The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-13

OF the time to earn a living. Students
who have to work part of the time ex-
Gel those who do not. If they have
to earn their books they will know
how to use them. Daniel Manin
never shirked. When he was called
to do anything he did it willingly.
Confucius was a carpenter Lne oln
piled wood SO nicely that a man thought
it was sawed after it was piled and
this same man nominated him for
president A ship captain was hunt
ing for trusty boy. He was told of
Daniel Manin, that he did not know
much but was trusty. "That is the
kind Of boy want" he said. Every
body wants such boys. The old sea
captain took in the poor boy, bought
him suit of clothes and gave him a
book containing the life of General
Washington as present and told him
to read It, He took it home to his
mother and said "Mother, the old
sea captain has made me a present
and wants me to read it." Now I ad-
wise you to put it away and keep it.
He said: 81 aoiU read that book"
There's the power there's the force
that opens the gate which lets in the
strongest principles of life. He came
In one night and said: "Mother,
can read that book" She did not
believe him and as she could not read
English herself she called in friend,
who said he did read it right without
having any teacher. This one SEN
tence he could not forget "No man
deserves to be free who would lie or
steal to gam his liberty" 81 will
never lie and will never steal," he
said when he was twelve years old.
He was too poor to go to a Univer-
sity but his friends helped him along.
Universities are like machines and
the crank is turned so much for each
one to learn some do not. We as
teachers should never show child
what it can learn itself. He had a
good education because he worked it
out himself. We may get a college
education, but he who studies at home
knows more than those who don't be-
cause they have learned it without
help. You can have college educa,
tion if you will begin at home and
study. There are great many who
graduate from college, who do not
know anything That man will never
be great with the idea that he knows
all there is to be known. Then a man
thinks that 1t always makes him fool
He that works for his knowledge will
know ten times more than any other.
Daniel Manin had to dig mud in the
canal yet he did get good education.
He decided to be lawyer and you
will wonder at that when you think of
the resolution he made. Qaughter).
They called him what we would now
call in America-a crank.
He had to wait nearly two years for
his first client. Any one that earns
his board the first two years will never
make good lawyer. Would you go
to young lawyer No one will un-
less they have case an old lawyer
will have nothing to do with. A man
inquired for young lawyer and was
told Of Manin, who had never had a
case. That's the very fellow l want
to see, he said. Manin was sitting in
his Office in despair, when this old
patrician came in without knocking
and said "Are you the lawyer? l
think if you were decent lawyer you
would offer me seat" He did then
and gave him his only chair. The
patrlcian said if the case was not a
fraud he would not be in a lawyers
Office. 81 will not have anything to
do with it. l will starve before | will
have anything to do with a dishonest
case," and SO his first client left him
to starve indeed.
The next day lovely woman came
to him to have some money collected /;
he shut the door in her face which he
was very sorry for afterwards. He
was so in despair that he wished he
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lected give it to a woman. She went
again the next morning to see him
and there lay Daniel Manin almost
dead The physician said there might
be some help; she seems to be nearly
starved" He was taken in the
woman's carriage to her fathers house
and placed in bed much softer than
he ever had before. She was his
constant attendant and he married her,
of course. She read to him the lives
of Martin Luther and Patrick Henry.
When she had read the life of Patrick
Henry he told her to read 1t over
again. Snow that is what l will do;
Give me liberty or give me DEATH
He told his father-in-law if he would
give him the income of an old palace
he would free Venice. He chose
thirteen men, who chose and organized
others until he had large army.
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