The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-04

WOfkfhE tHby tcarc " tutU0tCu AAN He holds them with the reins Of in- .tellect, binds them to his chariot, and, behold, on, on they draw his car of progress. In this manner the sway of mans genius is ex- tended on earth. Life is far easier now than it was among our ancestors ten thousand years ago; the epidemic is checked by wise sanitary regulations, greater justice prevails in government, and the means of happiness are extended over wider areas of population.
 The purpose of our life Is not hap piness, but worthiness. Material success may come as an accessory, but we dare never make it an end. There is the striving for the perftct within us; in it we live; in it we are exalted above the clod. It is the only solace that never fails us. The experience of progress in the past, the hope of greater progress in the future Is the redeeming feature of life. But the condition of all progress is experience. We struggle, we grope, we injure ourselves until we learn the uses of things. Pain, therefore, becomes necessity, for it is the price humanity pays for all in valuable good. Every painful sick ness, every premature death, be- comes the means Of of averiing sick ness and d, ath. Wide as the world is the martyrdom of man, but the cry of the martyr is the creaking of the wheel which warns us that the great car of human progress is in motion.
 In moments when we fret under disappointment and feel like murmur- ing and rebelling, let us as- sume wiser attitude against fate. We need something of the vim of stoicism to grapple with the difficulties of life. We need to cultivate larger patience, an humble spirit, prepared for every loss and welcoming every hour of joy as an unlooked-for gain. You have seen how flowers grow, how that many seeds are scattered and but few take root. How the germ slowly and with difficulty develops. The rain waters it, the warm sum- beam fosters it; storms sweeping over the earth may crush it while it is still young and tender shoot. At last, sometimes after years of preparation, it buds and opens and blooms and becomes delight and a glory, fount of fragrance, a crown of beauty. A few days pass and it droops. What the long process of time has slowly created single moment may suffice to destroy. And yet, though the time was brief, the flower fulfilled it's nature only in that passing bloom. All the pre- vious stages of it's existence had meaning only as they led up this, the final revelation of its purpose.
 The bloom of human life is moral.
 
 health, wealth, power, grace, knowl- edge, have value only as they lead up to this, have meaning only as they make this possible. In the hour of our destruction we will lift up our hearts in triumph-we have tlos- somed, we have blossomedl
 The farmer scatters the seed into the soil. This seed is buried under thick cover of snow and ice. Is it success? To all appearances, no. The seed is seemiL gly dead, a failure. But just wait until winter is. over. The spring comes, the rays of the sun revive the buried seed and will, in due time, bring forth fruit. This my young friends, has special refer ence to you on this suspicious day of your graduation. To graduate is, in itself, a success. But 10 graduate from the Peabody school, of Little Rock, is great success, because, in this case, it is proof conclusive of true merit. I, as chairman of the board of examiners, had ample op portunity to look carefully into the public school sys- tenn of this city. Through personal contact with your worthy and most able superintendent ard energetic school board, the scholarly principal of your high school and the excellent staff of teachers, and more- over through comparison with schools in larger cities, l am ensbled to say that the public school here is the most beoutJm and .fragront .fo'cer ia the City of Roses. congratulate you on your success so well deserved, and sincerely wish that you will con tinue being successful in all your un- dertakings. l hope that you will not be blinded and intoxicated by this success. It is not sufficient to attain success but to 0ldintain it. Continue to study, and do not think that n0so you know it all.
 Goethe said: 'He who pleases the best people of his time pleased for all times to come. !" Live up to this wise maxim: Do your best to please the best element of the country in which your lot may be thrown. For if you have character and adhere to principle you will never please every body, no matter what your future field of labor may be.
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