His father was gardener
to the Duke of Argyle, who, walking
in his garden one day, saw Newton
Principal in Latin, lying on the grass.
Thinking it brought from his library,
be told a servant 10 return it to its
place, when young Stone, then IS
years OF age, claimed it Gs his own.
Surprised, the Duke asked him, "Do
you understand geometry, Latin and
NeWton?" Il know little Of them"
replied Stone. The Duke entered
into conversation with him and asked
how it came to be. ga servant laugh
me ten years ago, how to read. Does
one need TO know anything more
than the letters of the alphabet to
learn everything else one wishes?
TIE masons were then Rt work
upon your house. | observed the archi-
tects used q rule and oonpasses and
made calculations. l inquired the
meaning and use CT such things and
was told there Ras q science called
arithmetic. | purchased 8 book and
learned arithmetic. l was told OF an.
other science called geometry. |
bought books and learned geometry.
By reading, found there were good
books on these sciences, in Latin. l
bought dictionary and learned Latin.
l was told there we're also good books
On these subjects in French. | bought
q dictionary aud learned French.
his my lord, is WHAT I have done:
il seems to me We can learn every
thing when We know the letters of
The alphabet"
Under the patronage Of the duke
ae went to London, became a Fellow
Of the Royal Society, and published
several works on his favorite sciences.
Though not OF as high an order of
intellect as some others, yet he filled
IN honorable position in life. He
vas respected for his unblemished
character, and his life presents an in.
tructive example of what may be |
lone by perseverance and spplica
ion.
Macsulsy, one of the most Plea
ng and instructive writer's Of the
present century, was one of the most
extensive readers of his day. There
s scarcely q line in his yolumirols
works that does not show an acouaint-
'nce with different and widely SEP
Irsted authors. Months and years
we're spent In gathering materials for
lis articles, reviews and history; and
he result Is, the presentation 10 nos
Gritty Of works tlat will be read with
pleasure and profit so long as human
knowledge exists.
It is unnecessary to multiply ex-
NIPPLES. Enough has been pre-.
ented to show that if we
7ould become wise We must per-
eVerlngly study. It is no longer
ossible, for there to be another
Admirable Critchton," universally
earned; but all can become more or
'ss learned in their peculiar pro-
ssslon, or vocation, in life. "Read
nd you will know" should be ,
elieVed in By all. Vita Some
9lleVe, once possessed of a kuoRl-
ige OF the alphabet, all knowledge
stteinable. The young man who t
follows such a course, if q
1nest and viriuous in his desires and Z
'tIons, Is sure to win honor and c
cognition of bis talants. "