Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-17


such tack, Ia that Of saying some
thing which will arouse to greater
efforts, inspire with more exalted am
bition, and help all 70 become better
and greater men aud women.
My young friends Of the graduating
GLASS. After dillgont and continued
work, you have accomplished the one
end in view-you have graduated.
You have fought the battle OF life sue
cessfully thus far, and reached that
point In progression from which you
are able to make better survey Of life
inila aternor realities. You are now
to be cast upon llte's great ocean, with
no rudder other than your own wis
dom. You are 10 be- your own
guide, and are to steer your own ship.
Whether you nro to 20 to the bottom
Of this vast ocean 10 rlse no more, or TO
keep ailoat on IT, surface, will depend
upon your own industry, the discrc'
ton you will DO able 10 exercise, aud
the moral courage and liberalization
you can tuAuNA9us ANh thNh hNf'
world Of your own. That world IL
limited and shaped by the extent aud
iiiosynorasies OF your own minds. At
may be great or small, invaded with
fauoies or rigidly real. IL may TEEN
with the beautiful, the sublime, or u
may DO desert unattractive, discon'
ISOLATE. For one person, nature, In her
ungatnishod condition, feeds the mind
20 lusciously on the grandeur Of her
tranquility, ruggcdness, vastntss, dil-
ruptlons, m 10 an the soul with OK
coeding Joy and overwhelming awe,
while for another she presents 10 the
mind such unsavory food rs TO leave
II Ia state Of discomfort and loneli-
moss. The cause OF Joy and awe arises
IN the mind ever alert In making oo.
Servatlons Of natures oblecta far and
near while the cause Of disaatlsiac'
ton IL present usually Ia the mind
that gives up itself TO dreamy and
hnolful thoughts. Tho exercising
occasionally Of tho powors Of imagina-
ton 10 beneficial, but the constant
building Of castl,a In the air Is detri-
mental as well rs waste Of valuable
time. M cIH
i The. bent OF the mind Ia youth de.
terfnines In part the phases OF liit
through which one u uiore or less COM
apellel 20 pass during al least his oarth-
~ career For although Tho w0rll Is
auot ~ chsLes, aud We Beed not all be
creatulea OF circuriAlanceu, yet In OF.
der to make our own world ami,
10 some extent, TO make our own cir
cumsinncos, requires determination,
uncehping indudry, eeii-uontf0i anu
heltaDnsgation. We rnust force our.
selves Into an unyielding condition In
order 20 be able 10 push ahead, aud
then obstacles can be purmuuiited, Tor
they must give way 90 q constant
irrtrirtibie determination. Tho young
man OF woman who succeeds IN life N
the one that continues his efforts 10 the
end.
Life should bo something more than
n mere struggle Tor existence, anu
mankind, from early historical time
up 10 the present, haa bren cxerung
effort mter tfiOrf 10 inErHt into it
pleasure and Joy consistent with his
intelligent nature. Without intplii-
geucc, however, pleasure anu 10y
could not be apl tocigteu by W, and life
could not be more than mere struggle
for existence. IL IL necessary that mau
be possessed Of know ledge, for without
It he n unable 10 appreciate any pleas.
ute OF Joy. The Kind OF enjoyment
that he can at AL realize depends
upon the amount OF Intelligence
he pOsarsses and upon his natural In
olinntlons. Other things being equal,
the greater his intelligence the more
,lcyAuug viii be his pleasures. but
where "A man lacks morality, he may
not appreciate the better ana the more
ennubliug pleasures, although he may
lein possession Ut greater powers II
mind and beam with extraordinary
Intelligence. To learn To enjoy the
higher pleasures Of life II 10 heip along
the onward progress o. civilization,
flT II means advancement, culture, anu
the overcoming OF y portion OF muu's
laser nature. Whatever tends To 70.
fine the tastes anu feelings, tlevates
the soul anu reflects iayOrably uplu the
human race, Anything that occupies
the mimi AMI tends toward ita CApan.
sion, strengthens more or loss mans
moral uaiure,and the To-uit In 10 make
his capabilities greater, HE min
CLEARER anu more penetrating, anu 20
Increase bis powers over natural lava.
Thus no reaches q condition 20 uppre.
Clnte more the pleasures accessible Ia
life.
According 10 the laws Of Inheritance,
organic powors are transmitted from
parent 10 olsprlug, organs anu their
functions can uuuetru changes anu
those changes eau be- tfausmlllul. By
these laws u seems possible Tor DO ara 10
undergo a gradual change physically,
which more or lees tcts upon
his mind either leueAcially or
detrimentslly. Under varying con.
diii0ug, ORGANS anu their Juno
tons can he increased or rimiu.
ishe1 IN importance, anu the feelings
Involved eau work ~ change 10 some
extent upon tho mind ny undergoing
notifications more or less th, m.ulvps. !
ltmr Dec laid down us r. jaw that
Twin. iugs are paruauy nuud t0 |
their vuviitnmuut boy their own effort. I
towards itnnu patty uy ,he influences .
ul taU environment upon tuuul, rutTr. I
fore u seems that the uvlug being b.
subject 10 chan e. By ls own tuJfs Oh /
cIulofn o. 70 vars irg &c uuiAuu, aul .
ny the luuuunce ne VuIyug cluIl- I
ton has upon the hrur ~ me
environments, therefore, are conducive |
10 the nuvaucHme ul the living bv |
lug, ~ VIII ue advance d. they art
NOT, the chances ire flint Iutr.- /