Daily Republican., 1890-06-10
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Eduesf1on ". wealth.
Measrs. Edition.: Please allow mo space
in your valusble paper 70 make mention
OF the remarks made BY Prof Z. 7.
Dcmby. on Wednesday evening, ct q
social gathering upon the subject:
Resolved, That education should b
dasived more than wealth.
We have In thle question . negative
and an affirmative; the affirmative being
education and the negative being wealth.
In opening this problemat!c dispute I
will simply cite you the meaning CT tho
words education and wealth. The word
education means Instruction, training,
tuition, schooling, cultivation, drilling,
nurture and di.cipline. 1t 10 from the
Latin verb edues, ave, avi, atum, to
bring up, to train and to educate. So
you s,e that the word education has no
particular meaning. Tho word wealth
means riches opulence, atlluent, plenty
aud mammon, etc. II ID from the Latin
noun pscunia, ae.,. mt Gaming property,
riches and wealth. No Individual would
say that education or wealth 10 not de-
sired by all nations, but the question 10
which should b, more desredi / answer
IN the Affirmative, that education should
be more desired than wealth. I say
this because education Is greater power
than wealth. All great nations and in.
dividuals recognise thIs 1t /, the crown
OF nation - well - Individuals. What
would become oil the government, that
executive power Of this aud all other
countries, II 1t we're not for the wise and
educated at their head! France may
have her sS7, ,O85, ,0n0 600 in wealth, tine
U. 3. may boast OF her S47,475, ,OcO. 900,
the wealthicst Of all the principal nations
OF this world, but were 1t not for the
education that was and is planted in
the brains Of the members OF the executive
powers OF the Q great nations. they to-
day would not be where they are in
wealth. Education has been desired by
all nations. Tho lsraeli'es were COM
manded to give their children an educa-
tion. especially . religious one. See
Deut. vi. U. Read the scriptures and see
what they fay Of good education. Prov.
XII. 9. King Solomon, the wisest man
that ever lived, desired wisdom rather
| field, 9. Sumner, j. P. Durbin aud ID. A.
Payne have sAid education should be do
sired more than wealth. Be 1t uuder-
stood. 1t is the education that makes
wealth.
A man that has desired wealth and re-
ceived knows not what time some thieves
will break into HE vaults and steal his
treasure, but education 10 . kind Of q
thing II you once get It all the thieves oi
the world can't steal It. Money is the
root OF all evil. How many fellow beings
bold have sprinkled this earth OF our
because they desired wealth rather thar
education. Wealth 10 no divine favor; II
10 only the fate of III gotten on,s.
Education In Its fullest meaning has
made tho world what 1t 10 to-day. Wha,
is 1t that has made tue country what l;
is? sirs, It was education. When We
Wow the progress that has been made In
our couptry by the proper training Of
thousands Of Individual, wc are COMPEL.
| ed to say that educatioR is great moy
ing machine Eduoatiop makes man i
mind brighter than wealth. 1t was
educat on that made US fulton,
and gave him the mind and the
reasoning Ia oroct the first steamboat iu
Franklin t1keh out the nature OF % light
ing, electricity? Gentlemen, 1t was edu.
eat on. tducstion is a power. There IL
o man that has the right conception ol
his MUD but what trys to learn and strive
after an education. 1t is of great ueces.
81 y that nations and races should seek
after this precious jewel. Education is
leading human souls to what Ia beat
and making what is best out Of
them. The real object of education
Is to give Children resources that
| will endure as long as life endnres. One
| great writer has well said, "We must
educated We must educatri We must
educate Or We must perish by our own
prosperity. II we do lot. short will our
race be. from the cradle to the grave. II
10 our race to be rich and mi hty, we out
| run our literary and religious institu tion
tey will never ove-tnkc u.s." but II we
| seek education first wealth will be sure.
Wo, the Afro-Ameican., ueei to desire
| tducation first and ihel wealth is GER
| lain. without the education of tho head
and hesrt OF the rlco we represent, our
destiny will soon come, hence education
| should be- moro desired. 1t Is the stnr of
hope 10 our dark horizon. Education 10
the most precious thing In the world.
All the young people have or may have
time to get soE.e education. Wealth is a
good thing we all ackuowl,d dge, but edu-
cation Ia q better thing. Tie educ ated
love to converse with the wise and good
through the medium of their-wrliinss.
Books are the handmaids OF yirtus
and religion. Hence true education will
make q man sincere To his Maker. Educa-
ton quick, n our sense Of duty, unfoids
our responsibilities ,strengthe our prin-
ciples, confirms orr habits, inspires Ia US
the love OF what 10 right and useful aud
teaches us to look with disgust upon what
Ia low. Education Ia the one living foun.
tain which must water every part of the
sosial garden. or its beauty withers aud
ades away. Sirs, how often do we hear
men say l wtuld give anything for
coed educaton; therefor, 1t must be
letter than wsal'h, bee use our Saviour
Wendell Phillips said tho best cdu-
alton in the world Is that go. by stru9-
CLING to get living. Horace Mann has
well said good education is = more
lasting resource than richest What was
1t that brought franklin from the hum BILE
position of a.printer's boy to tho first
honors Of his countryl Education
and not wealth. What took sher-
man from his sbocinaker's .beBch,
gave him seat In Congress, and
there made hts voice to be heard
among the wisest aud best Of his com.
peersi Education. Simpson, from the
weaver's loom, education did make him
one Of the first mathematicians. Edu-
cation placed Herschel, 4 poor Hfer's
boy In the army, to the station among
the frat OF astronomers. 1t 10 plainly
seen and elucdated that education
should be desired more than wealth.
Education 10 = power. 1t is the philoso-
pher's stone, the true secret that turns
everything 1t touches into gold.
What would become of our wcrld
II It were not for education? How could