New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-05
THE LECTURE.


delivered at Cooper Union Saturday night was by Robert
Collyer The hall packed from the platform to the
doors. Peter Cooper who occupied seat on the plat
form was received he entered the hall with Iona
applause. Professor II. w. Raymond manager OF the
course introduced Mr.. Collyer gentleman late oil
Chicago but now happily. OF New-York CITY," Inc iec
ture which the title OF delivered many years
ago in New-York and published in full at the time in
The TRIBUNE has been remodelled, and the new por-
tiOns given herewith.
Mr.. Collyer, on advancing, enthusiastically re-
ccived. He said:
LADIES and GENTLEMEN: Clear Grit as understand
81 and propose speak of tonight is the best that
there is IN man. blossoming into the beat he do in
MS sweet and true fashion blossoms on bush
or bird sings tree. IL is that noble quality I'D
man d woman which could never give way except
in a true way and for good reasoh- IL
Is the to walk barefoot over the hnts that lie
along the night line Of life rather than 10 go through
green pastures and by still that defect It, IL Is
the power 10 say no to what may seem TO DC q muit
tude of angels If they to counsel you away from
your downright 10y atty to instant duty There is iase
and true grit there Is in all great and true Things I'd
creation and we need know the one from the other
ms the prime condition of being true ourselves III IL
never base or mean either its nature tendencies
But ia order that it shall TO he genuine part OF
life IL must have its root in certain ausefy anu
self-denal After the power 10 save yourself comes
the power to give yourseh-the power TO nep
others, no matter what ii costs You, when
the thing faces Won as clear duty When
man these things his life the power to save
himself and the power give himself he sees ali AT
orce something to be done that he ought to do. and lie
never stops TO count the cost say he pitches
right in and does II.
APPLICATIONS OF CLEAR GRIT.
Having made exposition Of what believe 70 nc
the principle, 1 want TO make few simple apphca-
tions that will 90 night home your own lives every
Iav forxv
made Of and show it by these tests that speak
of: ID To do good honest days work; (2) to nave
good home and take of it, 81 to lose no time
but go ahead and these things while the bloom OF
our life is In our hearts; and al to be content.
And put the power to DO an honest days work first,
because eightaudtwenty years experience in the fac
tory and at the FORGE we'll such light comes TO mo
from my profession, cOrylnces me beyond all
n lust what great numbers OF men try to dodge as II
they felt that this thing means to get the
and yery often the poorest, too; and that
Some young begin their life bewildered by the OPP
porfunites that open before them TO make fortune
fbre is no such deadly need do something solid and
steady moment they are out OF school as there Is In
ibst seem as thick as blackberres To get along they
Try this aud then that and then wait for something to
after going his luck for all those years. waiting for
Something TO up had to strip at last and turn
thing mp lHT %n he to do something in dead
earnest and every dollar he made when he aid begin TO
%nscle and dug out Of the solid gold OF his
hood SO waiting for something to turn up ia che great
est mistake. think that q young man can make who
wants to show his grit Applause -
Mr. Smiles, in one OF his books, tells a story
10 make steam engine. He succeeded SO
far you cO4d See N d %d tx very So
answered exactly the wheels turned beautifully, moth
ing sS eI ,hse Was one you tackled
anything it'll stood stock stu lauehter On its own
taaitlessiy bu, the moment you wanted 1t to lift
pound beside then lever and piston and wheels struck
work and made In an age and country IN which
~ DO nothing was 10 be counted a gentleman. the
thing was called Evans's gentlemanly engine Laugh
Now who doesn't know numbers Of young men whose
actions exactly resemble that engines What lit.le they
with motion and they are polished to perfecton
10 SSs wono ot ae per ao ON he
hands TO their souls Their one mottos to take
te one of three thngshe charity their friends the
county pOorhouse or the saddest OF all thDgs-ades
DOWN DOW S' until they get TO Washington 10 hunt |
for an Office that they cannot Gil Igreat |
plauseJ This is the first grand proof give Of
bis want Of Critic nothing in particular or to
dodging everything that is not easy and light.
The question What makes gentleman Is m, not an
good blacksmith or poughman, or woodchopper, who
puts all his manhood u'o s "3rx tee can De no
l. beyond all telling the truer gentleman, as
we'll
romios everybody will say that has, right be any
body Honest well done is the first thing IN clear
sar because TO work hard honestly is more essential
than work hard at anything Ihad shopmate once
smith when lie did his best any man need be- but it
seems that lie was the most ingenious fellow
nj getting up any sort of lie III iron that ever
Now man like that may work hard but, on the whole.
the harder the worse iSr ne Just WORKS 9r hard
many hardworking men 1t is no matter where they
found or what they do they may not Tor i ~ iron
only ingenious for dishonesty and make Their money
by mske-believes. [Applause.) They show you some
iron gates in the Kensington Museum In London that
were made by blacksmith over 200 years ago never
heard OF the man until l the gates, and If he bad
never done that piece of work should have
OF him. He was only blacksmth; he did that work
with his rough hands but he did 1t SO honestly and
Of The Of England and does your heart good
TO look at them. lApplause
GETTING A GOOD HOME.
TIE second thing. said. is good home and that, Of
course preSupposes that indispensable preliminary to
ull good bones good wiic appausel and good hus-
band lapplausel because sincerely believe that there
are good many who marry but DON'T have wife,
and a great many women who marry but don't get a
husband and they never find IL out until the mistake
beyond all remedy except that of going TO
Chicago 10 get divorce tLsughtcrl And the
way that comes about is that great many
young women only anxious TO get all
the accomplishments They don't mean by that,
however how 10 make wholesome bread and roast q
niece OF beef and boil potato and darn stocking and
make shirt and iron one aud keep home smelling rs
sweet as wild and shining like silver dollar;
but how do tattng draw wonderful shepherdesses
with pink aud talk Impossible French and In such
a way | notice, that Frenchmen themselves cannot
understand II augbterl, and discourse music so difficult
as make you remember Johnsous grim joke, for IL IL
related OF him that having been taken to
n great concert he showed come letbargy In regard
10 the appreciation OF the playing his companion said
10 him q DIR. johnson. that is difcI lt music"
Said Dr. Johnson 90 Yes; aud wish II difficult
thai II was impossible" Laughter.
Now that Is what a great many call an education |
All the accomplishments, except those that inds
pensabie 10 good wife the young woman gots. and
then she married. Aud the young very often
gets IN education that ia just about deectsbe to lit
hun for husband. We call II sowing his wild oats"
The worst OF IL l dare not tell II turns him |