Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-06-27
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All machinists construct their ma
chimes so that they have reserved
power. If four. horse power is
needed. they give it the capacity Of
six. horse power, so it may not only
work easily but last longer.
Man is human machine, fashioned
by Divine band aud cast in finer
mould than human skill can achieve,
aud should use his powers with good
Judgment, no he will not only las,
longer but achieve more.
Yonder in the dim distance we see
the locomotive flying over the glisten.
ing rails Of steel, drawing after it its
load of freight aud passengers. But,
look back over the track just trav-
ersed comes a runaway car. 1t is
going at full speed, gaining upo" the
train just passed at every tur" OF the
wheel. The engineer sees his pursuer,
realizes his danger. aud with hand Oh
the lever and eye on the track, he
opens the throttle and they are flying
out Of the reach Of the danger tear
ing along behind them. The runa.
way was using all its power while the
locomotive, with a brave, cautious
engineer, who knew its power and
had tested its speed, could by jud'ci.
Gus use Of his engines power save
the train from terrible doom.
But what is true of the material
machine is also true of the human
machine. The orator who, like the
runa way car. exhausts himself in the
beginning, who has failed to STUDY
aud observe will become commonplace
before the close. While he whose
eloquence expresses word Of thought,
whose flow of words is boundless, aud
whose Imagination is vivid as the
rainbow, acquired through months
and years Of close, incessant study
and keen and accurate observation,
} pictures his scene before us and car
ries US up to such height that We
are more interested at the close of his
address than in the beginning. Thus
: he pleases, moves and wEs the ap
plause Of men.
AS another illustration of reserved
power, let US look for moment al
tho character OF Abraha N Lincoln
: In an old log cabin in the hackwood'
, of Kentucky, on the 18th day o
r February, 1900, Abraham Lincolr
first breathed the air Of the CRANE
!. Republic which he was destined t.
I guide through the whirlpool Of civil
d discord and discussion, and ancho
It safely in the harhor OF peace ant
). harmony. His father WAS very poo
G and could afford to give him but Of
q years schooling, and this at differen
periods of few weeks or months q
q time. But by his indomi,able vii
'e ince ssant industry, and tireless labo
he overcame all obst, cles acd force
{! his way through the difficulties whic
70 blocked the path he had determine
ii 10 tread. He no, on| y supported HIN
e. self, tu, at the age Of twentv.seve
D, he had prepared himself to be adm'
a ted to the bar. There was nothing
his personal appearance which denote
oil the wonderful power of mind h" pc
lis sessed. He was rather tall aud aw
I'd ward III his movements, never kno'
IN ing what to do with his long arms al
in large hands. Nevertheless from Il
tn time OF It's admission we can ira
r.. his move ments. as he steps round
id round up the ladder of fame, vi"
re, he stood on the topmost ronnd-tl
a President of the Unt.d States al
ut the liberator of over four millions
nd slaves; then with a firm hand al
ne good judgment he held those reins
he government which kept our Uni
n. together in that long aud bloc
las strife, the civil war, the war viii
he had it been lost would have left Il
OF grand Republic divided instead
ed being as it is to-day, tie stro"ge
SIX, best-governed and grandest natl
tie on the face OF the earth.
NV He WAS not destined, however,
81. guide the ship OF State in time
or ace to a securer haven Of rest, trs
,ed guilty and prosperity; but like Jul
ike Caesar, in the gra"dest period OF
in manhood, he was stricken down
He the hand of an assassin. And on