Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-10

| The importance Of the Chautauiua move
uient. ~ relating 70 the general diffusion of
knosieaxe has never been fully estimated.
| The homes which IL presence has eniixht-
| ensd and Frightened. would, we're they
placed In iuItaposision, 60 far toward en-
circiing this world Of ours. II has carried
the aeyes-fsdiog flower Of culture into
many q mind, that, but for its presence
could little enjoy the precious literature of
| today. Without this incentive 10 study how
many must have stoosi aside TO le. the more
| fortunxse pass onward to the coveted goal.
| With its aid, bow many dormant minis have
| been vakened TO q thrilling desire for a
| broader, deeper education. II il not in be-
| hsn Of those, whose purses can open col
| Iege balls that | write, bat it is 20 those
others. who are unclaimed by those twin
oppre.sor. of intellectual growth, poverty
u time and poverty Of money, that adj
ires, my theme. 1t 10 an accepted fact.
| that nothing ia the universe maintains a
| true balance for the least period Of time.
| As all other things partake Of advancement
Or refrigeration. so it must be with the
human mind
| Oar American working boys ami girls,
| leave their school life behind them, Just as
the hower Of culture has begun TO expand
| In their minds, and go out TO become bread
.lonefs amongst an army Of people, 10 the
| sane hard conditions. They must Of neces-
sity at once advance or retreat in the scale
Of worth and will doing Here, pow
erty Of time broods, darkeninz
| shadow over the young intellect. Good
resolutions even a strong desire for knowi-
edge. will succumb to the WEAKNESS of
\ body, that brings WEAKNESS Of brain. For
| one 10 take up course Of study and pur-
sue il for weeks, months, or perhaps years,
\ in the midst Of a desert of frivohty Is not to
be expected IN the young, bat with class
| with a community of interests with the tens
| Of thousands on the globe who are taking
the e.. l.. =. e.. course, with the knowledge
that they are pursuing the same line of
thought and study with the brightest minds
in the country has brings an environ
ment about them, that Is as strong
as chains Of adamant, and as lasting as life
itself. These minds, fixed in the very
| ilintest pathways of the working world,
have expanded into bloom like the poet $
flower ''6xed IN the crannied wall, yet MT
| like that to be plucked forth by every wan
ton hand. The money value of this course
Of study, can not be Sufficient reason for
| the mass of workers about US, not to en-
gag in IT, 4 little seIf-denal. a few rib
| b,ns and iaees the less. an occasional cigar
| ar class of soda denied and the little penny
| saving bank will soon hold funds for the
books required other organizations, tenn
perance. political and social, employ or
gsnizers all over the country TO strengthen
th,ir special lines Of work. How great
would he the Advancement Of this cause, II
there were special effort made to locate new
rrrles. And how less the need of organ
| Izrrs IN the other directions, for as thus
" nrk gaIns in its influence over the people,
temperance principles, political purity and
so -ial worth will gain that height, which
nothing less than true enlightenment can
ever achieve.
IL the key note Of all other work, this
hong culture amongst til. people, this drop
ping the fragrant gems of knowledge in the
paths of the young, this devotiug atmos-
there Of hand to hand work, and before IT
sooner or later, the nations must bow in ac-
k tov ledgement of it's power TO make for
good The Chautauqua movement Is rs
b-nai rs non sectartsuism and non partisan
ship can make it. II is simply peaceful,
iipwihg river of know ledge, whose low :
/, inv keep not away the feeblest feet, and
from no lips is its sparkling drsughts with
held I sometimes wonder, If inspiration sat
not on the minds of those noble men, from
hom the inception of this grand work
cmanated. They have built Themselves
the noblest of noble monuments. and 1t is
for America to homer the name and mem
ory of each and every one who puts his
hand to this great power for reform
II. l.. BRowS. Fryeburg.