The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-25

probably iini yourselves, 10 NV f
in the condition of lho traveller who, coming
~ certain cross roads Whcro tho finger boards
indicated four different roads ns leading to
rho placo which be desired 10 rcnch, asked "A
counfryman which vas the best roah' anu
was told WAL, stranger, ye Kin Jl,t ta"'
yer chico. but whichever on EN- Sc take DE-.
fore we've gone moron a mile, yoN be- defnei
suro fo wi.ht we'd taken some othcr''
n you could know how many. ho" yer,
many. men In my profession arenot earning
and never will earn, a decent living hi'
though many OF them possess avery qnnlty
deserving OF Success. except tho power 60
command 3D.. and how large "a proportion ol
them do not. and probably never VIII, earn
a. GOOD "A living as "a first class carpenter,
bricklayer or machinist could easily earn, %
YOU could know. as you viii hno" BOO trn OBJ
twenty years from now how many coll. -e
educated men have suffered, aui Vii con-
tinue 10 suffer, shipwrcck on the rocks that
lie in tho way OF a professional career, Yol
would understand why / have feit 10 20 bo
ms duty 10 utter s0mo words of warning Tor
the benefit of those who have ears willing 90
hear
THEY NEVER WENT TO lNilfHf
Do not misunderstood me-. have no
thought of Understanding the great aasan
tar., of a COLLEGE education, for mo- college
man Is likely ever % do tlit. but | do warn
YOU against the stumbling block of over
e>tiIrating los importance and oi snppo-in-
a. too many students dId boo my dly, that 70
college diploma Is of itself "a species oi iii'
of nobility. the open sesame to iane aud i.i
tune. and that its holder. being t11 "oII edo
Gated 10 work, must necessarily adopt a'ma
profession.
Remember that a very largo proportion oi
the most successful and l.Iu.tr.ous msn whom
this country hl. pr1Iurri were uNt college
eiucatel men. am s1ns oi t0em dHl not
even navo the advantage Of atari 0mmon
school education. Ten 0i the twenty tIro'
presidents of the Uuitrl State Washing
ton. Monroe. Jackson. Van hure1. llf'Hr
Fillmore. Lincoln. johnson. Grant and Diefe
land. two ot the chief justices of the supreme
court OF the United Stat~-tle great John
Marshall and john Rut.el-e. tou of tae tf
teen chief justices of the supreme court 0f
Pennsylvania. Benjamin frans.iu, iafri.a
Henry Henry CLAY. Washington lrfIn-
~, u..l t...e .rf., p..r.,+ r.N.
Sherman. Allen g. Thurman, and hundreds
of others whom ! might mention. Who's
name. are part ut the history of thI- country
hni mono of the opportunities which i0l nfe
enjoying And probably not ono DOB t'n oi
--.l..t t. merchant -
,he ,mTr,,l t.Yr. tho rr.tt Gaana.0r. or
,. r.,,.,ll eiifrr.o oar .r.It r....nl
III. v.~. ever in-.I. of tn, doom. 90 ac.l
nm, o,rf3 Qu MOI qe, rhstaor SON hala
III l.+r o.t U..+ s.. ann a,
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s,..r..r nn,-i,al STRENGTH is DOB longer at
.a,m f.r machinery ha. t1 great eN.
49,. ,,.., ,+s nii., hrt intellectual .lu.ri
orfy never commanded SD h..h "a premium
s.ff does .olav. Tho man who is n,oIlcctu
l.t half on. ir.h Taller fh4n h. follow
r,,n b.. bound fo f.r-. ta the front There
mover va.a an are i'm the history OF tlo world
,,., t..r, Vo. 81, n,,l IA market f.r brains
,., ,,,, r,.+ ha Nm. r-ansine article Tho
.,orll is mot easily h"umbus.el. aud tho man
..to ...o,,,,. a, hooiwink IL is bound O.
.,st Inn - n wants scholars. not s~.i0lists.
o5.ts MOI pootasters. statesmen. not p.ii
CHM. inventors. not imirators lt demands.
ahoye all things. originality. lt Ull boo sa,
i.gal with nothing less than tho very highest
decree of excellence, iu scholarship. 300 mo
chau.ral pursuits. in business. m literature
and in olcn of tie several pr0ie>. I0nt
coon MATERIAL rs DEMAND.
p,t ,..,. n.yar ya. time when tho world
.,.h l.., ,r... ...tr UIl.
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yers. doctors and editors with incomes OF
from Sg5.O0O 90 S5O.O0Oa year. but they arc
few. and they arc worth every dollar tAas
they sat Popular preachers command sal
,.,t.r Tle author who can write books that