The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-15

works of Hallam, Of Thirwall and
Groto, Of Milman and Prescott, of
Fronde and Of Motley, give the stu.
dent a great field for study. A care.
full study of any OF e Of these histories
is an education Of itself. Many can
recall how the perusal of such a mas
ter. piece as "Gibbon's ID cline aud
Fall Of the Roman Empire" served to
raise the conception of what the hu.
man mind could do, and left AN indel.
IDLE impress On the Intellectual char
acter. To read merely that you may
repeat the verses Of the hi.toriau, or
perhaps imbibe his pr jndic". is a poor
and even an injurious result. What.
ever contributes TO nnve,l the past, TO
make it an Ineligible reality aud not
a mere shadowy picture, is the iigh,
material of history, aud its highest
use is to give such AN insight into the
past as may happily guide and iDAu
encc the future.
Of all departments Of knowledge
that Of popular science may be said
to be making the most advance. Sir
John Herschell, Sir David Brewster,
Hugh Miller, Mr.. Lewis, Mr.. Hunt
ana others have all written of science
so MS to interest any but the most in
different minds, aud the young student
who would follow out such studies will
end in the writings, Of these well
known authors, at once, their plainest
and their highest guides. Many miuds
turn away in WEAKNESS from scientific
pursuits because they aim to accumu.
late facts and stow their memory with
details instead Of g%rasping for princi-
Piles. 1t is said by the wise that, IT,
many respects, the books Of poetry
and fiction are the most important
The moral effect of our modern poetr,
and fiction upon the young increases
the spirit of human sympathy and Is
deserving of commentator. The
literature Of tho last age was especial.
ly defective, in this respect: it lacked
genial tenderness or earnest S sympathy
for human suffering and wrong. Its
pathos was hard and artificial. 1t
wept over imaginary sorrows; it re.
joiced in merely sentimental triumphs.
In contrast to this, the poetry and fc-
tion of our time concern themselves
closely with the common sorrows and
joys Of the human heart. The pase.
of Dickens, K,nrley, Miss Mulock,
Mrs. Gaskill, Mrs. Oliphant and George
Eliot are all intensely realistic. A
deep thoughtful tenderness fer human
miseries, and a high aspiration after
human improvement animate all of
them. 1t is impossible TO REID their
novels without having our moral sen.
timents acutely touched and drawn
forth. The same is eminertly true Of
the poetry Of Lord T%ennyson, Mrs.
Browning aud others. 1t is impos'
sible for the young to lose such poetry
aud to study it without a kindling in
them Of something of the same atfec
tionate interest in human welfare, and
aspiration after human improvement.
The study of English poetry. as rep
resented by the great names OF Words.
worth, Cowper, Dryden, Milton,
Shakespeare, or Spencer, is a lasting
educational gain.
Any youth who spends his leisure
over the pages of the Excursion
, paradise Lost" or the "Fairy Queen
is engaged in an important course OF
intellectual discipline, and it yon
would wish to know the charms OF
literary delight in their full Freedom
aud acquisition, you must have often
recourse to these great lights Of liter,
AZURE, and seek to kindle your love
> for "whatever hath passion or admira-
ton" at the flame Of the genius.
What a wide field Of study is before
5 every young man and woman who
: love books and would seek to improve
4 themselves by their study. Different
tastes will seek different parts OF it.
5 Whatever part you may select, devote
Yourself to it. Read with a view ia
I cult, vatp and advance YOUR Intellectual
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