The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-24

MAxIMs OF JAMES A. aARFIElD.
CENTRAL.


to shout over,
After the battle Of Arms comes the bat
tie OF History,
| would rather be beaten in Right than
succeed in Wrong.
For the noblest Man that lives there sill
remains Conflict.
The principles OF Ethicsh have notchanged
by the lapse OF years.
Present Evils always seem greater than
those that never come,
Luck is an ignis iatuus. You may fol-
low 1t to Ruin but never to success.
Growth is better than Permanence, and
permanent growth is better than all.
1t is no honor or profit merely to appear
in the arena. The Wreath is Tor those who
contend.
There is fellowship among the Virtues
by which one great, generous passion slim
ulates another
No Man can make speech alone. 1t is
the great human power that strikes up from
! thousand minds that aCts upon him and
makes the speech.
The privilege Of being IL Young Man is u
great privilege, and the privilege OF grow
ing up to be IN Independent Man in mid
die life is greater,-SPeech al PSpkskW, la.
gust !, 1850.
feel protOunder reverence for Il Boy
than for man. never met Il ragged Boy
in the street without feeling that | owe
him u salute, iOr know not what posi-
bilitleS may he buttOned M under his
coat.
Poyertyisuncomfortable, US can testify y;
but nine times out OF ten the best things
that can happen to young MIN is to be
tossed overheard and compelled to sink or
swim for himself In all my acquaintance
! never knewa Man to be drowned who
was worth while saving.
We hold reunions, not for the Dead, for
there is nothing in all the earth that you
and can do Tor the dead. They are past
our help and past our praise. We can add
to them no glory, we can give them no i'm
mortality. They do not need lis, but for
ever and ever more weneed them. Speech
al Genera, AUGUST 3, 1880
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCE.
Things don't turn up in this World until
until somebody turns them up,
II thepOwerto do hard work isnot talent,
1t is the best possible substitute for it,
1t Is one Of the precious mysteries Of
Sorrow that it finds sOlace in unselilsh
Thought.
Nothing is more uncertain than the re-
suit Of any one throw; few things more GER
tain than the result OF many throws
Occasion may be the bugIe call that sum.
mons IN army to battle, but thebast OF u
bugle tan never make Soldiers or win Vic
tories.
We cannot study Nature profoundly
without bringing ourselves into communion
with the Spirit OF Art, which pervades and
fills the Universe,
lfthcre be one thingupon this Earth that
mankind love and admire better than an.
other, 1t il brave man-it Is man who
dares to look the Devil in the face and tell
him he Is Devil.
TRUE ART.
True art is but the antique OF Nature
the embodiment OF discovered Beauty in
utility,
NHNhNN tIsH'
Every character Is the joint product OF
Nature and Nurture.
Not man OF Iron, but Of Live Oak
Grafton on Gcorge H. YhOmds.
His character was as grand and simple
as colossal Pillar Of chiselGd Granite
bid. -
He wasonc OF the few great Rulers whose
wisdom increased with his power, and
whose spirit grew genter and tender as his
Triumphs were multiplied. Grafton on
abraham Lincoln.
His power as u Commander was dcvel.
oped slowly and silently; not like n volcanic
Land lifted from the Sea by sudden and
violent uphcave, but rather like II Coral
Island, where each Increment il u growth
I'm act Of Life and Work. IBID
The Problems to be solved in the study
OF human life and character are these:
Given the Character Of Man und the con.
ditiOns OF life around him, what will be his
Career? Or, given his Character and
Career, OF what kind were his Surround
ings? The relation OF these three factors to
each other il severely logical. From them
il deduCed all genuine History. Character
is the chief element, for II is both a Result
and CausC--a result OF Influence and n
cause Of Results.
POWER.
Power exhibits itself under two distinct
forms Strength and Force-caCh possess
ing peculiar qualities and each perfect in
its own sphere. Strength is typtied by the
Oak, the Rock the Mountain. Force en-
bodies itself in the Cataract, the Tempest,
the ThundCrbolt.
GREAT POWERS.
The possession Of great Powers no doubt
carries with it contempt for mere exter-
NIL Show.
GREAT MEN.
A Monopoly of popular IIonors is Us
much Of Tyranny as II Monopoly OF
Wealth.
II has been fortunate that most OF our
greatest men have left no descendants to
shine in the borrowed lustrc Of great
name.
Asa giant tree absorbs all the elements
OF growth within its reach and leaves only
sickly Vegetation in its shadow, so do
towering great Men absorb all the strength
and glory Of their surroundings and leave
II dearth Of greatness for n whole generation.
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
Ne fit for more than the Thing you are
now doing.
II you ARE not too large for the Place you
are too small for It.
In order to have any success in life, or
any worthy success, you must resolve 10
carry Into your work Il fullncss Of Knowl.
edgG--not merely Sutliciency, but more
than SuilicienCy.
Young Men talk Of trusting to the Spur
Of the Occasion. Tint trust Is vain. DC.
casiOn cannot make Spurs. fyOu expect
to wear Spurs you must win them. II YOU
wish to Use them you must buckle them to
your own heels before you 20 into the Fight.
To young Man who has in himself the
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