Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-31

| ei anu nearer, lHey SlBuaIeu Tor hef
to send them some water To theil.
amazement the answer came back
dip it up" Surely there must have
been some mistake. And the request
was repeated. and again the answer
came back. Dip 1t up" The men
could not understand such inhuman.
ity and again the request was made
| Send us some fresh water-we arc
| dying of thirst" and again the same
| answer came back, Dip it up Fin.
ally, one of the sailors lowered a
| bucket and when he tasted its con.
tents, he found that the water was
fresh. All unknown to them, for they
had lost all knowledge of their bear
ings-they had drifted into the place
where the great Amazon empties her
refreshing waters into the ocean, and
! they were dying OF thirst, with fresh
water everywhere around them
There are thousands of men and WON.
en- who are drifting helplessly and
aimlessly upon the sea of life-with.
out compass or rudder, without any
u'hhi't pun DbNt III me, scanning lNt
faroff distant horizon for opportuni
ties, when they lie close at hand ev-
erywhere around them.
| want to congratulate the class oi
'O6 upon the selection of your splen-
did class motto, Non Quantum, sed
Tantum,' for 1t shows that you appre
ciate one of the truest standards OF
life. One of the greatest curses of
our modern civilization is its deifica
tion of mere bulk and magnitude.
The world is very apt to admire
quantity al the expense of quality.
and we need constantly to be remind
ed that thoroughness and genuineness
are two of the great foundation prin-
ciples upon which all of the strong
est and noblest characters have been
built. 1t is one of the chief glories
of this western country in which we
live that it has developed genuiness
of character Here at least we Judge
a man not for what he has but for
what he is--for those sturdy qualities.
OF genuiness and thoroughness and
honesty and integrity. which are the
marks of true manhood and true WON
anhood. Non Quantum. sed Tan
tum," not quantity. but quality.
To some of the members lof the
class of 1906. this commencement
means the end of their school days.
education and learning. But to each
and every one of you ii means new
beginning. the entrance into larger
and more splendid sphere of activity.
You are going forth to SOW the seeds
in the great upturned field alike. And
| want to ask you to remember this
simple metaphor of sowing and reap
ing. from which | have endeavored to
draw lesson for you this evening:
To remember that this great world
into which you are going, with all
the power and vigor and freshness
of youth, is not a world that is order
ed by chance. but ~ world that is or
dered by law to world where wo
reap precisely what we SOW and moth.
ing else. Every action, no matter how
trivial and Insignificant it may seem,
must nave Its effect upon the final
harvest of your lite-your character
for 1t Is taken hold of by these great
eternal forces of nature. and must
grow into something valuable, or
something worthless. "Non Quantum
sed Tantnm"-not how much you SOW
in the great field of life-but how
wisely and now well. And do not de
spise these quiet uneventfnl days OF
life, these days when the seeds of
life's harvest are being sown. but
learn to see In each moment as It
passes some opportunity for develop.
ment and growth. that will strength
en- and prepare You to go forth and
meet the trials and temptations and
dangers that you will encounter upon
the journey of life. For whatsoever
a. man sowefh, that shall he also
reap"