The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-21

appear few towering minds. The means Of in
formation are no longer monopolized by the
Scholar sat are in the reach Of the people. Inc
masses are being elevsted TO so high level that
the mountain peaks Will not long nave the rays
ofsunlight ere they battle all the plain below.
Eminent men, in the sense OF former CEN
turies, will rarely appear, where one man does
The thinking for a nation or rules by MS lnper-
ial will people only too glad to serve Inc
path 70 greatness Is iidehty ~ little Things tnas
develops a character which in a crisis Is found
10 be granite fortress, ribbed with steel no
part left unprotected because OF us supposed
lack Of importance, but buttressed against any
possible attack
Gibraltar under the careless Moors and Span
lards, was once and again taken by the enemy;
pu! uiuer inc NlBiiaht Ehslirh, 'h!ee }oaao
battle by land and sea told the world that II was
impregnsble.
Another element OF Arnold's character was
the constant presence OF controlling purpose
Life Was 10 him no nameless reyerie. lie believed
with Lord Bacon: I'm this world God only
ana me angels may be spectators not ohly
was his WHOLE career an illustration OF "unhast-
ing, unresting diligence" as described by one
OF Englands great authors after VISIT TO
kugby; II was more, II wasia life OF untlring IN
dusiry' because II was labor performed for some
useful end
There was kind Of employment that is
simply negative. Reading may be an excuse
Tor not thinking. The thoughts which pass
through one mind from the open page may be
streams which set no wheels IN motion, but
babble idly along their accustomed bed. Such
minds utilize nothing because they have no
OBJECT in view. If they write their thoughts
may be beautiful but cold as the famed snow
that's bolted BY the northern blasts twice
Ocr"
They chill you with their faultlessness though
they he as "chaste as the icicle that curded by
the frost from purest snow, and hangs on
Dian temple
WARM HEART.
But there was the pulse of Arnold's warm
heart in everything that he wrote or said. Some
patriots are nations indiyiduaized. National
interests are felt TO ~ personal interests. lt
was thus that Arnold L4cane Rugby and Rugby
was forgotten IN Arnold. He was Rugby indi-
vidualzed so completely did he throw his great
spirit into his life work. lie rarely drew bis
low adventure, Because no felt so deeply no
spoke and acted so positively. Because he
pulled his bow. stflng with snch might his OF
rows went 20 far and sank so deep,
II, as Button sayt, the style IS tho man. no
ono can read ArnOlds writings without seeing
this controlling purpose. The dlrectness ana
simplicity Of his style best answered the end IN
view; 1T may be said OF him as OF Lyman
BeechN, that like the Yankee schoolmaster,
when he went TO use tho birch rod he stripped
of all tho leaves
in times Of great public interest Arnold was
heard more than once 10 say II must write or
die and a. we read the pamphlets which
came from him az such times we can wei De-
liove il. Nor WAS Arnold simply content to pay
the debt. which Lord Bacon says every man
owes to hls profession. ASIDE from ms great
work AZ Rugby both by his principles and e1-
ample changing rs wus predicted OF him. inc
whole system of public school education
ami pamphlets and editions of the classics
were a pref AIRED with q well-dened end.
master purpose utilized all the results OF
his studies. and made him intensely practical
II he wrote histories II vas 20 show the bearing
of ancient events on the 1pat SOCIAL problems
his own day. II he preached twas to bring re-
ligion into common life and 10 apply tho warn
ing Of prophets and apostles TO the vices OF his
The taught it was 10 give a Christian char
acter 10 the education OF the youth OF Ing
land
in short, this controlling purpose was pres
ent like Napoleon 20 concentrate cVeTT force
and faculty Of his being and hurl them against
whatever foe until be had won the field. WITH
ont such master purpose the powers OF the
human mind are unOrganZed ana incapable on
achievement. They are dispersed like the
French troops under Marshal Bcrthler IN the
campaign of lsQQ, awaiting the enemy 10 de-
stroy them in dc'aIl until me born commander
appears with lis fierce swift order Tor cOncen-
tratlOn ana attack.
