The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-24
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to The edcherS

~ IS delivered DE-
hers Institute OF
81 County, w. Va, on the
u AUGUST ~, 1906, ct
e6h house by Mr.. Dabney
Sc the C1arhburg bar.
No fres was followed by
~ rom a lecture being pre-
81 Mr.. Lee, a selection en-
the sssacre Of tlehcoe
Scotland in 1892:
ard gentlemen: have
invited by our respected
6bi5V Suber1ntendent, Mr. Og-
efo address you this evening,
81 any subject / might select,
possible interest to you
an say honestly and without
ION. say that it is an honor
sonpliment, which I deeply
fsefate. That there is any
iffiie I may have to say, that can
the attention, and arouse
interest," of an audience so IN
ieent and also as it Is the
ti-I6e that 1t has been my priv
10 address a meeting OF
s6ers IN my native county OF
.Eiscn A county, whose cap
IA Il named in honor OF General
14earge Rogers Clark, whose abll-
IN and heroism saved from BTU "
Ssh aggression to. the OLlree
states the Northwest territory OF
VIRGINIA. and which is the birth
,1isee 81 Stonewan" Jackson,
5lh6se fame for the purity and
Grandeur Of his character,as wen
s IA his material achievements, Is
national.
taTnen. IS one for which have
acIIiiar respect. Surely it IS
grand and noble work; guleflnS
and instructing, TIE opening anu
sgo1dering mind of youth, pre-
3aring the child for the duties
and responsibilities OF citizen
.ssh15 shaping and directing the
wizard march of civilization:
sT1bere can be no standard OF ex-
eiIence in your profession TOO
55ab no self-eonsecratioR too
Is related of famous pub
sc teacher III
3iime of Charles II, whose TenoWn
become so great, that he was
once visited by the King Whohs
- received with every mark OF
Tsaneet. but without removing nus
- On tae Kings withdrawing
hen out oe sight of the boys the
4eac6er apologized for not uncov-
} S5sel -,Iodr iI7 the presence of his
23557nfls. saving 'FSire, If my boys
fba,Ioiht there was a greater man
IN England than l am ~ co s. uo
nothing with them The famous nous
TF Arnold, of Rugby, SAID that
IL never felt 50 much like uncoE-
,sring his head, than when VIZ
,,essing the spectacle OF an honest
lind striving and struggling 70
-nJegstand something difficult: II
,vss Dr. Arnold, who instructed IN
20 vonth. one whose name mas
a5de7 lustre and glory to our
..ese General Charles George GOT
5on fbe soldier martyr, the nero
tf Karboum, who Wion tng be-
Soria Croas cleaning upon nus ne
roic bosom, surrounded by tnous-
aS5s Of fanatical Moslemen Ioes,
t5sed uponi the sands OF the hy ~
5sssrt sacrificing himself with q
cI,ist-liIe devotion in behalf OF
Sa;Iiions Iyho had no other helper
.T;hrsry building in Washington
there fittingly rests a fgue repre-
.sentinq 4 gigantic burning toren 1S
sn1,lematlc Of living knoWieose
sn5 leaving. 1t is yourself IA
5;es and gentlemen, who possess
~ honorable distinction, who en-
io s., Inc glorious privilege, OF pass
~ from generation to generation
tx ,5ag1 Tho ages, this flaming loren
II printing be the art preset rorl,
hive Of all arts, surely your "ofN
1e1Sers this art possible.
No. race that has ever maze II
i,,st-;ons the annals OF man
I'D has greater inspiration than
AlI@ r. e said that civilization
plant that grows under tne
snow. Between the tnlrt i.4Io
twentieth parallels OF latituG ats,.
5well the races that donalnaUe SiO7
ssFor The North is patient ana
STRONG ri tickle is the South; .
non The time when the Vlck5
800 with their ships plougheo
re waters of the German o' t1e
q sSSS, their might the
llRss of the earth, have
csassa to possess ana eAeI-