The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-26

IN who Is even willing 20 he caliei greater
wiser, - better than he IS, can rot take TOO
mach heed les, he fall San not Ire tee care
ful 10 give public credit for t0e thoughts
as we'll as the forms 81 expression which
he has consciously borrowed from Others.
"Ara, however hard j; waS be to say Il.
j; Is nevertheless true tina; he who uses
another mans thoughts as though they
wcre his own, tina; he may procurc an I'M
deserved reputation hy inssiag them OF AS
his own, Is as truly dishonest as The man
who ;ilches purse from the rocket or
loaf Of bread from the bak ~. and IN some
respects Is the worse ct the ,~o'
FROM THE CHrRcHMAN
"Iisas are In sense ihe common prop
e-;y Of all men. pf absolute originality
there * so little. tina; % moro than one
instance Shakespeare ami Goethe can he
shown 10 have been rlagiarlsts. 5ui Ideas
and thr form In which they are cast. are
quite distinct things TIE IDEAS have In
Ncnss IVES an element II utivcrsalliy,
uicir form Is indN !dUal
80 ono can. without acknowledgements
appropriate anothers lansnarc without an
essential confusion of ;no rights Of prop
triy. No clergyman can DO 50 without in
jafy TO his nner Instincts Whether such
81 act is known to others or rot. its effect
upan him whose Il IS car only hc az one
knG. AMI when 4, Incomes known to
others. its harmful influence IS soVethine
rct caS!ly measured
,,..s,, - ,.,,,a ~, o,i,.l,,,l sc,,,o,s IN.
80 ono n Na,,,o All n a ,l.rpy,nnn
scrunulnusly confines himself to reproluc-
iac, in forms Of his own creation. the
thoughts of others. CT his Own, how much
,,,i ,,l,rnosos Of i,,.r..+ ana ,-i,ioa,ss,t, !,
,,c,,,, saa,,, ,s ~ q, ,,,,.,, l.. ,,rrtb ,,nii,
IN consider ,h,. o,,ss,fa, with refsre,,c. 10
eo,,a ,,',c.t,ai rns,,,, S,rrosc Ma. s,me
,r-s. az fo,,r ~ ,d.,oc,,i,ss c,n,,,,-
,e,rc ,l,er-e,in,, ao, ,t,o,,,,. ,,s.oa AMI ,,,l.
,ure were askrd IN e,lar, ana pullsh
monthly four sermons IA IL Iirons,, ,o h,
renl hy. no cisr,,, n,,, d, 10 ,ils,trrtlv So
announced vbcn ,.c.d ,vot,l5 " no, he M,
iroN,ressitlo min mn, r..rof no. only ia
,ha,Ysnf,.os hf- 70 MI, ,,..,,lp,.
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W. INNS '.N-' NH' - L.
'l'r Morgan has one advantage over
most persons detcctri in plasiarism-he
does rot take refuge In outright falsehood
and deny that he over saw the hook lie
oo's not affirm. after debating Il almost
'A.'''stVeiy Vefi'i,ii'' tna' ne iilDinsi ~
.sicu'lSoiousis, uila 'ilit nm. JOY w
SHOWN 10 h'nis"ii' re iahoy!'s IL TO De ms
~" ~, 'io"uS''Sn.
,,,, r,e NM s1i"e 'i.ii'ss a"ou.
'Hl1 ,ector cours" ""en snow mat MS
i''ord4 AelSe IL peSuNur. ne lnirpuie'i
lo'Srence covering n siheie sentence ~ tNe
=. - '' - y -" 80.
"i..Ni ups,i " re hl'N W." "l'p
~, Nii'.l wac ne ny ,oni 'Hs sermon
'nio uSn tMice 'iie n'sht net'tc' ne Knew
,hat me au.hor OF ,Aosr !'ftno''s WAS 'nr
49, nv. '"o!sS utiaIh u, one tiie Il
hitariah minister Oh isoNpurv' Mass. ne
XIV, hiew WA. ne "as iiot dudln, oiu writer
- 'l.. y, 'i,e 49, ~ i'i.o"S VI ''ic ~
N"" f.'eihhn s'yie. ne Knew very Wen
WAY .h"se sermons were not puo'lsned I'M
IN -.
No'lSi''cT inc sPeclh'ie' y man rocc'N-
ing an immense saiafy' competing ioT
,",islrshtiofl win o'her mon uhbff me
so'eHll sanctions or "lVlhe vocation 70
w" ministry, s'ai'aihe IN Il punt DENVER
ihs with NJ! me zones injections, gestures
ana expressions OF oountennne9 matter
mat ne KNOWS ne stole from another man,
ana recelVi'ls me thanks OF MS parshion-
ers, as they lock nm IN the face with
t'hriui eyes tor ms anhiInnlc presentation
Of the splrtuai truths or the Gospel, and
then saving mat every CANDID man Will
justify him' Nothing Ike THIS has been
seen IN modern times
FROM THE CHRISTIAN WORK.
"No harm comes to DR. Pu,ram's mem
DRY from the appropriation of his sermon
by another. But serious less falls upon
no ono ror,pplttt,,.r ti. ,,1,yto rtS,,, loco ,,