The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27
why Secure an Education /?

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| Correspondence to BARAGA COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
Is it right to be ambitious? Yes. pro
| vided your ambition does not overrul,
| your Judgment. To be ambitious t,
| do good and to succeed is not only oul
right and duty, but honorable.
A young man should be ambitious tc
secure an education of highest order
because it will make him patriotic
and honorable citizen. In this day OF
conflicting theories, we need strong
and experienced citizens, men whose
knowledge is power" Citizenship is
the badge of our nobility. 1t is the
heritage of past ages. American citi-
zenship means knowledge. 1t does
not only mean that we are to deposit
n ballot in the ballot box, but it also
means that we should be able to give
reasons for the political faith that is
within us. 1t means that as we are
a constituent part of the government,
we must labor diligently in keeping
the government pure and strong. 1t
means that our influence and our labor
should be expended in assisting to
build up this grand and glorious nation
of ours. The issues which eminate
from our mechanism of government
vigilantly studied by every citizen.
young and old They can only be
studied rightly by the educated man.
As true citizens we are not justified in
ignoring political issues. We have no
right to be indifferent in regard to our
political welfare; no right to belittle
American citizenship. And yet how
many are there not that do this very
thing! All because they do not under.
stand that it is the grandest preroga
tive that a government can bestow
Every young man should be ambition:
to secure an education, if for no othe.
reason than that he might fully enjoy
the rights of American citizenship. \
privilege possessed, but not understood
is of no avail:
And again, young man should b,
amb .;ous to secure Christian educa
| ton, which means moral aud spiritua
development, and without these quail
tiles no man is truly educated. Pur,
thoughts are the best of companions
| The true student finds his creates
pleasure with his books. Learnin,
opens to him new channels Of though
he gains in knowledge, his mind keeps
| growing stronger and stronger, hi
faculties develop, and in short, h,
enters into the true enjoyment of life
knowledge gives pleasure; ignorapc,
has none to offer. The educated min,
sees and comprehends things that til,
| ignorant mind does not discern. 70,
are wandering in dangerous path
when you exclude yourself from tb'
pure sunlight of intelligence. | hol,
that the greatest crime yonng maj
can commit against himself is to re
main a slave to ignorance. Life to thu
uneducated is mystery: to the edu
Gated realty, thing full of possibili
ties, of pleasure, of u hope for some
| thing greater, better and nobler
! When you enter into the full relation
| of life, you feel a desire to elevat,
I Yourself above the common level. Thi
1 is the product of education. BE am
bilious, then, to mount higher to crap
I pie with vital problems, to grasp livinl
I truths, to associate with strong ant
/ vigorous minds, the leaders in though
and actions, you shall then enjoy life
and you labor on finding new ans
wider fields of fiourishing knowledge