Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-07-18
THE NEW sTEEp.


Knowing how many lovers Of the
wheel Marietta has among her fair
sex, a friend has favored the Leader
with the graduating essay of her
granddaughter, who is at an Episcopal
school at Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
July 18th, 1885,
The highest civilization, the deep
est researches of the mind, the nebula
hypothesis all prove that the tend
ency Of the 10th century is of circu-
lar nature. Research and investiga-
ton have proved the world to be
round, not fat, as supposed by the an
clients; the nebula hypothesis proves
that all nebular worlds are round by
nature on account of their circulating
motion, and civilization has proved
that swifter than the sandals of mer-
curry, quicker than the feet Of quadru-
peds and as feet as the wings of time,
is the new steed, the wheel.
AS the printing press was invented
to circulate knowledge, so was the
new steed invented to keep in circula-
tion mans inventive genius and sus-
tain the theory of circulation. Con-
| slider how many articles of signif-
canoe are of circular nature-the
coin, cannon, the compass, the watch,
| the ring, the crown, and last but not
| least, the wheel.
Each and all of these in their circu-
| lating course, turn the tide and affairs
of mankind and the progress and well
fare of nations. The cannon on the
land, the compass on the sea, the
crown on the brow, and the ring on
the hand, play an important part in
human destiny; giving to the royal
sovereignty, to the navigator, his
Mecca" and to all noble and God
fearing nations-liberty!T The coin, too,
must not be overlooked, for without
this little piece of rotundity, the wings
of the flights of genius would be clip
ped, and the enlightened nations of
today would be in primitive state,
for as Steel says I'VE may safely say
that without a knowledge of metals
man would have remained a barbar-
ian." But the wheel stands alone in
it's mission of civilization; for when
mounted on the new steed, what may
man not achieve? Whittier may he
not roam?
In the next century when horses
and camels are quite as much of cur
iosity as brachipods and trilobites are
in this, the wheel will be monarch of
all he surveys. 1t can already skim
the waters-who knows but that
wings may be sprouting for it in the
mind of some creatable genius.
Wheels are characteristic of this
century. Rushing times demand fleet
allies, and the wheel has met the de-
mand, in spite of the neighing of the
quadrupeds. The veto has passed
over and they must abdicate the
throne to the new power. Since ar
htration is more of snail like move
ment, and the wheel, that of the hare, |
the time may come when the new
steed will charge into the ranks of the |
enemy; for its chain has now been |
thrown aside, and with Patrick Hen
ry, it can cry, Give me liberty or give
me DEATH This will be only one of |
its missions, for the monarch's eye
ling orbit may Danish post roads and !
railroads and cause them to be inter
esting topics in the future Ancient
History. Even some of the city |
clergy are considering the importance |
of the wheel, for stalls have been |
erected for the use of the indefati-
gable steed, while the rider fills his |
pew. |
OF this monarch can be said what is
true of no other. It's despotism is a
delight, it's tyranny is pleasant, and
it's government source of health and
wealth. Long may he live!" all ma
tions cry and the echo will resound
generations and yet resound
through centuries now unknown. But
though the wheel may be a monarch. |
it should be limited monarch, know |
ing and obeying the voice of man. |
Man should guide and not be led |
away by his inventions, not even the |
pleasant despotism Of the wheel.
Let us then mount only the steed |
whose saddle is the seat of a we'll bal
anced mind, the wheels whose spokes
are the virtues united in the cogs of /
owe, whose handle bars are fashioned
With zeal and courage, whose pedals
ire sprung with thoughts OF relief and
mercy and tires which are inflated
With oxygen of pure and holy faith,
hat we may not only be pleasure eye
lists, but knight errants, bidden with
iod's speed to help right the wrongs