The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-04
temptations that go with wealth and

temptations that go with wealth and
power.
What then is our need today? We
surely have not reached that perfec- I
ton which permits us to be satisfied |
with either our condition or our at
tainments. Utopia is still an ideal,
not reality. Yes, we need good citi- |
zenship, but back OF that we need
| the things which will produce good
citizenship. II were to answer The
question, would say that we need
character and education. These two.
for they must go hand IN hand, the;
one :complementing the other to make
| the fully rounded man or woman.
Character for, without character, the
abilities developed by education will
be turned into unworthy channels;
! and education for, without education,
character cannot make its power eff
! fective. The school is a failure If it
does not develop character as we'll as
! ability, and the church is failure IL
/ it only makes Of us singers of hymns
and sayers of prayers.
When say that we need education,
1 1 do not mean SO much that we need
more schools, more technical institu-
lions. more colleges, more universities.
No, not that But mean that we
need a realizing sense, on the part
LOT parents and young people. of the
value of the advantages which are
spread about us with such a lavish
a hand, and determination that, SO
far as lies in their power, those adj
J vantages shall not be neglected. Not
. educational facilities so much as an
even more general use of those which
we now have and which we are sure
: to have in the future.
Education is not only a privilege.
but duty. 1t has higher aim than
I. to enable us to make living, or than
! the cultivation and establishment OF
personal talent 1t has world
2 wide mission. But viewed only from
: the standpoint OF self-interest educn'
ton is worth while. We all want $ &c.
icess. We want to be successful
merchants. successful engineers. sue
cessful doctors, successful lawyers
But success is not for sale. We can
not buy it. We can only win 1t by
careful preparation and persistent eff
fort. And the man or the woman who
is trained for that effort Is just as
sure TO win over the unframed one
as the trained athlete Is sure 70 Wiz
from his Impractical opponent. or
trained soldiery is sure to overcome
disorganized mob
Do not misunderstood me. / do mo-
mean to say that man cannot ac
i complish great things without educa
ton. I honor the self-made man al
n much as any one. honor the maj
% who without advantages pushes on
2, ward and upward to success am
l. achievement Lincoln and Jack
y son are notable examples OF men VIII
~ oyercame the privations of penur,
Y and rose to splendid SUCCESS. Cour
sr age and character and persistence vii
~ ~ prevail wherever found Sometime
Df tho so-called self-madc man is no
y y SO much Of success as he himsel
Is thinks he is. You all remember tn
u y, story OF the rich merchant who whel
p boasting that he was se1f-made mar
y was informed that he had relieved tn
We Almighty of a grave responsibility
r. But my experience has been that tn
g man who has been hampered by tn
~ lack OF schooling is the most arden
Sc advocate of the gospel of education
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