Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-12

n and would nnt nse The marble. We
eannus be too 0hsersaut II the min
uiess defects In character,
HnmeF vas Q farmers son.
Isurian was u sculptor's' SOC.
pupe'S father was a merchant.
Milton was The sou 0f eopyist.
Naayrt's father was q book binder.
Charles Lamb WAS u servants son,
Goeihs'a father was a tailor.
shsksspeate's father was wool
merchant.
Oliver cEomwelI's father was a
brewer.
olotto. the artist. was a peasants
son,
Powers, the sculptor. was farmers
hoy.
wagners father vas q clerk In a
police court,
schubeFt's father was school mas
tor.
Marshall Ney Was a eooper's son,
Dickens father was poor clerk In
the navy payofflce.
Martin i.mther's father was a peas
ant and a woodman.
Cardinal woisey's father was but
cher.
Murat vas mn Inn.keepeF's son.
Handei's father was u country doc.
tor.
Napoleon was the son OF an humble
citizen.
Rollins father was q knffemaker.
virgiis father was a porter.
noticed the other day q table
that exhibited the fact that u certain
100 men had reached a combined
wealth going far up Into the billions.
Ono of the greatest needs of these
modern times h for the wealthy class
10 learn the powerksf money. wish
they could learn the gospei that Dom.
sic taught Drumsheugh Let's read
that paragraph from Bonnie Briar
Bush"
'ye think that am asking a great
thing when I plead for pickle notes
10 give a puir laddie college educa.
tion. tell ye. man. am honoria' ye
and gisin' ye the falrest chance yen
ever hae o. winning wealth. Gin ye
store the money ye has scrapit by
many a hard bargain. some heir ye
never saw Ill gar II fee In chamber.
Ing and wantoness. Gin ye had the
heart TO spend II ON a iad OF PARTS
like Gordie Hoo. W would hae two
rewards nae men could take frae We.
One wnd be the honest ggratitude %
n iaddie whose desire for knowledge
ye had satesfied. and the second wud
be this--anither scholar In the land.
and am thinking with said John
Knox that ilka scholar. Ii something
added TO the riches OF the common.
wealth. ~% -
When Socrates, In his Athenian pri
son, on the. das of his drinking the
fatal hemioek by court decree. was
about TO begin his argument Tor ths
Immortality of the soul, he said to his
followers: let us take hold OF one
annther's hands. as we enter into this
deep and rapid river, and let Us call
upon the gods for help" o. this oit
world Il Just dying for the milk OF
human Kindness, This devoat pagan
knew the power of hearts when In
tertwined.
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rs No great man fs naughty hi ego
tistical, Humility and simplicity are
the marks Of greatness, Esosism II
sure sign of an empty heart ani
rad. Men nf broad Information .hays
obtained that which discovers ID thesa
the sastness of vet untroairn felds
wisaem vet 10 he obtained dspressEt
qnd humiliates the mind. The mar
who poses III q knawall must ~
earn enough 70 know that heids n
tesnaa ef whfnh he has not the ~
motest conception. &%
- - go So - n
You cant judge the worth Of dia
mond by Its roagh exterior. The In
aians on the lovely Pacific slope toy,
I'D with hnggets that afterward made
multlmilliooalres, The tiny newsboyl
The shresdbare, homeless. shisering
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but what his brain and heart contaia
the bishop and magistrate 10 embryo |
on the ether hand. perhaps the shut |
fling, uncouth man. standing In the |
police courts On charge Of sagrancy
II conditioned - ~e are might hass
eclipsed IA On the other hand. ~ |
touched al the crucial point. this em,i