Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-11

nus. audience. lie is about feet 9
inches IN height, slender, with exception.
ANY small legs and father large feet.
HIS hair, dark and streaked with iron,
hangs from small round head In a long
wave over his coat collar. The iron
gray IN his III kept beard Is rapidly
changing to the honored color of aye.
HIS forehead is n study, so high one is
almost led to think him bald IL is full
and rounding and is alone sufficient to
stamp him as q man OF character, Of
thought, of learning. Set well under
this commanding forehead are two OF as
mild eyes (of a grayish tingel as ever
portrayed the soul Of man they are
separated by large, prominent nose
that VIII attract your attention the mo.
ment you see him this taken in connec.
ton with his not too large douth, firm
lips, eyes and forehead, YOU have face
not seen in thousands, not symmetrical,
but beautiful In ITS intelligent tenderness.
His voice liar from musicaD has an
attractiveness about Il, well characterized
to hold an audience, while his gestures
are forcible but extremely Inappropriate.
Added to this description an III fitting
Prince Albert (Which gave him the look
OF country farmer in a long.taicd
coat for the first time") and you have
some idea OF this noted gentleman as he
appeared a lew days ago. But as his
audience listened to his thoughtful and
eloquent utterances they soon forget his
personal appearance and their whole
attention Is challenged to the subject Of
discussion. On this occasion his pre-.
fatory remarks were brief he reached
the body OF his subject as soon as pos
sible, defined real education, It's objects,
and its character, and gave compre-
hensive Interpretation OF learning, not
learning as confined to college walls but
learning as comprehending life Itself.
Here is an outline Of his lecture, TO.
gether with a few Of his sayings. THE
real object OF education is to put learning
and life together. The constant tendency
OF man is to idolatry, TO put the symbol
in the place Of the reality, the crayon
sketch for the landscape, the chalk mark
and call II n line. IL is my purpose"
said he, to show that GOd Is more Than
an image that life is more than what we
call learning art more than fiction, and
music something besides an instrument.
What is education Is II to grind out SO
much Greek and l-atinl Or Is there some
goal to be reached, some end In View
Education begins at the cradle, unless
6c/oye ios come here, ends Somsahe,e IN
eternity. mink Heyey. We see the
babe the mos, helpless of all creation, so
frail, so delicate that II Is fit only for The
love Of a fond mother. We be-
hold the baby girl tending her doll,
learning her lesson OF life or the boy
in the parlor, preaching to empty chairs,
preparing himself. perhaps, to preach to
empty pews. Again we see him at
college, struggling with the principles and
problems oiscience and philosophy; striy-
ing to solve the mysteries Of the universe,
and contemplating God, the Ruler and
the Creator Of all things. Leaving College
he enters business and practical life,
still progressing. still advancing by his
experiences aud the universally OF wis
dom. The benefit OF democracy Is that
we learn by the blunders OF the many
better than by the wisdom OF the few.
The last hundred years have developed
more manhood than any other like
period, not because we are smarter than
those of other ages but because OF the
democracy OF learning the superior adj
ventages we possess. ~.
Education Is TO make character II is
manipulating, and life carries II on.
We are not born to be made lawyers,
doctors, or teachers, but to be made
men, to prepare for life. All education
should be TO mould true character, the