Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-25

and members not employed, gradually
wasted away.
The result Of this was that the people
who were always gazing about AT things
came to be at length nothing but enormous
ly-deyeloped eyes; people who were always
talking, and never observing or thinking,
finally became, as Mr.. Powderly would say,
all mOuth'-and nothing but mouth, or
jaw; and people who made a specially OF
rowing, or walking, or OF some physical
pursuit, came TO be purely muscular and
not intellectual OF moral.
The teaching of the story which, as II
was from the pen of the great master of
fiction, was marl elously well told that
abnormal development put men out OF pro
portion, morally and physically and men-
tally. truth that hardly needs proof or
illustration. The great qualities Of man
throw his defects, if he have them, into all
the stronger light, or shade. A man may
have tremendous energy and per
severance, with little sense or
prudence; or he may have
great learning without wit; or great readi-
use; or great skill and a long period of
training and prove to be without the ca
pacity OF applying his gifts or acquire
mentS.
Some men who have become famous
have gained all their nOtoriety or eminence
by n few personal features or characteristics
which were extraordinary. A member of
parliament has gone into history as single
speech Hamilton; BlOndin as a rope
walker; Sam Patch as a leaper over preci-
piCes; Brigham Young As an immense and
shrewd beast; while the splendid oratOry of
Patrick Henry had so much in it as 10 give
him sufficient dimensions in the heart OF
ChrlstendOm 10 be cut up into sections and
make dozens of famous men.
The really completely rounded char
acters who are presented TO us i'll
history are few, indeed. Martin
Luther was large and strong and had all
the qualities for the performance Of his es-
pecial work, and it may be claimed that he
was, TO large degree, symmetrical. He
was learned, sympathetic and strong. He
was a great student: q great writer; a ire
mendous orator; great and tremendous
man, who shook the earth as he walked
upon it; but it appears to us that William
| the Silent, the Prince OF Orange, WAS more
symmetrical. He seems to have been great
| in all respects, with no mental feature out
| nf proportion. He was great in council and
great in war. He was great in civil affairs.
He had a great heart, with prudent head;
5uy neither sacrifice nor peril were too ter
rible when the call of great duty came OF
a sublime and supreme privilege, in the in
terest of humanity and civilization, pre-
sented itself.
William Ewart Gladstone is the most
symmetrical character of this i'm
portant period, when so many burning
| questions and issues are in the minds OF
| men and nations. His mental and physical
vigor seem to be equal. He is a great stu
dent in all branches of learning and in all
kinds of affairs; an observer OF men and
manners, who has extraordinary percep-
ton; he is forever learning and never for
getting; he has a great heart and a flaming
conscience that lifts up its mountainous pro
portions 10 heavenly heights; he has great
skill in moldng the minds of men and in
welding his political battallOnS, and he has
much too great honesty of purpose always
10 succeed. The reader may put in other
qualities, according to his own opinions or
tastes. Only Mr.. Gladstones political enc
mics can point out his defects. We defy
persons of any other class TO name them.
He seems To have cared, from the first. for
the physical. mental, intellectual and moral
and religious features of his nature and cult
vated them carefully, in detail. and with
reference to each other. How
marked contrast do We discover
when we group Gladstone with Lord
Byron and Dickens. Dickens, TO whose
sketch We have in this article called atten-
ton, was the worlds greatest writer of fc-
tiun. With his David Coperlield," Bleak
House" Great Expectations" and his
Tale of Two Cities"-LOndon and Paris
there are no novels that can compare. Yet
the man Dickens was, If reports are true,
small and mean. We do not like 10 admit
it, but the biugrapherS Shatter our idol. The
matchleSs mOralist is held to be a snob. Ii
may be that he is maligned. He is dead
and can no longer speak for himself. Let
US give him the benefit of the doubt. But
it is a certainty that he was not fully, grace
fully, propOrtionately developed. and he
therefore presents a striking dissimiIarity
10 Gladstone.
We may well thank God that symmetry
can be cuItivated-and that it ought TO be
We can hardly dispute. MaulineSS-true
and Complete-iS is nearly synonym for
symmetry. Health and long life can only be
secured BY judiciOus husbandry, and train
ing. and developing OF mind, heart and
body. and this Is sort
of human agriculture in which all can ell
gage-and in which all ought TO. Those
who have the young in their charge would
do well to bear this in mind. Symmetry,
when comprehensive and complete, involves
peace. happiness, success, length Of days,
and immortal life and glory beyond the
tomb.
"A faithful assistant" This is what the
nurses term Dr. Bulls baby syrup. Ii is
the best assistant as it will prevent a cry