Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20
1,oRktNGMEN IN POLITICS.
and EraIn.

,-...-, lior,lin1 NeWS: You are treat
Nv have been giving to your readers
al articles as to the merit OF Drawn
-3 vain. such articles are pleasant
S5tng TO say the least, and gives the
e" '','. 'ssornething to think about outside
' .,. old routine of thought. The public
snfce and variety, and what more
|,I.ssant than to read the efforts oil Drawn
and brain. 49, .,,,,,o.
ln.of Drawn and brain, a field for
llI'.,',,1f necessarily plays conspicuous
~ All learned professions presup-
pm. certain mental activity; the cul-
o1''..on Of a mental fleXibility, the dis
'l''1'ni1g of the thinking faculties, and
,secutlyeness of reason, and conse-
So1.ntlai argument
r"o advantages the lawyers and minis
49, nave over other professions or Occu-
Il p. especially in general assemblies,
Il a.larIye bodies and public meetings,
II e. tbav have trained their minds to think
n a.assoitIyely while standing on their
"a .. they are thinking while talking, aud
ss,nnly with them a habit OF thought.
&uabitf. a great thing. 1t means training,
1nIr'vati0n and art. 1t has been truly
'''I. "Reading makes the full man, talk
81 rho ready man, writing the correct
~ argumentthe strong man and much
E.h'ntin,5 the original man." A man may
mi read, but with an inability to eX-
Fl ,~ass himself in public meeting his
#iesrnjng goes for nothing. He must take
4, the nan to be heard. But where you
49, a man VINO is deeply read, and can
Nbink rapidly on his feet, you have the
mental giant to grapple with. The great
&aFvpr. we'll read, and at the same time
#so elouuent aud fluent speaker, generally
F. his cases before jury, wnlle one
#samally as well read, but a poor talker or
a 1gaker. will show to disadvantage.
II Then. what can Drawn expect to accom-
#nJsb against trained brains in pubic dis
#'u.sions2 AS we'll expect the trained
igyer to step into the workshop and at
II pmpt TO handle the tools OF the skilled
#Nofkman with the same ease and effect,
#Tbpt1lpg is imply impossible.
The work ngman, by birth and nature,
Nhqs8s much brains as any other man, but
&syIeu he puts them into a certain line OF
Ia go8gnt he becomes great in that line.
ET1e best sea captain that ever trod
II deck is nothing in storm
H. land. but a very different man on ship.
kieis in the line of his mental training,
*Nn!t the tdnuIuDDer is Hlteu WIN terror.
%T1e workiugman, If he aspires to leader
ann, must so cultivate his mind as to be
In much II home on the hustings as in his
Enop. If not that, then the pen must do
"a is taking, and if he cannot do it with
"A Lat "lIttle tool" silence is his safety, for
u display of ignorance is always more
#an-erous than silence, for many times
"A here is a power in silence that intimi-
n ates the strongest.
Fl The workin-man of the future, yea. the
q present, should be known and recognized
Eor bis knowledge, for clear and we'll de.
Il ned IDEAS as to State and national poll
q e., but not for his brawny arms or strong
auds, Brain take precedence at all
mes aud in all places, and when there is
Nair aud square fight, as between mere
brain, and money, brains Will whip every
q me. Du. combine the two, and they will
"a ahe States and governments from cen
q e 10 c,rcum erence. But honest and
u bIe brains are never corrupted or in
ueuced. The brains of such men as Clay,
e0s.er, Calhoun and Crawford We're
0rth more to the country than the wealth
II hundred Astors, Stewards or Wander
It's, for wealth is but as ''trash," says
be immortal Shakespeare, and Thought
Is boundless as our souls are immortal"
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