The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-02-02

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ages and no pen will ever portray half
his virtues, and no bard will ever eX-
press a nations loss. We are forced
to exclaim with the language of Hal
leck, that,
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The Meccas of the mind"
Yet it seems strange but nevertheless
true that such persOndge can pass
from our midst without leaving a last
ing impression upon the minds of
every youth in the land.
If we are persevering the very odds
and ends Of time may be worked up
into results Of the greatest value.
One hour each day withdrawn from
frivolous pursuits, would, if properly
employed, enable any one of ordinary
caliber, to master complete science
in few years.
Robert Stephenson taught himself
mathematics and physics while work
ing as an engineer during the night
shifts. He also made himself efficient
in mechanics, during his spare mo-
ments at home, which prepared him
for the great work of his life-the in
vention Of the passenger locomotive,
which has since joined city to city
from the rough waters Of the Atlanta
on the East to the placid waters Of
the Pacific on the west. And from
the cold barriers on the north to the
balmy Gulf on the South. Samuel
Finley Breeze Morse has not only
joined city to city, but he has con-
nected continent with continent.
Through his industry he has played
with the forked lightnings which
blaze across the heavens, like a child
does with the sun beams that break
from Behind cloud on summers
morning. He has enabled us to send
communication across fathomless
oceans with lightning sspeed, Frank
lin man whose body has long since
returned to its mother dust, but whose
name remains just as green upon the
pages Of history as the grass u pom his
grave, was man who economised his
time. And to-day he is claimed by
two nations. And more than this,
both politics and science are contend
ing for the fruits Of his labor. As
statesman, there was not one more
pure and patriotic Through his wis
dom, which was purchased with frag-
ments of time, the chains Of English
tyranny were broken, and America has
ever since breathed that pure air which
is only enhaled by free people. He
captured the force with which Jupiter
destroyed the giants, and kept it un-
der his control, until it was harnessed
by another scientist and brought un-
der perfect subsection. The fruits Of
his labor seem to grow ripper and ripper
as years fit by, and to-day we are
reaping his harvest from both politics
and science.
Elihu Burritt. whose name will live |
throughout all ages, attributed his
first success Id self improvement not
to genius, but simply to the fragments
of time. While he swung his heavy |
hammer in lis smoky shop from early
morn until the sun had sunk from
view below the western horizon, he
made himself familiar with some sixty
odd different languages Sir Walter
Scott, the great novelist,-whose wri-
tings have found a place in almost
every library, can account for his abil
ity in no other way than by taking
care of spare Moments Abraham
Lincoln, man we all revere, in his
early days was a person that poverty
played around his doorstep, and even
scanty meal at sometimes was not
to be found in his log cabin. But he
formed, while young, character that
carried him buoyantly over life's fitful
main, by reading three books, viz; the
Bible, Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress, and
Easop's Fables. We would ask, what
hungry mind of tNday could find
three better books from which to
feast? He could recite much Of the
Bible, the greater part Of Bnnyans
Pilgrim Progress, and the whole of
Easop's Fables, which were memorized
during his leisure moments.
Horace Greeley, who was during his
life the editor of newspaper which
has reached an almost incredible cir
culation, tells us that when boy he
would read while going errands for
his parents. And at evening he would
take pine knot, for he was too poor
to buy candles and not time to read
by sunlight, and place it on the back
log and there read until small hours
of the morning were drawing near
Thus we might go on and enumerate
the names Of all the great men whose
appellations ornan ent the pages of
histories Of all nations, and we will
find that the taking care of spare mo
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door for them to the treasures of hid
den mysteries.
If we only had that power Of Ian
guage that would impress upon the
minds Of all youth the value that is
placed just on one moment of time,
what change there would be in our
institutions? Aims houses would
become mansions inhabited by lords
and nobleman holding fast to the top
most round of the ladder which is
erected from the lowest depth of SER
vitude to the very acme of regency.
Penitentiaries and all other like pris-
ons would soon be covered over with
the sands of time.
Now let us remember that we as
teachers are shaping the timber from
which this grand and glorious Repub-
lie of ours is erected, and if we want
it to Stand until old ocean will have
de90dred this sphere, save the crumbs
that will have fallen from her meal
We mnst not put timber into it which
idleness has eaten up with fraudulence
and debauchery, but put in timber
whose structure from medulla to bark
is strengthed by growth obtained from
spdTen10meRts.