The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

was published in Boston in 1904. In
Philadelphia in 1919. In New York in
1728. In Maryland 1928. In South Caro-
lima 1881. In Rhode Island 1742. In
New Hampshire 1853. In Connecticut
1866. In Delaware 1861. In North Caro-
lima 1853. In Georgia 1893. In New
York in 1777, just after the dawn of Inde.
pendence day, they taught their children
the arts of letters, the ways of learning,
and great breadth of thought. Look at
the places of learning in the early days of
the colonies: Harvard was founded in
1887. William and Mary, at Williams
burgh, Va, in 1882. Yale, at Saybrook,
Conn.,, in 1901, and removed to New
Haven in 1717 The college of New Jer-
sey, Nassau Hall, in 1887. Columbia Col
lege in New York City, in 1850. The
college of Philadelphia, in 1850. Brown
University at Providence, in 1894 Queens
college (now Rulger's) in New Jersey, in
1910. yarmouth in New Hampshire, in
1771.
Men and women make scholars; not
books nor palaces. In the thoughts of a
learned writer: "Where Aristotle went
was the Lyceum, whether in Athens, or
on the classic banks of the Ilissus When
the British monk Alcam left the library Of
York Cathedral at the summons of Charlie
nagne, he carried university with him
to Aix-la- Chapelle. When the prophets
of Judah left the ashes of the Temple,
they bore with them in their captivity the
worship of the true God. Where Hanni-
bic marched, went Carthage-no matter
on which side of the Mediterranean. Rome
was where Caesar stood,-no matter on
which side of the Rubicon, and where
Justinian was there were the Pandects, and
where Hildebrand sat, there was the
Church. When Calico slept, Astronomy
waited for his waking. With Loyola
travelled the company of Jesus. Poetry.
itself, was the handmade of Dante through
out his weary exile. Painting dwelt where
Raphael lived. Sculpture made her home
with Michael Angelo. Leonardo De Vinci
meant all Art Zoology followed Agassiz
to the rocky Penakese. Where the High
land chieftain sat, was the head of the
table. Where the Son of Mary glided
noiselessly into the bolted chamber in Gal
lice, where the fugitive disciples had gath
cred in obedience to the command OF their
risen Master, conveyed through the re-
deemed Mary, all christianity was within
the four walls of that narrow room. The
Hall where THE sIGNERs OF THE DECLA-
RATION OF INDEPENDENCE assembled,
held the Republicanism of the world.
Where Washington marched, there went
, the Revolution"
And SO from 1776 till 1860, with vary
ing fortunes through two wars, the Nation
advanced, seemingly, from strength to
strength; yet always bearing the terrible
burden of human slavery. "Whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad" We had attempted to grow liberty
and slavery on the same soil, and Gods
anger was kindled. against the monster
crime, and slavery died by its own hand.
Free and slave labor can never flourish
together. 1t was the old strife between
Puritan and Patrician, between labor free
aud labor serviie. The outcome of years
of blood, banished the shackle, and bap-
tized new nation in the iodters of uniser-
sal liberty
Let us daguerreotype some of the men
who fashioned, furthered and finished.
this school work of the Centuries. 1t was
Benjamin Franklin ofPennsylvania, of print
er, of whom It was written This is man"
and his life on earth was such as good
men may live. 1t was he who snatched
the lightning from heaven and the scepter
from tyrants. Said Lord Broughman Of
him "One of the most remarkable men of
our times as politician, or of any age as
philosopher, was Franklin. He also
stands alone in combining together these
two characters. the greatest that man can
sustain, and in this that having borne the
first part in enlarging science by one Of
the greatest discoveries ever made, he bore
the second part by founding one of the
greatest empires in the world" When
the news of Franklin's death reached
France, Mirabeau in the National
Assembly rose and said: franklin is dead
The genius that freed America, and poured
food of light over Europe has returned
to the bosom Of the Divinity. The Sage
whom two worlds claim as their own, the
man for whom the history of science and
the history of empires contend with each
other, held, without doubt, a high rank in
the human race. Antiquity would have
raised affairs TO this mighty genius. who
to the advantage of mankind, comprising
in his mind the heavens and the earth,
was able TO restrain alike thunder bolts
and tyrants." Rochefoucauld and Lafa
yctte Joined in the loving memorial to lib.
erty's dead friend For ignorance and tyr.
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