Telegram-herald., 1889-11-22
INTERNATIONAL LABoR.
Is Fsessi@ry Ks~.ras are CsnP@r&
ttssiy sca4AL

he tenfency C the present age n "
Place PscGni.ry value uPon es~rytn1I>>-
zne - QDceEestiEnlase. ~ he'd Ia con
temyG. anything Which e@anos Al VII es
taraesS into cssh That this = a superficial
incorr~cr and vulgar way Il estimating
ths value u things eznnO< be Q2ss<i0nesd
out II l. equally trss thai ao~ here . this
tendency more pronounced than N TIN
country hiaets ~Angelus" = hksiy 70
attract wider public attention and oe
valued more highly than any OGheE paint
ing. simply because is has cost more.
and 10 oehsf mean q advertising could
have besa more effective.
THEY sEykg srRUCx
Intellectual labor can claim 10 such
advantage 70 give Is charm II the popo-
lar eve, nor can IL hold out the stSrse-
ton OF great pecuniasy rewards % young
men choosing = career, such as many OF
the commercial activities Of the present
time can safely promise. When IL h
remembered that elergymen, lawyers.
physicians, writers Of al kinds and art
ists are picked men. with more than av-
orage talent. and of many years of ex-
pensive discipline and experience. Il Is
evident that their pecuniary rewards are
small compared with those " many
other callings requiring no greater talent
and Tar less preparation
The moment such topic Is suggested
COUNTLESS illustrations come 10 mind OF
the inequality between the service rem
5cred to the world and the pecuniary
return tha. the world has been willing
"a give. Milton received e5 for Para
disc LOST" host Of authors whose
names are inseparably connected with
the chief giOries Of English literature.
including johnson and Goldsmith, al
most starving in London. Heine and De
MuBsot dying in garrets I'm Paris. with
the financial straits 10 which Carlyle.
Matthew Arnold and even Emerson were
often reduced, are striking examples Of
the truth running all through ancient
and modern history tkat great thinkers
are not rewarded in money by the gen
Grafton which they adorn.
OF certain class Of literary workers
this Ia always true. The works OF Her
bert Spencer. widely as they are known
and great as has been their influence
upon contemporary thought, have never
yielded their author an annual support.
Great pecuniary prizes are frequently
won by striking some popular chord,
and the growth of habits and of facil-
ties for reading have made the rewards
Of literary labor greater now than ever
before; but, nevertheless, the worlds
thinking is still largely done for it gratu-
itously. The greater number Of literary
aspirants are obliged, like the Edinburgh
reviewers, to cultivate literature upon
4 little oatmeal" and the majority of
professional men are compelled TO live
in modest circumstances and with the
practice of a rigid economy.
There are many reasons why it is well
that this should be SO. There is certain
degree OF self denial which seems neces-
sary 60 the attainment Of the strongest
influence over mankind. The thoughts
and labors of many man, living in pow
erty and sacrifice. have O weight which
would never be given them if it were
known that they were well paid. This
has always been recognized by the great
majority of literary workers, and con-
sidering the degree of their deprivations
they have not been discontented at giving
their labor 10 the world without ade-
quate return. They have never struck
for higher wages.
THE REWARDS.
Few OF the great writers Of the world
have not been more or less under subjec-
ton to this stern mother of invention.
Whether this was best for them or not
the world has freely left them 80. 1t
has often refused bare existence 10 it's
most richly endowed members, except on
condition of earning by manual labor
the rewards which the fruits Of their in
tellectual toll were not thought worthy
TO receive.
1t might have been thought that the
latter part of the eighteenth century
could have made better use, for itself
and posterity, of its most exquisite genius
for song than TO have made him an ex-
ciseman in the Scottish lowlands; or
that Charles Lamb or Nathaniel Haw-
thorne could have been better employed
than the one as a clerk in the India Office
and the other as a custom house officer
in Salem. Ii was poor discernment. as
well as inadequate reward Of genius. to
hare left Thoreau with the larger part OF
The edition of Walden" on his hands,
and to have allowed Corot to have re-
tanned an almost unbroken collection Of
his own paintings until he was 60 years
old.
Il would be unjust, however. 10 speak
as II the rewards Of intellectual toll were
confined 10. or mainly represented by,
either the recognition Of mankind or pss-
cuniary returns. IN no other sphere Of
life can so much happiness Of 4 high and
noble kind be found. Whoever has fitted
himself by whatever expense Of time and
toll TO appreciate the best that has been
said and done in the world. u take part.
however humbly, in nlolding publicopin-
ion. and IN contributing 20 the advance
of the race toward better conditions. has
entered on career which NAV have Its
derrivations. lie pcrplexities and dtscour-
aZements. but has also an undeTc 1rrcnt
o. enjoyment that nothing can wholly
disturb. The physician who has saved
va!uable life. the clergyman who clears
away the mists OF superstition from the
minds r large congregation. and gives
them n vision II religious things n their
true nationality and beauty. or tie states
man. suthoT or editor who aids 50 lifting
his generation ~ above itse.f, can afford
% Be ai paid in mere money.
Such mems payment comes IN different
coin-in daily Increasing personal
worth, ia tho satisfaction n thinking Tie
best thoughts OF tire tiane. in the con