The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
KANSAS CONTENT
RESPECT FOR rHE pENr

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II there Is one axiom that is ac-
cepted by American patriots as being
fundamentally sound, 1t In that the
purity OF the courts is one of the bull
Warks OF our liberty. When respect
Tor the courts ceases, say the orators
hand.
When the people cease to respec:
the courts, the people won't be to
blame; the courts themselves will be
responsible Respect for an institu-
tion. ike love for a damsel, Is some
thing tnat can't be acquired or Guilt
waited; 1t must be spontaneous.
Inc people OF Kansas City are not
positively burdened with respect for q
court that has loaded its dockets with
thousands OF absurd cases against vio-
lators Of an obsolete Sunday law
cases that can never. by any POSSIBLE
ity come to trial. II the people fail
to take on their hats salaam in awe
struck admiration when that court is
mentioned whose is the fault?
IL is TOT the courts to maintain their
own reputation; not for the people to
do 1t for them.-Emporia Gazette.
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EVERY MAN A SPECIALIST.
1t Is a common thing to hear men
say, "Oh. I have three or four trades;
II this or that fails, can take up some
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there are a few men so exceptionally
well fitted that they are masters OF
several trades or professions, 1t is not
the rule. Conditions require that a
man shall do the thing he is engaged
in SO well that his work shall be per-
feet. Competition Is continually fore
ing the workers to the wall. The
skiIlful workman is well paid, but the
poor one is not wanted at any price
The ne'er-do-wells are almost all jacks
of-all-trades, but the successful man Is
a specialist.
Through the lack of confidence in
their own powers many very clever
people never come to the front. They
lack the confidence that comes from
the feeling that they are a master OF
some one thing The diffident child
at school should be made to feel that
in some one point they excel. and II
should be the aim Of the educator and
the parent to discover that talent, fol-
it exists in some degree or other In
every human being. Such encourage
ment however, should not be confused
with indiscriminate praise, which might
be responsible for bitter dtsappoint-
ment afterwards: but the word OF ap-
probation at the right time is often
Of incalculable value.
When possible, the best tuition should
be given to whatever study is taken
up, whether or not, it be the intention
at the time to turn the knowledge to
profitable account afterwards. It Is
a good thing to aim high and associate
with the best.
The unexpected SO often happens
that 1t is no uncommon thing for a
loss Of fortune to render 1t necessary
for the once wealthy to gain a living
by the use OF their hands, and brain
and it Is we'll that every one should be
provided against such day. There
is always work for those who rise
above the common level: but there Is
a plethora of mediocre talent.
Every child should. apart from Its
general education, be thoroughly well
equipped in one special study-not con-
tenting itself with a mere smatterine
Of the subject. but going deep down
to the root OF 1t. There are many
wasted moments that might be put to
a splendid use. and would be. were
the child to become rimbued with the
idea that in that one thing it would
excel. Every child will take pride
in some special possession, and 1t needs
only emphasis on the part OF those
who have its care in hand to develop
that pride and make the child assist
very materially in a specialism OF it
self.-Wichita Eagle.