The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-01-14

hopes OF the henrt, the means used
to accomplish ends, the springs OF
action and the seeds of thought
He was familiar with nature, with
actual things with common facts
lie loved and appreciated the poem
Of the year,tbe drama Of the seasons
1T is no advantage TO live in
great city, where poverty degrad's
and failure brings despair The fields
are lovelier than paved streets, and
the great forest than walls of brick.
Oaks aud elms are more poetic than
steeples and cbimneys. In the
country is the idea of home. There
you see the rising and setting sun ;
you become acquainted with The
stars aud clouds The con-tela>
tions are your friends. You hear
the rain on the roof and listen to
the rythmic sigbipg Of the winds.
You are thrilled by the resurrection
called Spring, touched and saddened
by Autumn, the grace and poetry of
death. every field is picture, a
landscape every landscape n po-
EN- Every flower is o tender
thought aud every forest fairy
land. In the country you preserve
your identity-your personality,
there you are au aggregation Of
atoms, but in the city you are al
atom Of aggregation.
Lincoln never finished bis educa-
ton. To the night of his death he
was pupil, a learner, an inquirer, a
seeker after knowledge. You have
no idea bow many men are spoiled
by what is called education, For
the most part, colleges are places
where pebbels are p, lished and dia-
monds are dimued. II Shakespeare
had graduated at Oxford, he might
have been quibbliug attorney or u
hypocli,ical parson.
Lincoln was many sided man ,ac
qnaiuted with smiles !and tears,
complex in brain, single in heart,
direct as light and his words, can
did as mirrors gave the perfect im>
age OF his thought. He was never
afraid to ask-never too dignified to
admit that he did not know. No
man had keener wit or kinder hu-
NOR. He was not solemn. Solem,
nifty is mask worn by ignorance
aud hypocracy-it is the preface,
prologue, aud index to the cunning
or the stupid. He was natural in
his life and thought-master Of the
story-tellers art, in illustration apt,
in application perfect, liberal in
speech, shocking Pbarasecs aud
prudes, using any word that wit
could disinfect.
He was logician. Logic is the
necessary poduct OF intelligence and
sincerity. 1t can not be learned. 1t
is the child OF q clear head and a
good heart. He was candid, and
with candor often deceived the de-
ceiiful. lie bad intellect without
arrogance, genius without pride,
and religion without cant-that ia
to say, without bigotry aud without
deceit.
He was an orator-clear, sincere,
patural He did not pretend. lie
did not say what he thought others
thought. but what he thought. II
you wish to be sublime you must lie
natural-you must keep close to the
grass. You must sit by the 6reside
Of the heart above tue clouds il ia
too cold. You must be simple in
your speech ; too much polish sug-
gests insiucerity. The great orator
idealizes the real, transfgures the
common, makes even the inanimate
ihrob aud thrill, fills tho gallery Of
the inauguration with statues aud
pictures perfect in form aud colors,
brings to light the gold boarded by
memory-the miser shows glittering
coin to the speudtbrift hope-en-
riches the brain, ennobles the heart,
ard quickens the conscience. Be-
tween his lips words bud and blos-
som.
If you wish to know the d ifference
between an orator and an elocution.
ist-between what is felt aud what
is said-between what the heart and
the brain can do together and what
the brain can do alone-read Lin =.
coins wonderous words at Gettys-
burg, and then the speech Of Ed
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