The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-31
BULLETIN: FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 81 1888
The Daily Bulletin.
Genius, Talent, Industry,


Talent is quality which enables
It's possessor to acquire knowledge by
learning from others and by unassistcd
study
Genius, on the other hand, is char
acterized by great independence OF
Instructions. II takes its own course,
and originates new ideas and inyrn-
tions never thought of before. 1t may
Of course enlarge It's sphere Of knOwl-
edge by reading by observation. and
by experiment; but it i, by no means
characters c Of genius to be- apt to be
taught; on the contrary, embryo gen.
fuses are often dull fellows at school
and idle to boot, 1t rather dislikes to
follow in the track Of others, and rises
superior TO obstacles Of circumstances
and deficiencies Of education. Genius
may safely be left to hew path for it.
self Talent Is greedy of instruction.
Hence the two have very different rela-
ton, to education, a subject upon which
! should much like to dilate, but the
length into which have been uninten-
tionally betrayed warn, me to avoid the
temptation.
Arkwright perfected his invention Of
the spinning frame in the uncougenial
atmosphere OF Il BARRIERS shop, in the
teeth OF scolding wife who more than
once broke up his models on the eve Of
completion. and who habitually up.
braided him for neglec)ing the prohta-
bic occupation Of "au easy shave for n
penny, with the elegant apostrophe,
"Cu,s the 'cheeneryH | believe she
lived to be Lady Arkwright Let )
hope that she learnt to moderate the ran.
cor of her tongue.
George Stephenson, inventor OF the
locomotive and the father Of railways,
developed his extraordinary engineer
ing genius in the obscurity, physical
aud mc'aphorical. OF coal pit; eking
ont his slender earnings by mendng
the boots Of bis fellow wOrkmen and oc-
casioualv a watch or clock.
Sir Humphrey Dayy, who was describ-
ed as an idle and incorrigible school
BOY" was apprenticed to an obscure
apo,hccary in Penzance; he afterward
became assistant in the laboratory of
Dr. Beddoes, Of the Hotwcls, Bristol,
well known to my father, who was then
serving his apprenticeship at the same
place. but | cannot discover that he
knew anything of the doctors more il
luStrious subordinate.
Faraday's father was a Yorkshire
blacksmith, who migrated to London,
presumably in search Of work and Fara.
day himself was appreuticed to a book
binder A chance attendance upon four
lectures by Sir Humphry Davy was the
immediate cause OF his directing his at
tcution to science, and he was some
time afterwari introduced to the Laho-
ratory Of the Royal Institution through
DAVIS instrumentality.
Benjamin Franklin made his first en-,
try into Philadelphia, poor lad, with
all his possessions upon his back and a
dollar in bis pocket As Mark Twain
depreciatingly remarks, Anybody
Nigh: have done that; the only Difficult
| w is 10 have the dollar" But how few
out Of the millions who have begun life
| Win uplldI' Ut even Win lcsst HdN'
arrived TO be Franklins.
On the other hand, it seems absolute
~ mmaterial with what seemingly in
superabe disadvantages genius may b,
oppressed; it DW make its way to thu
surface and triumph over all.
Can industry then supply the place
Of genius? Emphatically, No, Indus
try may compensate for paucity Of tai
ent. for talent, As we have said, is /
common heritage, and its presence o.
absence is a matter Of degree, anC
whatever results are attributed to tai
ent are the Joint product OF talent mul
tipljed by industry.
Genius is AS a living organism, in
stinct with its own life, performing it
appointed functions spontaneously u
OF necessity,
Talent is an elaborate engine
Slilliully devised TO move many wheel
aud to perform divers works, but want
ing the motive power
Industry is the motive power
". GILES.