The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-05
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BOOT, top. dasher, of tough old hide,
That was found in the vat when the tann
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BOOT, top. dasher, of tough old hide,
That was found in the vat when the tanner
died.
More emphaticallv still does nature re-
sen: any burrying in the process of growth.
She knows how to do her work, and she
proposes to take her time to it.
Plant gourd, and in few days you
will have shelter But with the first
frost your shelter will perish and leave
you exposed; plant an acorn and it will be
many years before it will afford you q
shade. But when it has grown, it will be
an oak, and you and your children may sit
under its branches.
Under its shade may children play,
And conquering armies on their way,
May rest beneath its branches gray"
The essential things of life are the same
now as ever they Were. Growth depends on
the same law and requires the same time:
happiness depends on the same conditions,
and must be purchased at the same price
Salvation rests on the same foundation.
and must be secured in the same way. 1t
was faith and trust and patient service at
the beginning. 1t is faith aud trust and
patient service still. Men grow in grace
AID they grow in knowledge, and growth
in all lines has its own conditions, and
demands its own time.
Learning and culture. manhood and
virtue. grace and Goodness, are growths.
lney grow now, I'D our eAperleuCe. rs bucg
always did. There are no new paths to
these essential things. What gave culture
in the days of Aristotle gives culture now.
What gave spiritual victory in the days OF
Paul gives spiritual victory now. No
patent of pedagogue or priest can give a
man learning without labor, or religion
without sacrifice. The good old way of
the kingdom has not been changed nor
shortened.
IT'S the oft told tale of work and weari-
ness.
No wider is the gate, no shorter is the way,
No broader is the ancient path, which leads to
life and day.
1t is worthy of remark that all good
work requires time and patience.
The clamor Of the times is for quick
work as well as quick preparation. The
students and scholars of this generation
have great mission and a part of that
mission is to plead for thoroughness and
integrity of work. Hasty and crude work
fills our market, and thoroughness and
genuineSs are at a disadvantage. They are
too slow for this age. 1t is the mission of
culture to plead for thoroughness and to
hold up before men the superior value of
geuuineness and truth. BY precept and
example educated men should plead tor
good work and for time and patience TO do
work well.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in a little poem.
gives what he deems the signs OF the mil
lenium. Prominent among these signs
will. be sound and honest work among all
classes and all trades. 1t will be time
when in the usual place for rips
Our gloves are stitched with special care,
And guarded well the whalebone tips
Where first umbrellas need repair.
When berries, whortle, rasp and straw.
Grow bigger downwards through the box"
when these and other signs you see,
Then order your ascension robes"
Tue true man viii do true work. Sham
and shoddy goods imply sham and shoddy
men.
4 true man is more anxious to be worthy
than to be honored: more concerned about
his work thae about his pay. The true
man thinks first Of his work; the sham
thinks first OF his reward This principle
holds true whether a man be au artis- or
poet. an author or a mechanic, gardener,
king or cobbier.
Some one asked Longfellow What is
gepiuss'' Genius" replied the poet phil
osopher. lis Infinite painstaEing." OF
course there are other elements. aud other
answers might be given But prominent
among the elements which constitute
genius is the power TO stay by your work
til. 1t is we'll done. Genius Is inspira-
and finished They are usually
only hints Of what toll might produce.
Whence came that beautiful painting
which charms you. and charms you. the
mole, the more Won look stf,s Ii sprang
from he brain of brilliant genius, one
re plies A brilliant genius, no doubt, lac
was but an industrious genius too. one
y no could hold ms conception till 1t took
definite form. and stood before his own
mind il compistens s.; aud who coaid then
AXE that conception anu patiently trans
Ter it 20 the canvass. Many men have had
glowing conceptions WHO have been too
ndoleaI TO give them shape They were
iseamers and not artists. The world Is
ull OF dreamers but It's artists are few.
Men of grand conceptions have lacked The
patience needed 70 perfect the prior details
II their work. So they haze given US
lambs and aot works or art
Whence came that book which en-
RANGES you, and holds you spell 5ouhi ,
Ill the midnight hour Is passed and the l
mall hours creep OF ia is tie offspring
II genius" you reply again Evidsstly