The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-01
EDITORS CHAT.

The Difference Between knowledge and
wfssiom-Auer the Wedding and at Set of
Sun.
Please answer. to settle dispute brought up by
rly Suus;ay-School Superintendent, as To knowi-
odge and wisdom. WHAT is their actual difference
Pro Pstfia- John +. Cummings, CokeviIie, Pa.
Althcu.h knowledge and wisdom much con
founded of late there is very great difference IN
thsir root meaning. Both are old English words,
and the distinction, in the original. was very
marked.
knowledge from "knowlege," or "knowlieh-
ing m-siruifed simply to know. Il signifed actual
acquaintance with anything, gained by observa-
tiou experience or instruction. In time IT began
TO be applied to information gained by learning,
enlightenment. scholarship
Wisdom Is a com bnation of the old Anglo-Saxon
word wisan TO instruct TO show. to govern
with "dOm," meaning power. Judgment Hence
wisdom, signfying the possession of knowledge.
coupled with the power to teach. instruct. or
govern.
One may hsve all the knowledge in the world
and yet have no wisdom. But cannot have
wisdom without the possession OF knowledge.
Wisdom is knowledge coupled with the capacity
10 apply OF mPart that knowledge to others.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what
the world calls WISDOM" said the poet Coleridge.
Paley, the great moral philosopher. said: " In
srietness of language there is difference between
Aetton and action directed by IL"
This definition is exceptionally good. since how
many there are with their heads erammed full of
knowledge who make no use of i'll They have
knowledge without wisdom, and their knowledge
perishes with them.
The elcarest and best definition in brief is given
by the poet Cowper, ia the following elegant lines:
knowledge and wisdom, far from being one.
Have ofttimes connection. knowledge dweiis
In g. A thoughts n
Wisdom, in minds attentive 10 their own.
knowledge, rude improbable mass,
The mere materials with which wisdom builds,
TIL smcothed and squaTed and fited to its place.
Does but cucumber when IL seems to enrich.
knowledge is proud that he has learned so much,
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
AFTER TIE WEDDING.
Mrs Louise Markschefi'el, the lovely woman who
edits department of the Toledo Journal, wonders
why married people lei the sweet courtesies ofIife
wear out after marriage, and why they
cannot preserve the pretty poIiieDess which made
them fond of each other when love was young.
In 10 cases out Of IL they fail, she thinks, aHd
then charitably concludes that it may be ineom-
patible with human nature for husbands and wives
70 be polite 10 another. Here is story OF her
recent observation and experience:
was crossing the Detroit River on the ferry in
the dead of the night, the transfer boat being in
the repair dock; a and woman were la the
cabin, ard wee mite OF humanity was IN the
woman s arms. Gross? Ny : but she looked black
and shRrpl ] didn't ike her; nobody car ed for
thai, but YOU know how we VIII dislike people
without knowing them. She ordered me To shut
the door, which ] did, and then later when the
Customs Inspector came round and her husband
was out locking Efer The baggage. she told me-
mind. didn't say asked me-to give her her bag
II Il hada't been for the dear little baby partak-
fnR Of natures DOurishmeBt would have told her
TO get her own bag. But didn't; got 1t. Then
the man came In. looking so kind and happy down
upon his wife and little
You 'eejut' yea, If IL hadn't been for me you
L
saw such a Ounce "
This the greeting which made him look
shamefseed. vel he might. TO be thus aecosted
IN the presence Of strangers; and knew then why
didn't like the sharp-feaiuned woman.
AT SET OF SUN.
1t Is old saying you may forget the singer
but you'll not forget the soug" And here is proof
Of II In the following beautiful thoughts going the
rounds without the authors name:
Iyou sit down at set OF sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And. counting, find
One self-d denying act, word
That cased the heart Of him who heard,
One glance mos; kind,
That fell like sunshine where II went,
Then you may count that hour well spent.
But IT, through at the live long day,
You've cheercd no heart by yea or nay;
IL. through IL all,
You've nothing done. that you can trace.
That brought fhe sunshine TO one face;
No act most small,
Thai helped some SOU. and nothing cost
Then count that day worse than Loaf.
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