The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-06-17
THINK,WORK,W WIN.
LIE G Il U r Il
BEFORE THE
STUDENTS of the UNIVERSITY
BY
GEO. W. ATKINSON, ESQ,
OF WHEELING.


but at the same time he is well
known throughout the State. He
was for many years editor and pro-
prietor of the West Virginia Jour
nal, large and influential weekly
newspaper at Charleston, the form
er capital of the State. He was
also editor of the Wheeling Daily
Standard for about year, and un-
der his management the Standard
became an acknowledged power in
West Virginia. On account of en-
feebled health. he quit the
newspaper business and Travelled
almost over the entire Union, as a
special agent of the Treasury De
partment. He is now enjoying
the honors and emoluments of the
office of United States Mar
shall for the District of West Vir-
ginia. He is young man of en-
ergy and acknowledged scholar
ship and ability, His lecture was
elaborate, was carefully prepared,
was forcibly delivered. and was
well received by large and appre-
ciative audience.
We give below mere outline
Of it. But for its length we would
publish it entire.
The lecturer started out by as
serting that this is an age of won
derful activity; an age of air lines
and through cars. He spoke at
length Of our great telegraph and
steam navigation systems; our
wonderful improvements in print
ing presses, and the great number
of semitic discoveries, all of which
have brought the world into such
intimate relations that our knowl-
edge of each other and our friend
illness of feeling have so welded us
together and placed us upon so
high a summit that ignorance and
illiteracy cannot overcome or de-
base us. This" he asserted, lis
truly an age in which science and
benevolence, literature and relig-
ion, have become so united, as
mutually to aid each other in lifting
all nations to a loftier conception
of duty, and higher plane Of use
fulness in the world. Let us,
therefore, rejoice that we live in
such an age, and that we possess
SO grand a heritage. Truly we
should feel encouraged to Think,
Work, Win"
The lecturer then proceeded to
define what it was to diminishing
Mr.. Worcester's definition, and
quoting from Dryden and others.
He declared that the men who do
their own thinking are entitled to
great praise, because they are few
and far between. Most men are
like clams-closed up in their shells
and float upon the current and the
tide. How few the number, who
rub up against the great heart of
humanity, and thus acquire
knowledge Of real human nature.
The custom is for the few to think
for the masses, and direct them
what to do, and how to act.
He stated that on account of the
conflict of authors, it is difficult
matter to define the mind. If said
he, the mind and the soul are one
and the same, as many claim they
are, or if they are so intimately
connected that they cannot be- sep
arated, well and good. Then, if
this position be true, the mind, like
the soul, is immortal. If we accept
this theory, we must conclude that
impressions made upon the mind, in
this life, will remain there forever.
How important, then, is it, that we
should devote all our energies to
it's culture and development. He
to correct the mistaken !
dea of the masses that real wealth |
consists in property or money; but |
on the contrary, it lies in cultured |
Drain-something which rust can
not waste or thieves carry away.
Better than gold is thinking
mind,
That in realms of thought and books
can find
A treasure surprising Peruvian
ore,
And live with the great and good
of yore.
The sages lore and the poets lay,
The glories of empires passed
away
Who the worlds great roll can
thus unfold,
Enjoys a pleasure better than
gold. I