The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-23

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creation OF the union were destined a.
no distant date to produce the most
wonderful results. Isl
As the country has grown, education
tostercd BY the state has kept pace
wit 1t. Rich as are the collegiate cndow-
ments OF the old world. none OF them
excel In munifcence the gifts made TO
educational institutions by the people OF
the United States and by their gov
ernments in conformity with The In
fluence which sound learning has on re-
llgion and manners, on goVecnmet, lib-.
ertv and laws.
Adams and Madison. Jefferson land
Hamilton, Sherman and Trumbull, Ham
cock. Jay, Marshall, the Clintons and
many others OF our early statesmen
were scarcely less earnest and eloquent
than Washington himself in pleading
the cause OF sound and liberal educa-
ton for the people.
Nor does this seem surprising when
we reflect that the truest aims and
worthiest ambition OF education Is not
finished scholarship for the, favored few
but the elevation OF high standard OF
citizenship among the many. ! have
had peculiar satisfaction In the fact that
Washington In those early days when
engrossed with mighty governmental
problems did not forget his contribu-
tons for the education OF the poor and
left In his will beQuest to be dedlca-
ted to free public instruction. Nothing
better tells the value he placed upon
knowledge as an essential to the highest
and best citizenship. How priceless Is q
liberal education. In Itself Whist rich
endowment. II Is not impaired by age.
but Its value increases with use. No one
can employ 1t but rs rightsul owner.
He alone can Illustrate its worth and
tenjoysits rewards. L cannot be inner
tied o. purchased, It must be acquired
by individual effort. 1t can be secured
only by perseverance and self denial.
But II Is free as the air We breathe.
Neither race, nor nationality, nor sex
can debac the earnest seeker from its
possession. 1t Is not exclusive, but in
elusive In the broadcast and best sense.
ills within ther'each OF all who really
want It and are brave enough to strug-
gle for It. The earnest rich and tho
worthy poor are equal and friendly RI
walls In Its pursuit and neither is eX-
empted from any OF the sacrifices nee
essary for It's acquisitions. The key to
its title Is not the, bright allurements OF
rank and station, but the simple watch
word Of work and study.
a liberal education Is the prize OF IN
divldual industry. It is the greatest
blessing that a man or woman can en-
Joy when supported by virtue, moral
ity and noble aims But the acquire
ment OF learning in our schools and col
leges seems so easy that We are apt 60
underestimate It's value and let the OPP
portunlty TO win It slip by until regret
fully we find that the chance Is gone.
The rudiments must be migrated IN
youth or with rare exceptions they are
forever lost.
Life TO most Is struggle and there
Is little time for the contemplation OF
the theoretical when the practical is
pressing at every hand. Stern duty mo-
nopol!zes our time. The command OF
others controls our preferences and Of
ten defeats our intentions. By Steadily
adherlng to firm purpose amid the ac-
t!vItIes Of life we may keep in touch
with literature OF the day, but 10 60
back TO the classics or to grapplc with
the foundations Of the sciences Is be-
yond the power OF most men when they
have entered upon their chosen business
or profession.
Ones mental fighting. often hand to
hand conflict with obstacles and temp
tatIons, Is battle OF his own, a cam.
paign whose motive force Is indiv!d-
ualitv rather than circumstances or
luck. Work In the mental world Is as
real as that In tho physical world. Nor
has any prescription yet been found TO
take the place OF application and self
denial and personal struggles which
have given to the world Its greatest
leaders and modest achievements.
Cherish the public credit" How
much both OF reflection and instruction
Is combined In this simple admonltlon
of the father OF his country. The United
States emerged from the bitter and
prolonged struggle OF the revolutionary
war exhausted financially and with q
hundred existing perplexlties and din
cult!cs which remained to be solved be-
fore the financial credit of the new ma
ton could be established at home and
demonstrated abroad.
But Washington knew how to gather
around him una place In positions OF
the greateat trust tho able financ!efs
and economists, whose name the coun-
try still venerate and whose great work
It still enjoys. Hamilton and Norris
and Gallatin and others were successful
in establishing the treasury and inaug-
uratlng the financial operations OF this
government upon principles which rec
ognlzcd that the most enduring basis
OF national credit was national honor
and that whatever other assets we
might have or acquire, that was indls-
pensablc, first. last md all the time Il
we would cherish the public credit.
We Enrp been fully; rcwarded. all along
our history by adhcrlnE TO the nrlncl-
pies Of Washington in'kccping the pub
lie faith. ! Before half u century had
passed We had paid off. our national
debt. Another debt, the greatest In our
history, was incurred In the civil war
for the preservation Of the union. But
this did not exceed the resources or dis
courage tho Intentions OF the American
people. There were those who suggest
ed Reputation, but tho people repudl-
alcd them and went on unchecked, dis
charging the OBLIGATIONS OF the govern
ment in the coin OF honor, sS5.
From tho day. our ilng WIS unfurlcd