The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
Mr.. REEDS SPEECHES.

Il. Reed was not a great orator IN the
.,,n7,oply accented sense ot the term mn
bie ntterHnces have always att'ae''"
marked attention In their depth of thought /
,rh, address below win he noted FOR us !
c,svatlon Of sentiment and the adequacy 'l
us cxpression may be surprise TO 'hoN'
rbo think Of the ny-speakcr only HS tpe
author Of Reeds rules;
r1r IMMORTALITY OF coon DEEDS
nouvered In Philadelphia In 1898 on ths
-, centennial OF Girard collegel
sIv hundred and atty or seventy years
400 england. which during the following
nerIod OF nearly seven centuries mas useH
tbe richest country on the face OF the giooe'
hagan 10 establish two great universities
.tIon tro,n the banks of the Cam and 1878
bave sent forth great scholars ana p"e7'o
ana statesmen whose fame Is the history u
their own country, and whose aeeuS nav
heen mart OF the history OF every 'u"u ~
sea. During all that lons peri"d' reuen ..',
-, oEo vears before II was even dreamer
that this great hemisphere tH's'I1' 80 a,r
,he world knew 1t was swinging III sNe ~
"a rolling about the sun, kings ana ca.
go rohlea md great churchmen, tD Ivy,
learned aud the pious, began .S,1r "ifts
mon those sbodes OF schVlsss bovs con
81 land and money; and they. LAY tlme
,tnned their beuefactions down 20 our nv - M
What those universities, with az nv. % "a
ma colleges teeming with scholars iot ~
nnS nave done for the progress OF eiNlllAh
zion and the good OF man, thlS Wnu,e ,,,r
ing could not begin 70 tel Eren ore
ate fhe Burprising picture. Nevertheless tn,
Institution at which most OF you utul ="
have been. pupils Is at the beginning or
nereer with which those great uuiverslue
and their great histories may sttussW y
vain for the palm OF the greatest uselu t ~
tnaSa n evident that this possibility Is no
The creation Of imagination or the prodnE
~ W dav reel herself too great 70 cherish
lint a simply and plain possi6llty Whlc
ms the sanction OF mathematics as we
Although more than elk centuries 9
regal, princely and pious donations nav
been poured into the purses OF these Tene
able aids TO learning, the munihcence
one American citizen today anords an el
fowment income equal 20 that OF each pn
comnleted his work, viii a1ord an incou
superior to the income. Of both WIZ
time has s SShs h and f merchSHt may
found TO have come nearer immortnn
than the long procession Of kings and chr
inais mobiles and statesmen, whose pow
was mighty In their own days, but vi
arc only on their way to oblivion. l Z
Wherein Tie wisdom OF the founder requiT
facts and things to be taught rather ~
words and signs can as yet make no ela
uItI mat progress OF the world: but Il i
rs own mission as great aud as high 9
one which connects Itself more nearly vi
the practical elevation OF mankind
whether the overriding Providence
which we talk 50 much and know so ut
has each OF us IN His kindly care aud ke
lug we shall better know When our NIT
have the broader scope which Immortal
viii make posslbie. But, however, men NJ
dlenfita over Individual care, Ills care o.
the race ~ whole fills n the pngas OF
man history Unity and progress are
watchwords of the divine guidance, and
matter how harsh has been the trestm'
BY one man Of thousands of men, ev'
great event or series Of events. has b,
Cor the good Of the race Were shia