The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-05-27
Present. Past and Future.
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/ most nearly attained perfection IN
certain vocation of life as their mod
ell, and strive to equal it. And
among the models that have been
| taken, and win continue to be taken
| in future ages, stands pre-eminent-
ly the high and noble character of
| Henry Woodfin Grady. The man,
who with strong intellect, a pure
character, an energetic viii, strove
so ardently to carry out the plan,
which 1t seemed that God had so
gloriously designed for his life work.
The untiring energy that he mani
| tested in uniting his beloved south
| land with the North will ever be
foddly cherished in the hearts of the
American people. Ii was through
the influence of Sir Walter Scott
that Mark Twain was inspired TO 20
to South America, and through an
assumed name, was anle through
his literary genius to discharge an
enormous debt, which he owed.
our time is characterized by q
great educational movement. Edu-
cation was never widely ditIused.
1t is through the common school
system OF today that thousands OF
poor boys and girls are given oppor-
tunities of developing their powers
which otherwise would lie dormant.
In some countries compulsory edu-
cation is enforced. Cuba, the island
which q few years ago sought TO
sever the bonds OF tyrannical OPP
preston of Spain, now enjoys,
through the fundamentally of the
American people, full educational
advantages of today. Through the
innumerable presses of eur time we
may read the transactions that hap
pen daily in all parts of the world;
not only this, but also the leading
political, social, scientific and reltg-
ious topics are daily discussed ana
read in newspapers and magazines.
Mr.. Carnegie is giving his millions
for educational interests. He Is es-
tablishing universities and public
libraries over all parts of the globe.
Miss Gould, Vanderbilt. Stanford
land Miligan are doing the same.
Time would not suffice to ennmerate
the public institutions that they
have established in late years. Not
only these are giving their money
for educational purposes, but the
poorer class are donating their hard
earned money to get good schools In
their communities.
AS to inventions, We may say,
that more have been made in the
last few years than in many other
centuries. Think of the wonders ac-
complished by steaml Railroads
thread the continent from shore to
shore carrying their ponderous car
goes Of freight. They have accel-
erated.to traveb built up manufac-
turel ELECTRICITY is scarcely accom-
plishing less. I In fact, In the flu
ture it bids fair to accomplish
much more. ( 1t carries our messages
lights our streets and carries our
cars. To The matchless genius OF
Thomas Edison is due most of the
praise of the people of today for in
ventiOns. Among some OF his i'm
portant inventions are the phono-
graph, graphophone, and our mean
descent lamps. While the sewing
machine has taken the place OF the
needle In the house, the reaper and
mowinR-machine have suppianted
the scythe and the sickle in the
field. Breech loading rifles have
driven out the muzZle loading flint
lock. Swift armored battle ships
have taken the place of high deeked
war vessels
/ OnH Oh It1E ACh GAlai 1AANA A~hA~@
of this age IL that of scientific inqui-
ry. AS people become more inteiii..
| gemt and enlightened, their wants and
desires Increase. Never before in
the history of the world have people
manifested such intense and ardent
desires for scientific inquiry. Ma
ture in all her manifold forms is be-
/ ing questioned as never before.
This was not the spirit of the people
few years before Bacon. They
had no desires to reach out and
grasp the hidden. treasures of ma
ture. Content were they to follow
in the steps of Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle and all of the Greek phil
osophers, never for once dreaming
that they, departing
Might leave behind them
Footprints on the sands OF time.
Bacon saw the fault of his age and
in his works he strove to remedy
them. And, in vain, he strove not.
For, although, 1t was some years
after his death, the powerful infu-
ence of his works like O mighty
hammer, struck the silent bell,
causing every particle to be set In
motion, and cry out with LOUD
| VOlc6-ON " AMI Il En- 6h1 w .
hear not the last echoes of that
same peal reverbrating over the dis
tant hills and valleys of today, but
1t is lust now reaching it's loudest
| and clearest tone-ONWARD--EV-
Err, EVER--ONWARD. To Illus
trate this principle of inquiry, j
would cite you to the University to
be erected at the capital of the
| United States. Mr.. Carnegie has
donated SIG, 000, 900 TO the government
to build a national university at
Washington for the purpose of In
vestigation. 1t will be equal with
those of the old world, so that the
students who wish to finish their
course will not have to go abroad
to receive instruction, but may re-
main in their home country. All
the sciences treating of nature, as:
Geology, Botany, Chemistry and
Zoology, have been wonderfully ex-
banded In the last few years. The
superstitious ideas of the Indians
concerning eclipses OF the sun aud
moon are easily explained by the
average school boy of today.
One of the strongest claims to SUI
periority of this age 10 the advance
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