The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-01-14
He Was Right.

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+ ~ had the choice of leaving
|SaS boy money or brains, should
ve Kim bralns," was the remark
by& gentleman not long ago.
There is a great deal of good
ae in his remark. Undoubtedly
sbrains" is the most valuable pos
session man can have. No mat
Or howt much money man may
have, WITHOUT the brains to keep it,
III viii soon melt away. On the
Eother hand, brains is lifetime pos
Sessfon that never diminishes, but on
Ethe contrary increases. With brains
one can not only make money, but
Eean always command it. Those
who have money are always ready
to place it at the disposal of man of
brains, who can use it to their adj
vantage. Men who have had large
experience, who understand bust
ness affairs, are never at a loss for
positions of honor and trust. 1t is
only the incompetent who find pay
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Fean not keep them when found.
Ofscourse. the term "brains" has
kabroad Specification. 1t means all
kdegrees of intelligence in different
Hines A man may be brainy in one
thing and not in another, that is he
tmay be a specialist, he may be
[brainy in a number of things, or
different persons may have different
degrees of brains. But the idea is
this, that common sense mind
being trained possesses according to
its training the quality of brains, :"
and in proportion to this quality of
acquiring honor, respect, and COM
Lpetence.
No matter what the quality of
brains person possesses. it can be
largely increased by education. If one
can without education accomplish
great things, with education, the same
person can accomplish still greater
things. To struggle through life
with an unframed mind is a serious
disadvantage that few can success
full overcome. There are of course
instances when uneducated men have
done great things, but in every case
it will be found that those same per
sons educated themselves along the
lines where they made successes, by
careful observation Of conditions,
surroundings, human nature and the
things in which they were interested.
Had those same persons had a
trained mind, they could have &C
complished more in less time, be-
eause they would have been able to
grasp their work more readily and to
extend it along broader lines.
No matter how much mind one
has unless it is trained it is ineffec
tive. Training may not be gotten in
school, but it must be gotten some
fwhere, by observation, conversation,
or instruction else mind will still be
mind, and the person never achieve
ssbra1ns."
3. IDthese hus:ling days when every
body is rushing to the public and
private schools to get all the train
ingshe can to advance him as far as
possible in the struggle for existence,
it's wise indeed for every young
han and woman to secure all the
education possible. And it is a
duty every parent owes his child to
give him the opportunity to acquire
all the training possible. The pa
rent should see that his child shall
have every chance to convert his
mind into brains. And the first
step is to send him to school regu-
larly and constantly. If the parent
is~poor he is under still greater
obligations to put the child at
school. and keep him as long as he
possibly can. Xxx.
4 Charles King and his company
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