The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-06

bitter the sectional, the partisan,
whatever forms these shight take.
He lived worthily and died having
attained worthy ends, and he has left
to those who come after him remem-
bering of him in good deeds and a
goodly name This priceless heritage
will be to all generations of Trinity;
for this has become a real part of the
college, and will, through all, the
years, make it for tho~o Who woalG
catch an aspiration to true character
and genuine excellence, an ever shin
ing place"
with him the war ended at Apo
mattoX The bitter experiences of the
camp, the pain and hunger of prison
life and the smarting of a broken
pride did not mar his soul with re-
yengeful passions. Accepting the is
sues of the Confederacy in good faith,
he felt that the resuscitation of ruined
fortunes and broken civilization was
the supreme task before Southern
men. 1t was no time to nourish de-
spair, ii was no time to cherish ami
moSitieS, it was no time to court a
larger defeat. A new era for the
South had to be raised out of this
chaos of ruin, and he believed with all
his heart that there could be built IN
this wrecked region larger wealth
wasted no time in inflaming the minds
OF his young children with sectional
prejudices, but he tried TO open TO
their thoughts the prospects of a great
country and an era of marvellous pros
perity. He told them what he believed
could be done by faithful toll and eco
nomic habits, he inspired them to be-
lieve that they could achieve wonder
full success, and set himself to prove
things
have been the outcome of that little
country home if the father, embit-
tered in spirit and burning with pas
sion, mad filed the minds of his chill
dren with tales of despair? 1t is to
the everlasting credit of his patriot
ism and to fadeless honor of his fidel-
ity that he believed i'm the South when
it lay PROSTATE from the ravages of
war, that he believed it had an un-
surpassed future, and that it would
yet rise to have proud place in the
nations life
He traced some Of the great events
that paralleled the life of Mr.. Duke,
declared that mature did much for
this good man" and said:
But nature gave this man rare
mental powers. Education has its
large place III bringing out the pow
ers OF mind and of spirit: it does great
service In organizing mental faculties
and assuring symmetrical character;
it quickens mental activity and Sc
cures orderly methods of thought; it
develops sense of right proportions;
but after all, the gifts of nature are
the measure of the opportunities of
education. 1t can only carry forward
the work which nature has begun. vet
there have been notable instances of
exceptional accuracy and activity of
FpaSrm Il l. I'll. II
work of the schools, nor credited to
the methods of academic training. 1t
has been the common practice to class
these men IS Self-made men which
is no more than an easy way of dis
missing a complex problem. Viewed
from one standpoint all men are self
made men; for personal effort, though
1t be, under wise and expert direc-
lions. is the essential factor i'm ali men
tai development Yet in just as true
sense it may be said that no men
are self-made men; for whatever may
be the methods they have used, what
ever may be the resources upon which
they have drawn, whatever may be
the strength they have gained, all of
these have been gathered from outside
sources. Education is not confined to
the school, though all wise men will
readily admit that the school is the
surest and the most economic method
of education; but at the same time
these men are forced to acknowledge
that the academy has no papaI mo-
nopoly of learning or the benefits of
mental development. Too many men
who lacked academic training have
done wonderful things in art, i'm liter
ature, in government. in business. and
i'm all the vocations of life to DENY the
excellent training that may be gained
from large and varied experiences.
from having part in the hard tasks
of an enterprise, from a real COM
partnership with men, from taking ac-
tive parts in social and political prob