The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-01

ont Is welght-tact is momentum. Talent
makes man respectabe-iact will make him
respected Talent is wcath-tact is ready money,
Talent, young gentlemen, calculates clearly, reasons
logically, makes ont case ns clear rs daylight, and
uiters It's oraclcs with all the weight Of Justice and
reason. Tact refutes without contsadlcting puzzles
the profound without profundliy, and without wit
outwiis the wise. Governor Burnett, noted Bish-
ops son, pupil OF Sir Isaac Newton, possessed any
amount OF talents, but he could not govern the
people OF Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor Dum-
mer, siversmith's SON. educated at public school,
hal tact, which enabled him to manage tho crooked
colonial sticks as well taught hand iourlshcs over
the Keys of piano. Talent Ia very line thing to
talk about, very good thing to be proud OF, hut
tact, as cxcmpll1ed by Lieutenant Governor Dunn
mer, puzzles the profound, outwts the wise, Is al
ways alive. always ready to meet demand, and
always ready to utter Its oraclcs with all the weight
p0sscssor OF talent, aud George Washington always
displayed great tact: And now. Young gentlemen,
who are enjoying the intellectual privileges now
being offered by Old Dummcr, and some OF You In
addition the comforts OF this commodious dormory,
let me hope that You appreciate the advantages OF
education. You come here to he educated aud 10
educate yourselves. hut what Ia educatonG II ia
not merely to learn so many lessons and To attend
so many recltatlons, and then TO forget what you
have studied and heard. That IL temporary excite
ment, ana not education. Education is 10 be Judged
OF as 1t makes You wiser or better and more useful
Young men In your day and generation; |;
and to produce this end books ana teachers are only
means. There Is wide difference between means
and ends. The guldc-post at the cross roads Is
means. 1t points you to the road you are TO
take, but you are to perform the journey. ship
IA means OF transport the end to he accomplished
Is q successful voyage to whatever region OF the
earth your business may call you. But II, when you
are embarked, you never weigh the anchor or set
sail, but still abide at your original moorings, what
signifies 1t that the breeze is fair and the weather
favorable? You are on shipboarJ, to be sure, hut
STILL although You should remain there to all eter-
nifty, you will be no nearer your destination than
you were at frst-an anchored vessel makes no
headway. Bear In mind too, young gentlemen, that
the human intellect, like the whole body, Is all the
misers treasure, which perishes In the using. 1t Is
not even like the tabled tree of heather mythology,
from which, when Its golden bough was plucked,
another ever shot forward TO take Its place. II la
treasure which Increases, and can only be increased
by constant use. In this point OF view the intellect
OF man Is a complete paradox; II Is dsnse which
1t, enlarges and to all Its original capital brings In
terest and compound Interest at rate OF per cent
age which no usurer ever dreamed Of And ever
remember that the man with every sense but conf
mon sense "a as helpless as child when exposed to
the rub and hustle OF the world.