The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-12-21
From the Columbian Echo.

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time better than diligently study
ing their text books.
Tt is stated England has four uni
versitics; France, fifteen; Germany,
twenty-five; and Ohio, thirty-sevcn.
-Erchange
A Detroit lady called at drug
store the other day and said, "I.want
tooth brush-a real, nice one. ]
wantHtsfor a spare bedroom. =
Why is it that a man coming ont
of a saloon always looks one way
and goes another? Because he is
looking for another angle.
If a young man wants to leave an
everlasting impression on those
around him while in school, he
should do as he would wish others
do to him.
"My umbrella is getting shabby"
said a young man abont town one
night lasst week. II believe | will
have to strike another prayer meet
ing the first rainy night" 81
What sunshine IS to flowers,
smiles are to humanity They are
but trifes, to be sure, but scattered
along Iife's pathway, the good they
do is Observation-Disclosures
Though the atmosphere is said to
be colder the higher we rise in the
mountains, yet the higher n man
rises on the mountain of fame the
hotter he finds it.-Er
Courtesy is the crowning grace Of
culture, the stamp Of perfection upon
character, the badge of the perfect
gentleman, the fragrance Of the
flower Of womanhood when in full
bloom. ....
Genius, even when using little
forms, expresses therein great ideas.
Talent, on the other hand, when
using large forms, but too often fills
them with little ideas; and herein
talent often shows its weakness.
The contemplation Of the great
and good in nature fits the mind all
the better for the enjoyment of art,
and. vice versa, the study of the
arts only fits us all the better to see
the beauties Of nature, and to recog-
nize therein the traces Of the divine
hand.
Politeness is to a man what beau
ty is to a woman. It creates an in
stantanoous impression in his behalf
while the opposite quality exercises
as quick a prejudice against him.
For instance, prominent De-
being Gale in, came every day for
five or six days, when he remarked
that he was not charging for his
calls, it was for the sake Of a friend,
IL WE concede to man the right
f.. ne proud of ANYTHING which he
has accomplished, he ought then
certainly to be proud of language
for none of his other deeds have 50
high a degree of merit. Language
is mans own creation, and there
would be certain truth in his say.
ing: ain the beginning the earth
was without form, and void; anc
darkness was on every side of him
but man made language out Ofnoth.
ing-and there was light"
In all his later works,-in music
in sculpture, in painting, and in me
chanical invention-he had nature
to learn and to copy from Language
came from his own soul, and by this
one deed man has become the su-
prenae being on earth, and has pro
| cured for himself the means by vir-
tue of which he will be enabled tC
develop all the endless gifts the
Master of tho Universe has favored
him with, until he has become the
perfect heing he was destined to b'
by his Creator
The culture of past ages, and the
experience of bygone times, has beer
transmitted to US by language. Ma
tions without it have vanished from
the face of the earth as if they haC
never been in existence, and the eX
tent to which we will influence III
ture generations will depend on ou
own language. According as a MAJ
masters and knows how to handle
his language, he will command IN
fiuence and happiness in his tim'
and surroundings. Great is th'
power of language Il makes mal
to a certain degree omnipresent an'
everlasting by language he may
have his will executed thousandi
and thousands of miles away anC
| thousands and thousands of years
from now. Homer wields rs grea
an effect to-day as in the days il
which he lived. The great philan
thropist ard in fact, the creates
educator of modern times, the re
former of modern education, Pcs
talozzi deems nothing of such i'm