The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-08
JUDGE c. C. GOODWINS OBLIGATORY ADDRESS ON
THE OPENING OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY AT BOISE


pure than was the fire kept burning
in Vesta's temple, for that was but a
superstitious sacrifice. while this will
De the lamp of learning and truth
light.
The giver has possibly forgotten that
ne wrote the check that made this
structure possible. but il is credited in
the great ledger above. and en- earth
VIII remain a link in the golden chain
Of his fame.
He has fulfilled his trust toward
Boise, he has supplemented the gIorified
work OF your ladies' Columbian club.
and given them a habitation. but it i'm
poses new obligations upon you.
Inc men and women of Ida no should
be better for this benefaction.
IL brings TO them and places them in
accord with all the glOrified men and
women who have lived and died. but
VINO in life stamped their thoughts and
acts in such a way upon the world that
ther voices are still heard their forms
sun pass in review before us. and. i'm
this exalted company. the manhood and
WomanhOOd Of the state should be ex-
allied.
was in Boise twenty-three years
ago 1t was then but a little hamlet.
surrounded by a desert.
Inc editor Of the paper that was then
mere, brought me bartlett pear that
ne mad raised in his garden to show
ne mat Idaho could produce fruit equal
10 oregon and superior to California
Inc change since then has been a
transformation Behold the fair city.
the miles and miles Of orchards. golden
grain and flowers.
l take it as a symbol Of another
transformation which is to be
Idaho has been blessed by some noble
men and women. men and women who
SO impressed themselves upon the state
and nation. that, though some Of them
nave fallen asleep, the forms are still
familiar to us all.
But they were pioneers. They blazed
the first trails of the state. they erected
the first signal stations which were a
notice that place called Idaho existed.
and claimed recognition.
But the native sons and daughters of
the state. what of them?
II is almost time to begin TO look for
them.
In this marvellous state. so blessed
with all natural things that can cOutTi-
butte to a states greatness; so fertile
in soil. so rich in mines. so heaIthfuI
in climate so abundant in resources. so
inspiring in scenery; so fitted to develop
beauty and energy and courage and in
telligence and enterprise What are
our children to be?
They should early receive the i'm
preston that if they for themselves do
not make a good accounting. they will
De reprOach to the men and women.
who. amid dangers and hardships, laid
the foundation of their fair state and
gave 1t high standing in the republic.
They should keep In mind, too. that
while the accumulation of wealth IS
most laudable and necessary, it is not
all that is needed
1t does not last unless it is rams
muted into glorified thoughts. or acts
of mercy. or herOism or devotion to
duty, or patriotism as strong as life
or into words or works that make men
and women better and happier
This library is light i'm the win
dow of Idaho toward which all her chill
dTen may turn.
Here they may learn the worlds il
luStriOus names and may mark how
caught the Inspiration which enables
men to still hear i'm thought. their
voices in thought. to see them as they
were on their swift journey from the
cradle to the grave.
Each son of Idaho should set light
in his window for the guidance Of those
who walk in darkness without. and
keep in thought that no investment
pays so great an interest in this world
or the world to come, as d cOnSeCra-
ton of ones life to duty and the
thought that the prosperous should
keep i'm mind is. that they should not
too long postpone the beginning of