The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-09
GRAINS OF WISDOM.
AN ADDRESS TO GRADUATES IN
WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.

II Was Delivered by the President of tho
Board Of school Trustees Of Fort wayne
and Is a nemari. able Production, well
I Worthy Of Preservation.
The strength which lies In words of one
81 liable has heeu ofttn demonstrated. ana
70 doubt the simple directness Of this nd
trcss delivered TO graduating class Mt
/ Fort Wayne impressed itself on the MINIS
Of the listeners with a force that made then,
remember it, Tie president Of the board
Of trustees was Mr.. A p. Edperton, after
ward national civil service commissioner.
ard lis advice given II years ago il still
worth preserving The greater part Of il is
here quoted:
| This day we close for the year the Fort
! Wayne free schools, and we nov part with
You, the girls and boys we ere no more to
teach
! 81 say girls and boys, for when three
score and ten years have come "a YOU YOU
will he glad to have your friends "a, that
health and peace Of mind have kept your
hearts warm that you wear no brow of
gloom; are not borne down with age. hut
still IN heart are girls and boys When
these years come, and hope they will come
to all, the tide of time win roll back and
tell you of your school time DAYS. when the
fair, the kind and the true found love but
the false heart found no friends no tonatles
to pr;lise. These days bring rich gifts to
age, and when you shall cease ( think of
them your fire has burned low, and yoar
light has gone ont. You have been here
taught in the hope that the free schools If
Fort Wayne would help TO make you of
use TO your friends and to the world would
give you faith in all that is g1ud und true
and lead you 10 seek work. fur this yon
must seek and TO If you would have u
good name wealth, a home, ii cha,ls- to
keep or u trust to serve Go forth with a
bold, true heart to seek the work for you
to do
Keep in mind that the hours Of work
run through each day, and thar Gud'S great
law of life is, In the sweat Of thy face Shalt
thou eat bread
Now for you, Young men, the truth il
told.
"Go where you will through the world,
aud you will find Oh the front door Of siiups
and mills, OF stores and banks. and on
ships, on farms and roads, IN deep mines
where men toll for wealth; where laws are
made that make some men too rich. and
men OF worth and work throv-h all our
land too poor; where men by law arr taught
to plot with sin, to spurn tie right. that
charge and cost aud spoil may make old
'Quirk's' law fiims rich: whore law is 20
plead that the judge must guess to fiud
what's law; where quacks most fight DER
sick mems pains and dead mems bones;
where types nre set and none to mind the
proofs; where priests do preach and pray,
and where schools are taught this sign,
Brains VIII Find Work Here
Don't fear Step up and ask for work.
Brains wiz get ii. Don't let i dare not
wait on i would'-liile the cat that loves
fish, but dares not wet her foot.
IF it be said: What can you dos win
you learn trader say i have none, but |
can learn one and put brains in it, Whtn
you go TO place whore brains should hunt
for work and will be sure to find 1t, it may
be said to you: DO you see that plowy Can
you hold and drive it deepf That plow. in
its wise use, gives all men food.
"Do you see that wheel aud that crank
and those shafts aud that press, and do
you hear the rush and the hiss of the steam
which moves themi Can you make and
hold and run themS Can you build and
drive the works and wheels which make
the wealth of the earth and cause it TO roll
and to float to and fro from place to place
where it is best for man to use itS
"Can you spin the thread and weave it.
which makes robes for kings, and silks for
the rich and vain, and dress for the poor,
and all that skill and art have wrought by
loom and hand for mans user
"These things are all shot through with
threads of light--the light of mind aud art
and skill which shines each day more bright
and dims all the old by some new found
light as the years 20 on.
If you say that you do not know how to
do all this work, but you will try to learn
some of it and TO do it well. then will he said
TO you: Can you and will you worki And
will you speak the truth and in all things
strive to do no man wrongf II you say
Yes then all the doors where mans good
and great work is done will swing for you
to pass In to do your part. And thus you
will see how God rules in all his ways in
mans good works and deeds Some may
hope for fame, but If they doubt that God
rules, have not trust and faith, they well
may fear their fate. New books, not old
coins, keep charge OF fame. Look well to
books, for through them the worlds best
thoughts and deeds now speak.
ITO you, young girls, must say II word,
not to chide nor to praise. You can plant
the rose which shall bloom and give it's
sweets to all, or you can grow the thorn,
which shall nierce and tear the hearts ~
those who love you, hope for you, pray for
you
..Tbe turn vour minds NOW take win NV
vonr life 20 come III Won are led In a inst
way of p1re Thought and deed Won vim he
snre To And iov and neace and bssl,h In ali
Won do. You each hone SONG dnv to ~. n
good mans wife IL Is well 10 I've his Int
take care thar Won be not a foors d,raos
"Wbat sbonid Won hiring 10 a 'good and
true man 10 make his and you,,s a boms ~
iov and neace, can tell Won. Gooi health,
a mind rich In stores of tbought. a purs
heart fu,l ~ love and trnth and trnst In
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