Newark post., 1910-06-15

MIN what he can do; the government
lets out contract for battleship TO
make SO many knots an hour. and the
builder knows teiore she leaves the
ways, what she will do. He has calcu-
'ated to nlccty the resstances to be
overcome and the power necessary.
Millions are at stake and no m s.
takes must be made in meeting the de
mands. Apply this test to yourselves
and the only intelligent answer that
can be given must be based upon a
thorough knowledge of yourself. What
are my abilities, capabilities and
adaptabilites2
So many launch at random upon
llte sea. hoping to strike a favors sble
wind and tide, and thus be carried on
to fame and fortune. How foolish!
his explains the multitude OF wrecks
III all lines OF liie.--sad is it to behold
the multitudes of derelicts on liie's
sea. floating hither and thither, and
going nowhere, sinking in few years
out of sight unniss"d and unmourned
Not so the builder of the battleship
tie doesn't build to drift but to sail.
He doesn't depend upon the chance
wind and current, tut upon the power
OF his engine and the normal resistance
OF the sea. If the wind and tide favor,
all is well. and his success is multiplied
but II circumstances oppose, his ship
will make her contract speed in spite.
My young friends, don't depend upon
chance for success. but de-erd upon
the known powers i'll your own being
and the known forces external to your
self with which you have the appliances
for connection, and to do this YOU
must know yourself The railroad en-
glneer knows how much OF load his
locomotive can pull, because he knows
the resistance, the grade and the power
OF his engine, and when he starts he
goes through. Self knowledge is ne
cessary to make book knowledge use
tul: Book knowledge is not sought
tor itself 1t may be useful or not.
'lhe facts you have CLEANED from books
may never be OF any value. Some
students ask why should | study Greek
or Latin or Mathematics or Chemis-
try. etc. | shall never use it. That
may be. but there is mental power
developed in the effort to acquire that
goes to the permanent enrichment OF
the mind a--power in direction or
i'saSbiA- tidl Aollli lh't lldNC Dttll dI-
qured in any other way. but once ac-
CURED may be used in thousand
ways. \ knowledge of thysef fur
nshcs an intelligent starting point for
higher and broader attainments. Your
= schooldays are not ended II you are
true to yourself you will always be a
student. There will always be voices
from the greatest heights to which
other men have arisen andsfrom the
CONSCIOUSNESS oi your own capablit,
and from the innate craving to know
bidding to higher heights. deepe,
depths and broader brcsdthS. and tc
these voices you must respond. You,
schoodaXs within these walls and IN
der these teachers may be at an en,,
but the college. the university may Ii,
before you, and aside from or be
yond these there is the broader Schoo
OF business. contact with men and witt
nature, the school oi the society. tho
State and the Church, and YOU Pre- t,
be student in all OF them. II go,
know yourself you will be abe to ad
just yourself to them and make al
these schools contribute to true anC
noble msrhood For we are aIwav,
to bear in mind that we are to know
ourselves as man and don't make til,
mistake oi estimating ourselves upoi
any other plane. 1t is our highe
nature only that makes us men: Every
thing that we have below our mora
nature we have in common with tn
animal creation around us Grass i
good for mere leaves and II it ha
plenty of leaves it is good grass. I
shrub may have leaves. but il it ha
no flower it is failure your orchar'
must have leaves and flowers. but yo,
measure it not by these, but by tn
fruit; a vineyard is not good merel
for leaves, flowers. fruit but wine. W
measure things by the point in wh;cl
their superiority lies. The swine 10
fatness. the OK ior strength and ricsl
the dog for scent and sagaclty, til
horse for swiftness and endurance. St
man is to be measured by which make
him man in distinction from every
thing else. 1t is not the foot. no
hand. nor eye. nor body, nor appetite
nor passions, nor economic and corn
mercia power These he has and the
are instruments to be used by him
But that which makes us men is the