The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-13
The HEROlSM Of A PRIVATE
LIFE.
REV. R. Il. OONWELL.
FROM NOTES OF HIS LECTURE AT THE
TEACHERS INSTITUTE, TAKEN BY
J.P. YoRKS.

before and L VIII venture at O0Ce up
on the discussion of my subject.
There is no amusement or fun in it.
Some persons do not take my views
about the history of my subject, but |
will leave them give theirs some other
time. Let me discuss this in my own
home like way. / believe it will help
you and it is for that purpose that |
come here to night. | am not here to
discuss its history. | shall not stop to
refer to authority, but where people
differ l will 60 my way.
| was in 1870 in the home of Gen
eral Garibaldi. This man was an
American at heart and we talked of
the struggles Of different countries for
liberty. In this way came to notice
this story which l will tell you,
The hero of my story is Daniel
Manin (Ma-neen). He was born in
1905; his son says on the Fourth of
July, but others give different date
There is greater romance than that.
He was born In the city of Venice. |
will not try to describe this beautiful
city with its canals instead OF streets,
but here was born this poor boy who
has changed its whole government
He had no ancestral fame to brag Of
and that's good thing for boy to
be proud of. His father was lawyer
and that's about as bad beginning as
a boy can have. Qaughter)
Some of you have read the history
of Napoleon and remember how he
went down in Italy and drove back
their armies until he looked over the
city of Venice. When Napoleon
looked over that city he said to him
self "What nice thing it would be
if l could take this which has witt :
stood all sieges for 1900 years" He
was no man to give up a campaign
simply because he had no place to use
gun as by the vote Of only one they
left him come to Venice. l read a
letter that Napoleon wrote; when he
got Venice he did not want it, he
traded it off.
When Daniel MANN was seven
years of age he was sent to Sectarian
school. refer to no church which
we now know. 1t was school where
they taught nothing but religion and
learned everything but religion. 1t
was SO pious that it was no good. He
was turned out of school for a reason
that should not make his parents sad
He was turned out because he did not
know anything. (applause) Has your
child been sent home because he
didn't know anything? Are you as
teachers discouraged with boy who
does not learn as you would wish ? 1t
is not the precocious boy of to day
who becomes the great man o. to-
morrow You may read in books
while they may be storing their minds
with more useful knowledge elsewhere.
Why read that Horace Greely was
so bright that he was not kept at
school Why Dean Swift was sent
away because he did not know any
thing, Wesley was turned out of
school when he was thirteen, Washing
ton at ten, and Beecher was sent
home on account of his dullness.
Webster was kept at home because he
didn't know anything. You see Daniel
Manin had good company. 1t is a
curious thing to search the history OF
great men.
Several years ago / knew little
colored boy whose teacher said to
him. "Sam, you can't learn anything
no use for you to come to school"
One day he said to me, ~ see l can
learn" but he did not know two let
ters he could not carry his mind from
to b. One day this boy suddenly
rushed into the doctors Office and
said, 81 can read, l can read, l don't
know what has happened, but some
thing or other has broke" Qaughter.)
That man is now getting nine
thousand dollars year and has writ
ten some of the most beautiful poetry
to be found in leading papers and
magazines.
Such was the case with Daniel
Manin. You might as we'll try to tell
were the lightning is going to strike
next year as to tell where the next
great man Is coming from.
Did you ever see an aristocratio
private school2 The teachers are SC
very nice they will not allow the pupils
to see, think, or do anything the leas
bit demoralizing g-perhaps daughter,
If you put your boy in school where
he sees things he should no do, and
does things he should not do, and
when he gets the right kind of instruc
ton at home he will make a great
man.
There is no place like our public
schools to make great men. There
he is trained to resist. 1t was a mis-
fortune that Daniel Manin was sent tc