Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-12

J is to be made, II is well to know OF
there may be misfit. or course
one may do thing well. and moi
know much. but the result is largel,
an accident And accidents are moi
always desirable. And so we con
clude that there must be a time fol-
preparation-a getting ready for the
thing to be done. II is, indeed. ne
cessary that this be done at the be
sinning--not the end of life. Old age
is bad place to begin this life. |,
may do for some other life, but not
this one. II is not wise to begin
climbing at the top Of ladder-bet.
ter begin at the bottom. And SO In
childhood and youth We try to learn
the use OF the instruments that we
may accomplish afterward.
The child. when 1t first tries to
drive nail usually strikes the fin
gers-and so also some women |
have known-and few men. with
language
There are some things that can be
taught, and some things that must be
learned The boy standing on the
bank of the stream may be told how
to work his hands and feet that he
may swim. but the water may be
cold and he may be timid, and the
best tning in his case Is. to push him
m-better throw him In. He will
learn to swim, but not by standing on
the bank shlvering while he listens
to lecture on the art But while we
That he do not drown. { nave some
times thought that schools were
much the same way Ordinarily to
hold your breath and keep your hands
and feet going VIII be sufficient to
keep you afioat for time. You can
ments of treading water or lying on
Your back and floating.
Something like this is the school
You can be put in the way OF doing
some things, but the actual doing
must depend at last on the individual
On the train. one day. | listened
with mucn interest to very pom
pous man discussing the silver ques.
''oh ana l t'ousht ne ala 80 win
much ability. saw him the next
day selling ribbons about town. and
MS taih WAS prooapiy ieSsehed 10 that
eN'en'
Knowledge is largely matter of
experimentation our own or others
Wnen our own we draw upon 1t by
memory. when others. 1t is usually
stored Up In books, which, when read
in greater or less degree, again be-
comes memory to be drawn upon
wnen required.
knowledge. however obtained, Is
indeed power" for good or evil. We
do well II we accumulate a hoard of
dollars-but II the hoard consists OF
counterfeits We have gained nothing.
In this getting OF understanding"
one OF the principal things to be done
is TO get rid OF much that is not true.
II VIII be better that we know not
TOO much tnan to know much that Is
neither good nor trne. In this lies
the great TASK.
When lad l gathered blackber.
RES IN the wood. MY pail might be
soon hiled II with the berries gath
cred leaves and branches-but the
berries mad to be sorted. and much
was thrown awsy-the task WAS
siighted and the waste WAS lost.
However, some good came from the
iaDor. Ana 80 OF tnis setting OF IN
derstahhihg 1t Is great thlng 10
know mat winch Is true now and true
Ior all time-that which VIII STAND
me cniilhg ana endure
me schooi pears very important
RELATION 10 TINS mater. IL IL not all
nut part Inc man VINO buys
scythe ana sharpehs IL mas not mar
vested ms crop he mas H. II ID true
ths instrument by Whlcn II ma5 De
done IN measure, out aIter al there
Is lhe toii ahead. r-
IL Is quite thing 10 graduate from
other SCHOOLS ana coieses and UNI
versities. does not signify That
we know much, out II 10 something 10
our credit lhat we Know a nttie. IL
is promise that We may know more
by and by
have sDmetimHR Thought that II