Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-27


work, seldom could or would DO any
good work. He who leaves with others
q know edge Vt the ways AMI means by
which be accomplished his work IN lite
double, the value twice over OF that
work TO the world There would be
little progress but Tor recorded uApcr-
fences. Hence, &c is a highly c.yilizng
thing TO do Tor man 60 leave iu the
best possible form and Ia the best pos
siDle place, where IL will exercise the
most iuil fence aud come under the eve
Of the best people. "a narrative OF his life
giving the influence surrounding his
youth the development Oi the pfomi.
ncnt qualities Of heart and mind, aud
an account Of how he accomplished
what he did, with full details ui his life
work, both as to methods and results.
To live q useful and noble liic IS the
best that man can do. Next alter living
such life d IS Of the highest import
auce that 70 record of % Doe made. aud
the most fitting place be found to- its
] preservation, iu order that the benefits
lnd blessings acCruIng 90 mankind by
ne living Ut such % life may be ten.
detcd perpetual. This is not so much a
matter ol pIedisposItiuu, as OF duty;
not question OF cgutsm but Ul econ.
Omy. As we have to thank the record
of human experience Tor an the pro.
gfcss which has been made from 5lyag-
dums, so those VINO come after as have
the right to know how and by what
means we have improved upon the con.
ditions ~ which We found ourselves
originally placed. Il should be pleas.
uic and a pride to fulfill this duty.
The advantages OF history arc mani.
fold and obvious. Without the recorded
experiences OF the race there could be
no accumulation Of knowledge. With.
out knowledge of the past there could
De no improvement in the future. So
with biography, which Is but part Of
history. Nnh knowledge oi the
means BY which men become great and
pfospe Gus, We may learn to adup, their
virtues and avoid their errors But the
question IS, who has helped TO make
history The answer Is every man vi
intelligence helps TO make history. IN
greater or less degree lie cannot but
DO this, Tor history Is a record OF what
men do, And how can biography be
placed In history Not, surely. by print.
my il aud laying 10 on the shell, OF by
merely circulating u among friends
One does not want a daub Tor q por.
trait, nor when done, 10 stow II away Ia
a garrett
VIVA, better can be done with means
than to perpclua,c the important acts Of
a useful liic' We hope aud expect our
children 10 make proper use OF the
property we leave them. But they may
Or may not do so. Whatever We can do
with means while we live, whatever
good and useful purpose we can put il
tots 1t not better for as to do than 10
leave Il TO Others and take the chances
OF what they may do? Surely no good
or duuiul child will regret money spent
In perpetualing the memory OF a kind
and loving parent; Il 50, then the child
Is not deserving, and the parent should
exercise his own iudgmentin the matter
There are hundreds OF cases where q
man OF prominence and wealth has died
and his property become scattered and
lost, when u he had invested In a bIog
raphy II would have turned out not
only the best investment he ever made.
but the only money he had made la hs
whole life which was not cst 10 the eud.
Few, however, have thought OF IL, their
minds being occupied until their at
tention has been called 10 It during the
progress Of historical laboB. Then the
importance Of Il Is seen at once. Aud
often h has been the case that the sur
yiving members OF the family would
have given half they possessed Tor q
clear and correct narrative, taken from
his own lips, Of Oh, life aud lauofs Of
ils once honurcd head. This matter
cannot be delayed until ne has passed
away for many reasons. No one can
call up the facts and intentions OF his
lie, the theory aud practice OF hls
achievements, so well as the man him.
self. And no one can arrange these
facts. elucidate the benefits Of what has
been accomplished anu weave the
whole into an instructive and entertain.
ing narrative, except writer possessed
OF marked ability enthusiasm and cN.
perience,
hold, then, that the lives and ex.
pcriences OF prominent men should be
cmhllmod In history; First Tor the benc.
~ OF the community aud the world, for
without preserved record Of human
actions there eau De neither progress nor
civilization; Second, as @ matter Of duty
to ones self and ones family In the
building up Oi this country each person
age has performed a great work, not a
tenth part ui which. in significance aud
extent will ever Otherwise Dee known TO
his descendants, who will thereby hg de.
priycd oil some portion OF that honest
pride, high st|muIanJ and bright exc
ample which Is a most valued heritage.
The study OF men IS natural aud hene-
fetal, IL Is eleyatlng and improving 20
search out u every community those |
who have accomplished most iur good, !
those who are doing most Tor the adj !
yancement OF mind and thl publication !
OF morals Great men have thcN-
mission. They are the embodiment OF
progress. Inferior minds without the |
influence OF those inlulleCs which lu |
some degree dominate events, are retro |
grade ! confess TO a profound admir- |
alton for men OF efforts aud accomplish |
mcnts. likctp begin with the hoyhood |
Of men, and follow these strong deep |
natures from their Iuclpiency uil through |
the several stages OF intellectual and |
physical development until the consu. |
nation Of their lives has been attained, |
In conclusion IL Is no sense Of cNaggera. |
ton to say, as have already said, that |
within the Territory OF Utah has been |
performed the greatest work the world |
has ever witnessed or viii ever again |
behold. / speak adyiscdly, No such |
miracle Of development within so short |
"A period has ever before come TO pass, |
and il never can happen again, because |
the engendering conditions can never |
be duplicated These conditions have |
been most peculiar and the results Of the |
application and intelligent Efforts are
remarkable. Within the short period Of |
univ OF fifty years a vast wilderness has
been transformed into a seat OF high |
.riyiIization. This work has not been |
done by one great man but by many |