Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-31
sIA WILLIAMS ANoRoMeTER.
Hh Death at r1rtt.ci;ht Pfceented mir
from Testing IL for seventy v~ara

Ma Death at rnrtt.cight Pfeeented rflm
from Testing u for seventy Years.
Sir William Jones, the friend of
DIR, Franklin and of all other good
men, lived only to be forty-eight
years old, But he had constructed a
system which he called his andre
meter" by which the life of a man
up to seventy years was carefully
mapped out with view to his best
education and practical virtues.
Thus from one year old up to ten
the child was to attend to speaking
and pronunciation, spelling, reading
and repeating the grammar of his
own tongue, morals and religion,
natural history with experiments,
dancing, music and drawing. Be
tween ten and fifteen he was to
learn the history of his own country,
Latin and Greek. French and Italian
German in 1774 not being regarded
as importantly. At fifteen he was to
make TRANSACTIONS, write compost
lions in prose and verse, etc, and
from that age up to twenty was to
study rhetoric and law, history and
mathematics, with logic and decla-
nation thrown in.
From twenty to twenty-fiv the
andrometer man was to study phi
losophy and politics, ancient oratory,
ETC.. and at twenty five begin travels
and cultivate conversation. At thir.
ty he was to enter public life, having
previously made speeches, studied
state affairs and advanced in history,
law and eloquence. Il am fully con-
vinced." he wrote, at the age of
thirty four, to Lord Althorpe, that
an Englishman's real importance in
his country will always be in COM
pound ratio of his virtue, his knowl-
edge and his eloquence. without all of
which qualities little real utility can
result from either of them apart"
He also thought that "a virtuous
and knowing man, who has no nat
ural impediment, may by habit ac-
quire perfect eloquence. Lord Gran
by, however tthe famous ''markis') },
will never be eloquent until he is
less modest" And then, in 1777,
while Chatham, Fox and Burke were
all in parliament. Jones grieves that
our senate is dwindled into school
of rhetoric, where men rise to dis
play their abilities rather than to de-
hberate. and wish to be admired
without hoping TO convince"
But to go on with our andrometer.
AT thirty-tive the civil knowledge
is TO he mature" and the ''elo-
quence perfect" from that age to
forty five national rights" are de
Tended, the learned protected, the
virtuous assisted, science improved,
fine arts patronized and laws enacted
and supported" The andrometel
man, having done all this, Mt forty
J five attends to the government and
his family. education of his children,
tirmness rs patriot and virtue as q
citizen. the last eliminating at fifty
years. Between fifty and fifty FIVE
he is to compose historical, orator
ical, philosophical, political and math
ematical works, and from fifty-five
to sixty continue former pursuits. '
AT sixty he would begin to enjoy
the fruits of his labors glorious
, retirement, an amiable family, uni
i versal respect and consciousness of 9
virtuous life."
b Sir William Jones himself never
e got into parliament, nor did he at
tain the fifty years, dying in Indii
at the age of forty eight in 1874
But he was vigilant as magistrate
:. firm as patriot and virtuous as /
! citizen, and he composed most of tn,
works he mentioned. Indeed, tbein,
. made perfect in short time, he full
|. filled a long time" He was no
y without the Englishman's desire 70
. money. and said by the time he wa
. twenty eight he hoped to be wortl
ego. 900 by the practice of the law
He had accumulated much NOR
than this at forty-eight. besides
y great deal of renown. But | do no
:, see any pounds, shillings or pence il
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