The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-03-07

| people, causes you TO see and TO feel the in
tiuence Of society and sometimes to see
and to feel the strong arm Of power upon
| you; in word, he makes you live with him
IN the very times about which he writes;
and, most of all, he leaves you in no doubt
rs to the conclusions TO be drawn or the
lessons to be learned. The true historian IS
a true philosopher. In the frs, place he
| possesses that first Of all requisites. truth
fulness. He believes in fine writing but he
will not sacrifice fact to diction. He will
not manufacture his facts and then ms his.
tory out Of those facts. He will search long
and diligently, indeed, there vii. be no
END TO his explorations. He will 90 from
| country 70 country. from city 70 city,
from library to library wherever he
can obtain an authenticated fact or cyi.
dence to authenticate a fact. and having
finished tnat most important part o! bis
work, he will notspoil II all by simply string.
! ing his facts together in CHRONOLOGICAL order
upon the printed page, but classifying AMI
arranging. he will show with astonishing
c!earnes', the relations and mutual depend.
ence OF the facts, so that lis very complete. /
ness might, perhaps, raise suspicion Of in.
ycntiOn.
The true historian will not start gu,
70 prove pr-concieycd theories. He has no
theories to prove. He deals with facts and
facts he gives YOU and while he may draw
| conclusions, he leaves you to be your own
Judge as TO whether his conclusions are sair,y
drawn from his facts
But turning from the historian to the
philosophy of history again, /. It not a Wis.
inquiry u ask, what coes the philosophy of
history 'eacH Us As a nation; What lesson,
mas inc past toT Us as people. Let Us not
.cSa'u '"is matter as one altogether foreign
70 ourselves nor as one somehow with
ufAWA lFom' OF standing above our coasld-
GRAFTON Let Us rather esteem Il as q ma,ter
Oh great practlcai importance. For who
ever l"ou3huu.'y looks AZ our
country cannot fan. to be- :
sitn"! impressed not 60 uHca .
n''H "'a' l. as win "ha' Il seems ie'-
''"tu u w. Us vast extent rs Almost iE'l.A
Po'''"L'' rs he"ne's' rs mineral, agrlcu.tl-
l"' anu o'her resources, It's climates, II
productions lis means OF internal commu-
H''".'''' Us language rs people IL govern
''N--'.' ., 80 "'' ~ "'-1.
s'!' ~" spectacle OF wAica
"'sU'! a"of's 10 parallel And
"H'e our reputation Tor boast.
l1s Is h"PP'y passing away because
me uao' Is Oe!hG Iald aside, let Us remem
Der 'int there can be no just cause for re-
pfoach !. showing 70 ourselves anu TO The
"'t."' lAeed De- That We are not inse's lie
u inc feA"tAau'e surroundings OF our posi-.
non Us " people
Our situation our advantages, our oppor
tuniiies are so evident that enumeration
or detail. would he quite OUT Of the question.
Does it not, then, become every one IT,
draw Oft his mind for while, now and
then, from the busy pursuits Of daily life.
and TO consider the county to which Doe
belongs, his position in it and his lu,y t.
Il, II we cannot 90 tins, where is tina,
pride Of country which has in all ages been
regarded as Inseparubiy connected with
true patriotism, We read FREQUENTLY now
a.days that many Americans abroad have
habit Of speaking dispqraginplv Of their