The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1883-06-13
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MORGANTOWN, w. VA.

They are the avenues by which we
approach the outer world. Our
eyes are the spirit glasses by which
we see. TheIear is the trumpet
by which we hear. Feet the ped
ais, the limbs the clutches by
whichwe walk. The brain, the
instrument by which we think.
And as it is important for the me-
chanic, the surgeon, the artist, to
be supplied with the best imple-
ments of their craft, SO it is i'm
portant for the body to be brought
to the highest perfection, that it
may the better subserve the spirit
use. But, when we come to the
human intellect, that mysterious
power by which l think, weigh
evidence, detect sophistry, probe
through the outer crust of things
and preceive the inner law and
life, that subtle mysterious pow
Ell by which. | become the worlds
master, the reins Of an undecaying
empire are placed in my hands, by
which ! summons every atom, OF.
nature to pour its secrets into my
listening ear Probe the earth and.
read in its strata of %shale and lime
stone and sandstone it's long bur
ried secrets, Tame and harness
the lightning, discover unseen
worlds, weigh suns, measure sys-
tens, trace the: pathway of fiery
comets, and bind the very ele-.
ments as the steeds of my victori
Gus car When.I say | come to
this, l come to that, that separates
forever between man and the brute
creation. True there are evidences
here. and there that even brutes may
reason But before the sutupend-
Gus powers Of man, theirs is the
faint gIimmer of ever ming star be-
fore the radiancefof the MONDAY
sun. This being, try e it follows.
there can be no. manhood witho ut
a we'll deve Hoped in tellect. "A
sound mind in a SCUM d body" the
aphorism oil the ancients.. B ut
what is a ''sound mind7' One
mot diseased.- But then the mind
may be belittled and dwarfed. by
inertness as we'll as by diseas C.
The mind like the body may loose
its power and forget its cunning by
dis,tse.0 AS the, poll shed and pow
>erful Instrument the pride and glo-
~ Of it's makers, may through long
neglect become covered with dust
and cankcred by rust, until it no
longer give forth the relations of
old, SO the mind born to revel
amid mysteries may be covered
by the dust Of apathy and corrode ed
and cankered by Incidence until its
native power is gone forever. The
wings ofgenius may be weakened
by long neglect or clipped by the
hands of disease, or ftrailed in. the
mire of indulgence until they will
no longer. bear him across the
chasm> and above the. clouds.
When1I speak Of a man intellect
/ ually, l mean a man Of developed
! intellect. When spea ak of an oak
I do not mean the acorn with its
X outer shell and it's in ner soft and
Juicy meat, nor do ] m can the little
growing twig that may be strodden'
:, in the dust, shaken by the sum
mex breezes@t and twisted by the
fingers of a child, but 4 mean that
AGO rn when it has taken root, twin
ing itself around its granite base,
lifting its broad trunk and Drawn
arms iato dallianc &c with the clouds,
ughing TO scorn the tempest,
and shouting defiance to the fercest
hurricane. When YOU speak of a
lion you do not mean the blind
whelp, sucking its dam and scarce
" able to walk: but that noble
beast, king. of the forest, beneath
whose tread the earth trembles and
r at whose roar the beasts ofthe forest
are silent. And 50 when speak
Of the eagle ! do hot mean til e
pulling callow eaglet with I'M
.aedged wing and open mouth, re-
ceiving whatever may be given,
but that full-hedged bird whose
eyrie is the Inaccessible mountain