ARUIING PURPOSE.
The man without a purpose never has the
rigQt-Of-Way. nc steers for no port and - the
knows how to hold the helm IN the nercest
storm FOR forty years il sustained Copernl-
Gus as he developed his theory OF the
planetary motions. Having suppoTteq1. hepier
which gained for him the title OF legislator OF
the skies.' it enabled him to say, as he com
pleted his "HGrmonies OF nc NorId' INC DON
j. written 20 he read either now or y posteIliy,
! care not which ! can Afford % Walt century
Tor n reader SINCE God himself has waited SIX
Thousand years O. an Observer
Such purpose sustained Arnold IN carrying
ont his principles OF government amid almost
universal opposition. and lie sounded the key
note of his life u mat inemor9me reply I'D the
almost muiinylnG pupils OF Rugby: II u nov
necessary that this should bee school OF three
hundred, or Of one hundred snd fifty. or OF iiiiy
boy.; but u is necessary that II should Dc
school of Christian gentlemen
Arnold was not content with announcing great
truths and unpopular, or even revolutionary,
principles which he tet 20 bersht. pul heacien
on them amid the hurting weapons oi mailg-
uant foes. lie well knew that such principles,
combating popular prcJud1ccs, are
Hard to shape in act;
For an the past of time reveals
bridal dawn of thunder Ieals
Wherever thought has welded TACT
DECISION OF cHARAcTLE.
TO fidelity i'm bis lot and TO tie constant pres
cncc of controlling purpose Arnold Joined de-
clsiOn of character John Foster could not
nave found a man peter coHiolINllE gu lhe cor
stitueuts Of this commanding quaIitN conn.,
denCo of opinion. energy IS feeling and the iuA
agreement Of all the powers y the mnd.
Nef with all these dement's Arnold WAS q man
of he most refncl soneibilitie. and Of the kind
est affections lie wa, ono of those sell
poised men who only wanted 10 know mat
he was i'm the proper orblt X man VINO
veaued tor sympathy be would not sacrifice he
smallest prnclpie 81 rightto secure d. lie
would have preferred being constellation
"a her than have all eyes fixed on him in his
With Milton his soul was like star and dwclt
apart. hut its clear. steady hight Inspired wonder
and reverence. Every individual soul was made
to move in an orbit really It's own. Every atom
OF matter stands apart from every other afOm.
They only seem 10 touch. Natural phllOsOl hcrs
tell MS that here j. attraction up TO "A certain
point and then Tepulsion.
The human soul may try o sink Its lndlyldu-
alty in the mass OF humanity, but ia vain Inc
consciousness Of another separate existence at
tests IT'S own. but men become ldcntlhe'i
w n ha q
actions.
Men move in masses with one thought. no
common man daring 20 think or act for himself.
But the man OF decided character by his own
clear convictions becomes separated from the
crowd II he be right and immOyable the star
which has thus shot from the nebulOus mass be-
comes in time the centre Of system, as other
stars hasten 70 rovove IN Its light.
Coleridge SAYS that every great and original
himself. must himself create the taste by which
he is relshed; he must teach the art By which
he is 10 ho seen.
ii was thus that Wordsworth stood alone for
long desOlate years. the butt of ByrOns sarcasm
and the jest Of the critics, his unsOd Ioems
counted as a loss upon the booksellers shelves
mil the educated taste of England at last placed
the laureates crown upon his silyered head
TO STAND ALONE.
Because Arnold dared think and act apart from
the multitude. he. TOO, during a large Iart Of
III life, was compelled 10 stand alone. But
there was grandeur IN his solitude. The ele-
ments so mixed in him that nature might stand
mn and say TO all the world This is a Man
His manly character in his Loneliness stood
grand and erect like EddvstOne lighthouse,