Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-09
SIR WILLIAMS ANDRoMsTeR.


SIR WILLIAMS ANpROME EH.
His Death at Forty-eight Prevented Him
from Testing 1t for seventy Years.
Sir William Jones, the friend Of
DR.. 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 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 l774 not being regarded
as importantly. At fifteen he was to
make TRANSACTIONS, write compost
tons 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 III.
From twenty to twenty-five the
nndrometer 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. II 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 a 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 &C
quire perfect eloquence." Lord Gran
by, however (the famous ''marlxis') J,
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
liberate, and wish to be admired
without hoping to convince"
But to go ON with our andrometer
At thirty-five the civil knowledge
is to be mature" and the 'elo
quence perfect from that age t.
forty five national rights" are de
Tended, the learned protected, tn
virtuous assisted, science improved
fine arts patronized and laws enactet
and supported" The andromete
man, having done all this, at forty
five attends to 1.-The government an,
his family, education of his children
firmness as a patriot and virtue as
citizen. the last eliminating at fit,
years. Between fifty and fifty -fiv
he is to compose historical, orator
ical, philosophical, political and NATL
ematical works, and from fifty-fiv
to sixty continue former pursuits.
At sixty he would begin to enjo
the fruits of his labors-"a gloriou
retirement, an amiable family, un
versal respect and consciousness Of
virtuous life."
Sir William Jones himself neve
got into parliament, nor did he a
tain the fifty years, dying in Indi
! at the age of forty eight in 179.
, But he was vigilant as magistrate
firm as patriot and virtuous as
I citizen, and he composed most of I'll
) works he mentioned. Indeed, "bein
Z made perfect in short time, he flu
. filled long time" He was n,
without the Englishman's desire fl
money, and said by the time he W,
: twenty eight he hoped to be wort
: $50, 900 by the practice of the Law
: He had accumulated much MOI
than this at forty eight, besides
!. great deal of renown. But / do N,
4 see any pounds, shillings or pence
/, the andrometer -Boston Advertise