The Russellville Democrat., 1886-07-21
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 At the closinn exercises of tho Llf- tie Rock University. i few day since, the literary societies of the Univer- sity had interesting exercises, at which the following essay was read by Miss Bxrna Shade.
 MARKEfABLK BRAINS.
 Commerce IS an interchanging of commodities. The country that has the greatest interchaBging Of these commodities is the one that occupies the highest round on the ladde. which is composed of the 1iviIixed 1xtaons q ..as world. As a rule those ss==ssions which have the great est interchanging of commodities produce the best articles ei merchan- disc, but this, like all other rnles, has . few exceptions. Almost all countries have articles of merchan. disc peculiar to themselves, but there is one very useful and important ar ticle which is found m all cultured nations, and that is brains. Indeed, it has been sad by one Of our great men that brains are the moss useful of Ill commodities. During all the ages of the past and all along the line np to the present time, brains have been to greater or less extent on the market Centuries and cen turies ago when this vast world was yet in it's infancy, the brains of such men as Plato and Aristotle found a ready market, thus benefitling not only themselves personally, but also their fellows and their country, and leaving name on the scroll of fame which the winters and summers of many, many years have failed to fade. But probably in no period of the worlds history has there been so great number of marketable brains at one time as there IS today. Look for example at the number Of great statesmen and doctors and au- thors who dwell in our prosperous nation today. How is 1t that as such they do this. They produce 10 articles of merchandise. No, but they have cultivated the gardens of theIr minds and place the produc- tons of these cultivated gardens on the market, where they find ready sale. We do not have to go very far to find an illustration of this. Tarn your attention for short time to the present governor of our state. When he announced himself as 8 candidate for the highest position in the state of Arkansas, majority of the voters thought him better fitted for that position than any one else and tine consequence was they gave him the office, and the brains which he put on the market nes only bring him now the more substantial things Of life but also high degree of hon or. Look again at Prof. Lewis, the worthy president of our University. He, after cuitiyating and refining his brains. placed them on the market at a premium. The Freedman's Aid society. deciding that he vas exact ly qualified for the position at the head of our progressive school, hired him and paid him that premium, thus placing him in position of wide influence and great honor. Of course there is great variety shown h the kinds Of marketable brains. There is the mathematical brain, the literary Lraln, the brain which is adapted to business and a great many other kinds. In fact there is almost as much diversity shown in the brains which are on the market, as there is in nearly any other article of merchandise, and even mere than is shown in some. A good article is always Tn demand. It pays person therefore much better when produc ing an article Wh,cA :s % be brought before the publIc, to prepare it in . thorough manner. There are a great many articles Of merchandise put on the market as being first class, which, when tested, prove to be only sham. To be sure the sale of these inferior goods at a first class price, brings the seller seeming profit, but ID the long run it is a great loss. This IS also true of brains as an article of Who has not seen i'm portaht positions held by those who were incompetent and untrustwor- thy? This seems to be true espec- ially in politics. but follow the career Of 8 person holding such q position, and see whether in ike end he gains or loses. There are few but that would have marketable brains if cul tiyated in the right way, but there are great many whose brains do not do them mnch good, because if at all 1t is in the wrong way. Who could expect man to be srccess as 6 doctor when he had a positive dislike tO The profession; pr who could expect man te make a success as a minister when he wanted to be merchant? Yet we often see cases of this kind. Then gain there are those who really DOS