The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-13

~ utRfNutlSsuncnt. II III uUvlhen w
cruel disappointment II II contem-
plates life of hcipfulncss TO others
] here plcdgc you, repeating the as
surarce of ono who rovcr broke
promise Tint your dream VIII be rea-
HE'D. 1T Is one of the crimes OF mod
crn education against ;ca'h--rot
chargcnble. am sure, against this In
atituton OF learning TINT II plants In
tho virgin soil the seed ~ false
and vicious aud selfish hopes. All that
one to taught or cares TO learn IL some
thing that will aid him in his progress
to fame and fortune Nouns, verbs.
adieciives and aiverbs all sink in
II confused and diminutiVc heap be
side the towering pronoun Il What
a pity It was ever invented I have
seen a true model of this sort of edu-
Gated youth met him far out on
the plains, who're the great big sky
lowering over the vast elbow room
of tho prairies proclaimed the largssse
o. the Creators bounty. Blue blood
trlckl"1 through his veins and on
eye glnss ornRmeutcd his nose He
WIS Just from college, dontChcrknow.
and hc was up TO snuff. dontc herknow
| saw him hcnd IL rowdy procession
moving In triumph ny the street.
! swinging by arms ana feet the body
oi Il poor old whlte-hairod man whose
dehasch appetite had yielded TO tho
| temptations set By his dcbauched as-
seciaies. From that repulsivc pic
tnre | urn To the memory u true
child ~ nature. n massive md rugged
son II tho plains. old Uncle Billy
Laird his manners and HIS phrases
lacked polish. but he was as grand in
his heart as he was In stature "a faith
or To the fatherless. a friend of tho
I unfortunate. one of these now
sleeps the last sleep nndcr a solitary
tree out upon the plains. No inonu-
inent marks his resting place No
a L. tg.ll
thar he lived aud loved and dled The
other is the proud iuheritor Of title
ana now moves IN what is called tho
upper walk of English NE. In the
er"at reckoning that IS TO come Which
I Of these two men 30 Won think will he
! hold "a have been the trucst mud most
| usefui cilizen2
TIN true tesinning ~ all sound odn-
cation IS thu Sermon on thu Mount.
ana II 1t Is not already included in
your course If study hero IT ought to
bc. le lac u good and uscfrI citizen
You must adopt i,s preeclts as guidin;
| PRINCIPLES. They Win serve but little
/ purpose II you franc them ana hang
| them up in a secluded art gallery Of
your mind. Vhcy wer" intended not Ia
"fll i"eHi merely your sunday drcla-
iAtions, but t. furnish the moving
luifuises of your me 1t was not in
| ton1hd thar Their application should
! b" limited $50 the prayer meeting
ani he sunday school hut they were
/ piN'i"'nea "a code universal. law
surrem", A rule cf 'enduct ntted to
/ every peerl" and ga sl Waiks of NE
IT rs not religion II is not crecd
II IS "a declaration of TN true relations
between man and man and the recip-
roeal duties Mat noN from them
The law "i Greed BIS every man for
himself and tine drvU ia,o the hlni-
| most. and IL udravofs t. Prop UP that
infamous doctrine Vlth impious npus-
trophies to human liharfy. /, has no
plhe" IN land dedicated To man unit
! Nei>al II IS n iiupnl ana legitimate
/ OFFSPRING of the systom that made
Kings and dukes and barons Of the few
end hopeless toilcrs of tho many. The
principle frr which the battle Of Bunker
Inn was fought is that the foremost
! must protect and advance tho hlnd-
most, That principle was the sacred
flame that the frust~ OF Valley Forge
could not quench. 1t shines out bright.
" IN the constitution of the fathers
1t a The cloud hy day and tho pillnr of
mr. hN nighl thal has benn chart and
compass io tho ship OF stat in avery
between iuaN AMI man and the recip-
stormy voyage.
our peculiar business as nation is
10 initiate aud Advance the iyrcat work
~ equalizine the condition OF mankind,
not 10y lrNelinS down the Fortunate
but 10y dwelling up the unfortunate
W. may do that not by artificial slim
ulus. but through a system that makes
provision IN its economy for every man.
Government cannot 30 what the Crea-
tor IN his wisdom did not do. 1t cannot
make men equnl, hut II cnn do What
AZ briirr Il can give full scope ana
opportunity for the exercise of the nat
ufal talents 1T every man. II cnn take
the arllucial burdens from his back
and bid him soar. The sparrow does
not mount n high as the eagle lut its