Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-11-17
Two Successful Merchants.
Address Delivered Before the Students
of Eastman College by Rev. Will
liam Lloyd, of New York.
East MANS Jnurnvl.

age is the vastness and extent oi lis
mercantile enterprises. This is at one,
an indication and product Of advanc
ing civilization The upward moves
ment of humanity from primitive saw
agery, from Conditions in which lii
was but little removed from the plane
of the brute, satisfied when its immp-
date needs were met, To its present
condition OF multiplied wants,--wants
Of the hdy, Of the mind, of the family.
of the natiOn-and the muliitudinous
sources from which the supplies for
these necessities ale lrawn, is marked
by the discovery and suhjugaliun OF
natural forces. the utilization Unnatural
products, the discoveries of science, the
growth of art the invention of wealth
producing machinery, and the estab
lishment of international relations
based upon the law Of interdependence.
Whatever may be the origin of man,
this growth and development marks al
unbridgeable gulf between him and
every form Of merely animal existence,
Wes.e in it an & .ation Of high.
er origin, diviner starting point, than
that of the brute, whatever of truth
there may be in the theory of evolu'
tion.
Even were it capable of proof tina,
man is only more highly developed
animal that those who wish to trace
their genealogical tree to its roots mus
look for their ancestors among thu
riugtailed monkey and clasp the app
in a fraternal embrace, must rec0gniz,
the "humpbacked whale" as q far.of
connection who in early life took to tn
sea; indeed, must 60 further bacl
still and grope among primeval skie
to find the first germ This fact re
mains unaccounted for BY any scien
tifc theory--a fact that divides mal
from every other animal. He is 18th
only one whose desires increase u
they are fed, aud whose wants ar
never satisfied" The desires of ever
other living thing are, universally
limited and fixed.
No change has taken place, II
growth can be discovered among tn
animal tribes from the beginning
their existence until now, Says one
The OK of to-day aspires no more tina
the OK when man first yoked him. Tt
sea gull at the English channel, wi
poises himself above the swift steame
wants no better food or lodging tbs
the gulls who circled around as Il
keelS of Caesars galleys FIRST grated {
British coast.
The instincts are the same. the su
plies nature offers are the same; Il
one meets the other in changeless 81
cession. But it is not SO with man.
he has at some time passed over fro
the brutes the point of his departure
unknown.
Not a vestige Of the bridge viii
divides the progressive man from
unprOgressive animal can be four
Between man at the lowest and I
brute at the highest point there is
great gulf fixed. Mans foot stood
the first upon the lowest step of Il
der of infinite progression; a progrt
ion away from and above the beas
The lower forms Of desire which
has in common with the brute pass
to higher and more refined forI
Hunger develops into taste the sex
instinct into family life.
The beaver builds her dam and
bird builds her nest exactly as Il
did when Adam walked naked ;
unashamed through the leafy aisles
Eden. But mans home has pas
from the sheltering canopy of lea,
or the mud hut, to the house v
conveniences for preserving health
purity of morals; to the magni6c
mansion, replete with comfort
adorned with beauty.
No animal has yet been found
wears clothes; but man in his ru
condition clothes himself in part,
among civilized nations dress may
numbered among the fine arts. II
is in man conscious power of M