The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23

VI NAOPO5 VI ONCl anu PUN anu 1INC
stock. AS though the geography of
our state were to be attributed to us as
a credit; we speak of its length and
breadth, of its streams and plains; then
pamPer our pride at the recollection of
the depth and fertility of its soil, then
at the arithmetic of figures and sums
money which trade brings under our
review. All these things are gratify-
ing to be sure, and if they be made the
means to an end, they are of great i'm
portance; but if we edurate people to
believe that these things have no high
er uses than to sustain our lives and
surround US with comforts, we shall
make great error, and we shall
mistake the shadow for substance.
1t is finally the moral and intellec-
tual advancement Of the human family
that should be the end and aim of all
our endoavOrs, and the progress in that
department is the only just source of
pride and satisfaction in our hearts.
The true greatness of our state rests IN
the character of its people, and what
character now is and is to become in
future is the great study of the think
Ing and governing portion of the state.
All men and women who have enjoyed
the advantages of education should
work together for the common
and grand purpose of elevation
of the morals of the citizen
the word morals as here used EN-
bracing every intellectual phase of mans
nature whether in natural propensity,
in acquired power; whether of the will
IT the Imagination, or the affections.
Education Is the great means of foster
ing the greatness of the state. Wise
Legislation will be the fruit of this edu-
cation, and wise legislation will bring
under subsection to rule the grosser
natures who are not raised up to the
standard morality land its tendency, i.e.
the tendency of such legislation, will
be towards making all alike to be gov
erned by enlightened reason and high
moral standards.
A thoughtful man sees much in some |
of the provisions of our new states, in !
their constitutions ard laws, to make |
him indulge the hope of great progress.
Better conditions will come and we
shall hear that institutions, planted |
and fOstered for the sole purpose of
promotion of cheerful and healthy re-
ligiOn, and intellectual advancement,
and the arts that adorn life, will be as
welcome to our citizens as are now the
railroads, the machines for labor saving,
and the facilities of exchange of
products.
An editor is not permitted to make
long excursions. He must start out on
fresh journeys, and travel by the
watch, and tie up at the first convenient
)ost, even though his journey be broken
in the very middle; or be must throw
his work into the waste basket for want
of time to travel over the whole path.
dow fruitful is the subject We have
started how profitable too, to run the
course of thought on this strain But :
the reader must point the moral and '
adorn the tale for himself. j
Crime is the result Of grossness in nat t
ure unrestrained by moral power;itis the :
product too of gross nature intensified T
in its grossness by stimulants. Prohi- t
Oition of intoxicants is one of the re- /
suits of that advancement in education d
which we have alluded to. The Re- r
FLECToR does not propose to advocate C
5he rule of crime by disparaging Pro- t
u