The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-09

the perfecter OF the steam engine,
learned the German language ex
preasly to read one work on mechan'
los, and afterwards learned Italian
for like purpose. DR.. Lee. Professo,
OF Hebrew at Cambridge. followed
the trade of bricklsyer until he Wat
% ears of age. bis evenings az well
as every hoor not otherwise employed
being passed in the close study o.
Greek and Latin. His attention was
directed toward the study OF the he
brew language. in consequence OF see
ing q bible in that tongue. ia syna'
gogue undergoing repairs, that he
was at work on. Rittenhouse Was
farmers boy and studied astronomy
and calculated eclipses while follow
ing the pillow; indeed. there ia no po-
sition in life from which men have
not risen when favored BY circum'
stances and were energetic in action.
Nor need anyone despair OF reapine
some good from q course OF training
and habit OF thinking.
A very little thing, added to what
has gone before sometimes wins the
victory. The mere sight OF little
moss gave encouragement to Mungc
Park, in the midst Of the trials and
difficulties of his African travels. 1t
suggested to him home, the blue
hills of Scotland, and he
hoped and struggled onward
determined to see them once more,
The floating branch Ct tree in
spirited Columbus to persevere in
his westward voyage. His followers
were refractory snd almost in open
mutiny, yet he determined to push
on, and was rewarded by the dis
covery of another world. DR.. Clay
ton, distilling coal in ret0rt, con
fined the vapor arising from 1t in a
bladder, and for the amusement
of his London friends burnt it as
it escaped from a pin hole
and this was seen and adopted by
Murdoch as a means of lighting the
streets, proving a blessing and con.
Yenience of universal civilized usage.
One failure should not discourage
the seeker nor the worker. The
dove returned second time to the
ark before it took successful flight to
stay. Idleness is responsible for many
failures-redouble vigilance and
increase your activity and take care
of the odds and ends of time. Hugh
Miller studied and learned theology
while a day JabCrer in a stone
quarry; and, had laid the foundation
OF future eminence while filing that
humble position. Such ls true OF
scores Of others we might call to
mind, who in q lowly estate laid
down those principles and acquired
those habits of observation and re-
search that raised them above the
common mass of people around. A
8. cond and even many attempts are
praiseworthy, where the end to be
gained is good. Nor need the Sc ifs
and sneers of unthinking persons
deter any one from a course of study
or a line of action he knOws to be
consistent and proper. No ADVANCE
ment has ever been made that has
not had its opposers, and no good
man has lived that has not had his
villifiers and enemies. There is
no virtue that has not its
counterpart in vice and the
nOblest of minds and the best
intentioned persons, sometimes fall
into errsr and swerve from the strict
path Of justice, unintentionally
doing wrong to right and truth. AID.
vancement Is changed and change
from the beaten path of past teach.
ing is to some persons a deadly
heresy. Cardinal Wolsey in the
arrogance ofthis power, and in the
superlative confidence begotten OF
his high position, said: "We
must destroy the press, OF
the press will destroy u.s.
he fell and with his fall went out
Popery from England. And mighty
is the press. In evil hands it may
be leaven of unrighteousness, vel
despite the evil thus attendant on il,
it has given enlightenment and
liberty to the world. No wrong can
be long maintained against its icon.
ocIastic tread, the citadel of unlaw.
full power falls before it's potent
blast, and its silent, yet penetrating
force enters alike the palace of the
ruler and the cottage of the Door
telling each ono of rights and duties
due to themselves and others.
Time is the great, universal leveler
and equalizer. It is the only thing
that remains unchanged, for time
merged into eternity is still the
same never ceasing, active force of
tho universe. It reduces the hardest
adamants to powder. fills up the
deepest valleys with the debris and
clothes them with luxuriant foliage
or verdure or beunteous harvests,
The loves and friendships, the en-.
mites and hatreds of men fill their
short hour with their joys, or sor-
rows; while in unvarying cycle.
silent, remorseless, yet without
en- nifty, the Scytheman passes on
his way, overturning strength in
one place and upbuil0ing weakness
In another. Yet to man there re-.
mains duty-a watchword that is
always before the vision Of the
bravest and noblest minds. 1t NAV
be interpreted in myriad
different ways, as the vary
ing lights and shades of char.
acter, color and shape, yet is a con.