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.arthly ball he dares the mystery OF
unknown lands aud the perils of faith
omless seas. He braves the burning
heat of the orrid zone and the icy
blasts of the polar sea; but for some
thing nohler than bread. He doth not
live by bread alone. He watches the
midnight heavens that he may read
the marvellous handwriting there; The
mystery Of the circling stars and their
mystic movements. He tolls and toll
to meet this hunger Of the soul, Says
n recent writer. Beneath things man
seeks the law; he would know how the
globe was forged and the stars were
hung, and trace to their sources the
springs Of life. And then, as the man
develops his nobler nature, there arises
the desire higher yet the passion Of
passions. the hope Of hopes. the desire
that he, even he, may somehow aid in
making life better and brighter, in de-
-troyiug want and sin, sorrow and
shame. He masters and curbs thu
animal; he turns his back upon thu
feast and renounces the place Of power;
ne leaves it to others tn simply accumu
late wealth to crafty pleasant tastes
To hask themselves in the warm SUM
shine of the brief day. He works for
those he never saw and never can see
for fame, or, maybe, but for scant
justice that can only come along after
The clods have ratified upon his coffin
lid. He tolls in the advance, where
1t is cold and there is little cheer from
men, and the stones are sharp and the
brambles thick. He cuts the trail that
progressive humanity may hereafter
broaden into high road. Into higher
granier spheres desire mounts and
bpcknns, and star that rises in TIT
east leads him on. So the pulses of thu
: man throb with the yearnings of
god-he would aid in the process o
= the suns"
These thoughts are, Judge, not for
eign to our purpose this morning. l
: is in this progressive impulse Of hu
mainly that We find the source of mer
camille enterprise. The increase O
o mans wants creates a demand for sup
Q plies. What one land does not produc
} another may. Remote places must b
. connected. The land is bridged b
railways, the seas by ships. The rt
" sources of the earth are laid under trit
70 ute to mans desires, and the element
=, dashed to his chariot. wheels.
Tie winds furnish him wings and tn
}" eclec,ric sparks messengers. Wealt
10 flows along the channels he has digget
~ And the noblest use to which this wealt
- can be put is that Of which the authC
IN l have quoted speaks SO eloquently-
10 the making Of the lives Of others broa'
IN er, better. brighter; the diffusion
intelligence among the masses OF ma
p kind A.; the destroying Of want and ST
ne of sorrow and shame.
&C. In the progress Of commercial ente
1t prise it is but natural that some mt
I'M should rise higher, WELD a greater
Is f1uence, and gain larger wealth th'
the majority. This is too obvious
Oh need any discussion or explanation
ne its causes. Merchant princes is not
H. misnomer when applied to some of
'ne commercial pOtentates of our Ian
Princely they are in wealth, and son
az times, also, in the uses to which tn
'u' apply it. We readily recall su
49, names as Astor, Stewart, Cornell, M
'.S' gan, Peter Cooper, w. E. Dodge,
nc our empire city.
i"' Out of a number whose names
us, suggested, and from whose lives val
uai BILE lessons might be learned. l hs
selected two men as the subjects of
the address.
hey Early in the present year. and
and strikingly rapid succession, death ella
OF ed three of the most remarkable b
sed ness men Of this citY-William
Ves' Dodge, Ex>Gov. Morgan, and Pc
Nth Cooper. Each of these men were h
and ored members of sOCiety-their de
'ent deplored as a severe loss to the CT
and and each by his benefactions left