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

reproach to humanity. but ~
mean the broad browed, clear Wis
Toned, far sighted, level headed,
strong handed, true hearted man,
boldly battling with difficulties
until they flee, doubts until they
vanish. and mysteries until they
yield to his imperious demand.
Now all men reverence intellect. We
stand with barred brow, as before a
king uncrowned, in presen ce of the
man of stored and developed mind.
Whether it be the statesman, the sci
enlist, literati, orator. Weferget that
there lie within us possibilities per-
chance as great as his. What a man
needs most of all lis development.
Most men are like the king born to a
vast kingdom who refuses to possess
it. Oh how many throne s ate here va
cant, how many crowns only needing
the Furnishing lie prone in the mud.
Take for instance the pow er Of per-
ception.. That power so active in
the child. That detects the slightest
changein the apparel of its friends or
the surroup dings of home, We per
ceive only the things pertain ming to one
Immediate trade. The upholster-the
florist-jeweler woman sweeps her
rival. The factis our very civiliza-
ton has has blunted our powers. We
have ourlightni1g express, but the in
dian SURPRISES us in feetness Of foot.
We have our polished Telescopes and
microscopes, but the sunbrowned sal
lor sees the coming storm where you
and I see only the unclouded sky,
and the savage detects the footprints
Of passing travellers where to us there
is nothing' but the traclzlcss leaves
Of the forest. What revelations
has nature for us. TO the awaken
ed mind it is many voiced and
eloquent. Perception stands and
looks out on chaos and 10, from
its deepest depths facts troop be-
fore him and all Of matter all Of
mind all Of heart all the immensi-
ties TEEN with facts IN seen by the
Indifferent and unobservynt. Now
I am not here to itemize, else Ijwould
say memory is one Of the things that
demands our most tireless culture.
The power to cultivate it, In narrow
compass what a variety Of knowl->
edge, how vast and accurate. Glo-,
thus and Pascal never forgot any
thing the y ever read. Ben Jonson
counld quote everything he eyer
wrote and whole books that he read.
Themisto Giles could call the names
Of the 10000 citizens of Athens.
And Cyrus knew by name every
man in his army. The secret seems.
to lie in the ability to classify our
facts to have a shelf for everything
and in the hour Of need to reach up
and take the fact or illustration
we most need. ] have only time
to mentio reason "a ind judgment.
BY Judgment I mean the sentence we
pass upon things. BY reason the.
processes by which we reach that
Judgment. The|secret Of all is think
ing, : emerson says we have 1st. In
stin cts; 81. Opinions; Sd. Knowl-
edge. When Newton asked how he
reached these conclusions and discov-
cred these ,factshe am azed the world
"by think ting abautit." Hamilton said
turn it overLmen call it genius.
Webster never could speak till he had
master it, Truth is temple everyfact
has niche and is needed, and as we
think, truth after truth rises to it's
wonted place. A. solomon's temple it
goes: noiselessly|up higher and grand.
err than bis. Timber wi Ill fit to timber,
stone to stone Ii matchless and mar
yellous beauty Now then there are
two thing that arc sapping the
manhood of our race. The first is
Crntnhns 1t is that h,, which orr