The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-14
ARP and TIE BOOKS.
Ss.s here IS No Entertainment
IS Cheap as Reading
GOOD BOOKS A BLESSING
o.. RI Bees Not Think "Un,!e TOMS
Ca5a a E~lessing-Otiler Matters Dis
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some LOtaUlc rcTSou-l DelleVe IL
VA Lady Montagre--said There is
~ entertainment SO cheap as reading |
am pleas.!e as lasting" Especially
= this .-ae nowadays when there is 90
much to read that is cheap, instructive
a.i Interesting. In fact, reading Is
now the best part Of a liberal educa.
ton. \ we'll read person is wiser, hap
p.er and better fitted for the duties
l.i trails Of life than the scholar who
Aa- graduated at the top in the arts
ana sciences. OF course, l mean good
readlug--such as history, ancient and
modern, biography. where We get both
example and precept; good story books
aud standard novels that teach gcoi
morals; good magazine literature and
goo! u~e"s?ap"1s, whose editors are
conscIet.iols AMI feel their RESPONSE
b!.tl Z. "As q man sows, go shall he
reap, = and we might as Truly soy what
achlid reads SO will bis or her moral
aud emotional character be. The
schools educate tue intellect only, but
realizing affects the heart, the emotions
aud passions and establishes the charac-
ter Of tie yoang for good OF for evil.
MN mas been defined to be q bHndle
of pr, jn1ices, and these prejudices
uo.t generally come from the books,
magazines or newspapers that we read.
Little stories like ''Androcies ana the
Lion or Damon and ''Pythias' have
nodded tie character Of Thousand %
children. AID jast so has "RObluson
Crusoe, the Young Marooners" and
the "Sviss Family Robinson" estub-
I!shed the characters OF children Of a
larger growth. Whether u man de-
spises or almires Napoleon depends on
Whether be has read Scott or Abbott.
WhetheB a man was a Wing or a Demo
cr.t in the Old times depended on the
newspaper he took. AS great a man as
DR.. Miller, who was an Old line Wing.
had contempt for Thomas jefferson
because he was per-se the founder OF
the Democratic party. Jefferson must
have been q very great man." SAIL !.
"!or be wrote the Declaration Of lnde-
rehdeHce.' ".And what is that" said
the doctor, ''hut q series of ungran-
matlcni p.atitudes that II schoolboy
might have written. The first sentence
Is ridiculous. for it says a decent re
spect for the opinions Of mankind. A
decent respect. Who ever heard Of az
indecent respect? Why didn't he say
re pect for and leave out the decent
an! he sceriied the whole document
from u whiS standpoint.
Well, | WAS ~rnm,ueting about this
while reading Percy Gregg's high
toned but merciless criticism of Harriet
BescAer Stowe, ''Uncle Toms Cabin
Gregg hnd sojourned IN the South dur
ing slavery times and knew the book
WAS q he when Il was written. and tina
t WIS written to inflame the Norther!
mind AID precipltate u collision. Tia
Beecher family was smart. u%nprincipleo
aud malignant. It was Henry Ware
Bcecher who melted old John Brown
10 his reckless deeds and daring an,
who declared from his pulpit tina
sharp rifles were better misS!Onarle
than Bibles. and that to shoot at
slave holder and miss him was a 81
against heaven. 1t was that ssm
Eevcher Who. While u preacher. seduce
tle wife Of one Of his members an
broke ~ TIE family. and after week
~ u m,ca t.lal got a withdrawing vel
Il ct from u packed committee.
BIt L WAS rHmluntluS about the !sl
rraetiug ILt.ueuce aud eject Of tns
irth AID Low it fire the nOrthe-
h-nrt md the English heat against II:
AMI how Il was n lie aai wholly mi-
represented our people, ana how Ii
Lord cursed Shemaish, one Of th
prophets, because ne made rue peopI