Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-12-01

# 'em gone"
a man vino marrm- wisely douhl
his chtucrS for success IN life a
C % body on. sad To nj, son, "Joa
| do 80, -o y"u SHOULD marry ior
monrN without love hut i YOU en-
love where there is m .nr,, why it will
b Just rs we'll This is the same
spirlr rs lh,i of Tennysm's Northern
farmer, who, urging his son to marry
for money and not Tor love, heard in
the cl ok of his hurses hoofs t wood
"Propulty, proputty, proputty," and
says,
"PrOputty-.roputty's is everything here,
And, Sammy Pm blest
If it ainl thu same up yonder
For them a. Us it's the best"
BuI, | would say, seek in wife the
qualities of person and heart which you
feel would make you happy. A young
woman who brings to young man a
true, loving, sympathizing nature is
richly lowered enough; and he who
gets her AS his wife gets good thing.
Now, must leave much unsaid,
aud close with this: we learn from
these two men the nohlest use to which
wealth can be applied.
Peter Cooper and William E. Dodge
were philanthropistS, They held them
selves as stewards of the manifold gifts
of GOO. And, with wisdom many
others might profit by, instead Of wa t,
ing until death came ere they gave
their wealth to aid others, and have
their purposes thwarted by greedy
heirs, these men gave it and hal the
joy of giving it in their lives. Many
are the institutions of learning, many
the mission enterprises at home and
abroad, who owe debt Of gratitude tc
VIM. E. Dodge. | need not detail biz
benefactions They are known t.
many of you. He is dead but MI
works do follow him. His were tn,
actions Of the just, which smell swee
and blossom in the dust.
Peter Copper will be remembered mos
By that grand institution which bear
his name.
1t was the dream of his life, as h
said at its opening, "to open the ave
nues of scientific knowledge to tn,
youth of our city and country, and s,
unfold the volume of nature that tn
young may see the beauties Of creation
enjoy its blessings, and learn to low,
the Author, from whom cometh ever
good and perfectg gift" 1t twas many year
before this dream was realized; bu
when it was completed it had cost tn
munificent sum of S690,226 to whicI
has been added since another stor
costing over 500, 900; and, inadditio
to this, Che princly donor made
special endowment of $3.50, 900 more 70
the support and increase of the fire
readlng-room and library, canno
attempt description of the building o
the work done in it. That would cor
sumo the time of another lecture. L
that magnificent building, covering a
entire block of the City Of New York
Peter Cooper built his own monument
There needs for him no statue, n
name or epitaph graved on the stone
His work tells its own story, and h
epitaph is written by the hand of low
upon a thousand thousand hearts, VIII
have been by his deed blessed and aic
ed in the stern battle of life.
Young men ! such men as these ar
worthy examples for you to follow
Men whose names are ,unstained by an
record of dishonesty-whose clear
handedness, fidelity to conscience, an
love for their brother-man crown thel
with imperishable honor. Such me
are the strength, and hope, and salv'
ton of our land. Let there be an il
crease of them and we need not fea
the socialist or the communist. Or
Peter Cooper does more to solve tn
problem of labor and capital than
hundred treatises. | leave these wore
and thoughts with you, closing in tt
words of Joaquin Miller, written q
Peter Cooper's death:
"Give honor and love forevermore
To this great man gone to rest;
Peace on the dim Plutonian shore,
Rest in the land of the blest
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