St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-17
EXPANDING THE Mind
DIR. MAIDEN TALKS TO YOUNG
MEN ON EDUCATION AS A
SUCCESS FACTOR.

Vnlocks Hidden Observation-Disclosures
Fail as Result Of Neg.ecting
Early Educational Ad-
vantages.
By DR.. orison SWEET Marden.
teo'tor Success Magazine. Author Of
Architects of Fate" etcl
Gascoigne
HEN Lincoln on his way to Wash
III 1ngton before his first Inaugural
ton passed Rutgers college it wa1
pointed out to him, and he exclaimed:
'Oh. that is what have always regret
ted, the want OF college education.
Those who have it should thank God
for it" Many famous men, and many
men successful in business and money
making. have uttered like regrets, yet
thousands OF young men every year
drop the pursuit Of knowledge the min
ute their parents allow ii, and rush
into purely material pursuits, con-
temptuously exclaiming: What's the
use OF education?" Xavier Doudan
when he said: What matters, say
some, a little more knowledge for u
man, little more liberty. little more
general development? Life is 30 short,
he Is being so limited; but it is pre-
cisely because his days are few, and he
cannot attain all, that little more cul
ture is of importance to him. The ig
norance in which God leaves man is
divine; the ignorance IN which man
leaves himself Is crime and a
shame"
Expand to Your Limit.
Will an education pay? We nigh.
as well ask, Will it pay rosebud 10
unfold its petals and fling out its fra
GRANGE and beauty to gladden. the
world? Will it pay an acorn to be-
come an oak? Why should it be Ques-
toned that 1t pays to develop to its
fullest extent all that is best in man,
and to endow him with the wisdom
that all past generations have worked
to discover and make available? The
highest service young man can rem
der to himself and to the world is to
make the most possible out of the
stun that is in him, to develop himself
not partially, not narrowly, not in a
one-sided way. but Systematically, in
. large way. 1t is his first duty not to
make money, but to make the best
possible man of himself. A half-devel-
oped human being is not a man.
No other investment of time Or. cash
Aon nOuo1 nm invocfrnorf v.odo IN Vow.
self. What other advantage can pos
sibly compare with education, which
opens wider the doors of anotherwise
narrow life? How much money would
match the wealth of expanded powers,
Of unfolded possibilities? If you are
college man, can you estimate In dol
lars and cents the advantages which
your college course has gwen you? II
you have made the most of your oppor-
grander man in every way. Money is
not the measure of the highest value.
There is something greater and nobler
In life than piling up dollars or the
ownership of houses, lands and rich
furniture. To be millionaire Of
brains and culture, to have a broad
outlook upon life, to have ones horizon
extended as far as possible, will give
greater satisfaction than money or
fame.
Riches in Mental Training.
When a well-known New York mer-
chant prince was called upon to invest
In an expedition to recover from the
Spanish Main mahogany and doubloons
which for half q century had lain in
sunken frigates, he replied:
"But, young men, l know of better
expeditions than this right at home.
deep under the sea Of neglect and ig- |
norance and encouragement. Near |
your own feet lie treasures untold, and !
you can have them for your own BY |
earnest watch, and faithful study, and |
proper care. Let US not be content TO
mine the most coal, make the largesr
aocomotives and weave the largest
quantities of carpets; but, amid the
sound Of the pick, the blows of the
hammer, the rattle of the loom and the
roar Of the machinery, take care that
the immortal mechanism of Gods own
minds fully trained to the
highest and noblest service. This is
the most enduring kind Of property to
acquire q property of soul which no
disaster can wreck or ruin. No power
can ever take from you your invest
ment in knowledge"
It is q mean, low estimate of an oc
cupation to look upon 1t merely as q
means of getting ones bread and but
ter. or shelter. Some time ago I was
talking to q farmer about sending his
son to college.
"How much more money do you
think my boy could earn if he went to
college?"
AS il mere wealth could be COM
pared with an elevated, expanded and
mind; as II money, with a
narrow mental horizon, with a SCARED
md rutty life, could for one moment
compare with the satisfaction Of living
h or being in touch with the world in
M its great interests, and possessing a
mind elevated by love Of wisdom and
high thoughts. To love ones mental
ty stirred by the passion for expan-
lion: to be lifted out Of the narrow
mt OF ignorance and introduced to the
,reatest minds of all time; to come
INTO real appreciation of art and ma
ure. to feel the divine touch of sci
.nce: to be brought into close, rela-
with tina entire universe to |