The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-15
THE ART OF SEEING.
Study the World and Get an. EAneaa
don ~ Absorption.

don ~ Absorption.
John wahamaker was once asked 10
invest In an expedition to recover
dousioons from the Spanish mar.
which for hiaf a century had lain at
the bottom OF the sea in sunket frsg.
ates ist eaos baa 6 ifil
young men, he replied. 4 know Of
a better expedition than this tigh1
heref Near your own feet lie treas.
ures untold. You can have them all
by lfssthtul study B.hr3ca fauhsa es,
p '14etlusl notabe content to mine the
most GOAL to make the largest Ioepmo,
/ tiyes, to weave the largest quantities
Of carpets, but amid the sounds of the
pick, the blows 81 the hammer. the rat
tie 81 the io6ns aud the fodr or the
machinery take care that the Immortal
mechanism Of God's,fown, hand the
miha+-is still full trained for the high
estiand MODEST service ss,.a .aF 81,
The Ignorant man Is always placed
at a great disadvantage. No matter
how much natural ability one may
have, II he Is ignorant he Is discount.
ed 1t is not enough to possess ability
itmust be- made available byGmental'
discipline. We ought to be ashamed to
remain In ignorance In a land where
the blind, the deaf and dumb, where
even cripples and invallds, manage to
get good education. The trouble Is
that many youths throw away little
opportunities for self culture because
they cannot see great ones, and they
let the years slip by without any spe-
cial effort at self improvement until
they are shocked in middle life or
later by waking up to the fact that
they are still ignorant Of what they
ought to know
1t is not absolutely necessary that an
education should be crowded into
few years Of school life. The best
educated people are those who are
always learning, always absorbing
knowledge from every possible source
and at every opportunity. know
young people who have acquired a bet-
ter education. finer culture, through 4
habit of observation or carrying book
or article in the pocket to read ut odd
moments or by nklng courses in cor
respendencc schools than many who
have gone through college. Youths
who are quick TO catch at new ideas
and who are in frequent contact win
superior minds not only often acquire
personal charm, but, even to re-
markable degree, develop mental
power.
The world is great university.
From the cradle to the grave we are al
ways in Gods great kindergarten
where everything Is trying to teach
US Its lesson. to give us its great Sc
cret. Some people are always Mt school.
always storing mp precious bits of
knowledge. Everything has a lesson
for them. 1t all depends upon the eye
that cpn see, the mind TINT can appro
PIRATE, Very few people ever learn
how TO use fhe!r eyes, They go through
the world ~ltli d superficial glance at
things. Their eye pictures are so faint
and SO dim that detiils are lost. and no
strong ln.prjsslOnis made onitlie mind
The eye was intended for great ed
ucator. The brain is n prisoner. never
getting out to the outside world, It de,
Ponds npon its five or six servants, the
senses. to bring it material. and the
larger part Of 1t comes through the eye
The man who has learned the art Of
seeing things looks with his brain
Success ahad adhi1tf fssbdl