The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-18

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value and nothing can harm it
take it away from you. It is m
intention to send ell my sons
receive the advantages Of an ed,
cation, whether they are of quic
intellect or dull, so far as opport,
nifty shall offer, deeming it as a
inheritance which / am giving
each of my children.
If I should use funds belongin
to the State for this purpose, an
it should turn out that this none
was spent upon person devoid 9
wisdom, and who, upon his return
would do nothing to repay the Stat
for the money expended upon him
it would give occasion to a certain
class Of people to find fault an,
they might say that | had too man,
children and was obliged to draw
large sums of money from the fund
of the State Cor their educationa
expenses, and that I did not ever
make selection of such as hac
ability and would prove of benef,
to the State, but sent even the stu.
pid and ignorant simply because
they were my children and wasted
money on them. / desire that there
shall not be any derogatory remarks
made in connection with my pur.
pose to give my children these ed.
ucational advantages and have not
therefore used any of the funds be-
longing to the State for this pur-
pose. But even the funds in my
privy purse are in a certain sense
the property of the State, and they
are simply a portion which is set
apart for your fathers private use,
and the purposes to which these
funds are applied are charity and
the maintenance and support of my
family. l consider that the advan-
tages of an education are of more
value than other things, and this
use Of the money will be indirectly
a benefit to the State.
3. You will ever remember that
although you are born Princes, and
have dignity and honor thereby,
yet it is not necessary that any
person who may be the sovereign
Of this country will require your
services for the State. and thus offer
an opportunity for you to obtain
honor and wealth for yourselves.
If the past is considered, it will
be found that there are less oppor-
tunities for Princes to receive po-.
sitions of trust and influence. than
or the sons of the nobility, for the
,eason that they, having rank and
1onor by birth, cannot accept in
erior positions as stepping-stones
% something greater. For example,
hey cannot become mai rong or
,um preh, or royal pages, and they
;annot be appointed to such posi-
ions as would be in keeping with
heir rank without first having OBJ
aimed experience and wisdom fit
ing them for such position. For
his reason a Prince who shall be-
ONE noted and receive an elevated
ppointment can do so only when
le is possessed of superior abilities.
therefore you are urged to pursue
our studies, with the greatest pos
ible earnestness and faithfulness
0 that you may have an opportu-
ity to do something which will be
f benefit to your country and to
he world in which yon live. To
onsider that being born Princes,
is better to remain quiet and en-
~ yourselves through life, is not
cry different from the lower ami
,als, which are born and eat, sleep
nd die. But some animals have
ides and horns, and bones, which
,main and are of benefit after they
ie, but people who conduct them
lives like animals are not of as
luch use as certain animals even.
or this reason make an effort to
ain an education, which will ena-
10 you to make yourselves better
ian the lower animals, and thus
ou will be considered as having
paid your fathers affection and
forts for your benefit, and the {
ire which has been expended upon
,u from your birth. I
What is wanted is that you sha | {
able to translate from the Siam
e language into European Ian {
.age, and from one or more Eu- t
pean languages into Siamese, f
us only will your education be s
mplete. Do not consider that I
wing studied foreign languages q
ID forgotten your own, it will $
AXE you appear highly fashion !
lie, az some students have wrongly c
pposed. While you are pursuing /
,ur studies / wish each of you to I
lite a letter to your father, at least
ce a month, in Siamese until you J
n write English or some other r
language, after which you a
ust write in English or some P
her language besides Siamese, q
d send also a translation in ST. a
lese, because you are still young !
d your knowledge of Siamese is d