The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-03
YOUNG MEN IN Sls,s

William Jennings
nominee for president. W., . N
.ne Youngest man tia, A., . W
executive power of the n WI W.
are asking themss,ve. Won u
young n,, TO he trusted with n. = y
Ihe Fathers of the Repulscs IN ss'
not consider a man 4, =, wds8
Young to occupy the EXECUTE s ~ =
tney embodied In tho wv w csts
clause declaring that no a'sa
eligible to the office "wh. N,Sa u
attained the age of IS yea n.y. "
| aply reasoned that tho ~
the BEGINNING of the fulIes, rs
mans intellectual snd nS,st a
and that other things ba,rs'ca \
indicated in the const!tutsson ,' y. y
Limitation. w
Tho pages Of history furn,.,
instances of mIsgovernment ~
soiely 10 the youth of the r,., Y
other hand there are not .ss. =
dant exemplifications of sA's
Souhs 'nei to govern wisely IN
IN .ne very dawn Of Eors.. \.
Alfred the Great demonstr.,.a y
mead may be carried on youn, ~.
ana that youth and va,or M, = Y
hand In hand with sasacus ~. =
snip and prudent governman, n.
~ when he assembled the thrS s,'
died IN his sd year. He NJ
scriped as "a saint without ~. ~
a warrior. all whose wars vsIN
ueiense OF his country, a conm,.. w
hanus were never Stained hv
prince never cast down by ss,s ~
never iLtod to inso,ence in NJ
In the long Enc OF Alfred, .r..
whether Lancastrian. Plant.s.ss.
doris or Stuarts. there vera n,
wise, valorous and able nr,r... :.
cended the throne in their s,r..
| hood.
Edward III assumed the rein, A :.
ment at Is, Edward " Mt N H..
at %, Henry V at 26, Henry YIN
In the art of war young men \,
ways held the palm to the tsrs J,
the memory of man runneth M i
contrary. Alexander succeeded !
throne of Macedonia at the AZ NJ
died. conqueror of the world n Il
OF ~, Hannibal achieved brilliant n
| before he was Is. Napoleon Co..
| the army of Italy when he va n
,;na;, h i.is way % the empire u
a.,Vhi,, neioie nH was 50; Skoe4x
nro,,.nsl 'r ~, W i.iiaiIt RUSSIAN. eM
inIf n.h,. ,,,t,a,.
not n mage a. h ist65rv ." M, /.
| mated IN the vajnr and alos,t ny
achieve,nents of Young rsnns~N
Even amid the maths NJ nsac. ~.
sho, ~ wy
''' ''s'.i vi ie'o"n upon IlT
trys name. In every department 4
man endeayor in every branch !
Industry in WIS, IN $50.
Us '''uN' :" eeenee'
ana IN art, eye! even IN statttflh.
Young have ever decorated ,hslr "a
with the mower OF llustrons -
iheht.
Aristotle FOUNDED a new school
.osophy pefoe he was 80; Shelly
queen Map when ne was u u
was "a when he cast his deCara I
ioet oil the vatican and gave thv<
at IS; Sheridan wrote The sctca
"''',.' az 30 nn. ,i ny nss.
light when he was 20: Fich,s IN,
famous "Wlssenschafts,ehrs' NE
"a re ; MS aa tIaEeay was pu ~ ~
the French revolntion at a. Nan
began the Koran at Is and scat,.x
seeds of a new religion; Cst7yh I
"Sartor Resartus" at 90, and Macil4
magnificent essay on Milton atk;
wrote the first volume Of THE d
and Fall" before he was 80; Georr
field, the founder of the sec. Of W
ist!c Methodtsts. began prachrf n
John Locke wrote his great essay 3
Human finders. standing" before N d
| John Calvin, after Luther, the Eett
I Protestant reformers. was not 5 IN
wrote his celebrated "Inst.tu.es Il
Christian Religion" the fIrs; gy.1
and thorough defense Of Prctn.r
that had then appeared: John ws1
not IS when he founded the StsJy
Method!sts: Buckle mad written m
history of English Civilization ~
was IS; Tasso was 81 when he WA
great epic, Jerusalem Delivered
Michael Angelo was the greatest
or scu,n,cr ana ar,h,,ent az hl vi
~. '''o' "' 49, -. "a.
lore ne entered MS ""' a"''
died before he was 81, leaving ~
ishah,a name. Titan the greatest n
'ha' ever iiVeu' u'd MS oeo' .,,,
VA, Was t ~, ny P"iRvihns t"e mssisrrss
'nescent From The Cross" wa p
when he was 30.
sAak, spears was "a whsn - h ',.s s
t Mercna .!I OF enc ,ot nu had xrtta
.,Sorrous w 80 at q. Waltz
vos a, whn ~ Law Of The las
s,raI" Nv MI NJ I'D
Ha,dnj h. rs,no',s musician cen,
"E-s,n ,'' we niemdelssohn wtvs
"Eljinb" vvbe, ba wss a. MozsHt
,arniar', ..nnn t"ar'' wps writes =
ara or ~. 49, ' wrote "Lohsa
u,bar % ros a. Ntaverbeer was
he nor nv sci ..pnhsrt lie pabk,
Reetbnven uro,e His famous ''Npsl