The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-07
FIFTH DAY Of
CRAUTAUQUA A
GREAT SUCCESS
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borhood. He never compromised
with his conscience. He was a man
who walked by faith, not by sight.
The great series of debates with
Stephen A. Douglas offered the
speaker theme for a glowing tribute
to the keeness AID integrity Of Lin
coin, and he told of the contrast Of
the entry of Douglas and Lincoln,
| and finally reaching the fourth de-
bate he quoted the expression "a
house divided against itself must
over slavery which existed at the
time. He was told that his express
sion had lost him the senatorship.
But it gave him the presidency.
The great speech in Copper Union
| in New York before Lincoln was NOM
mated, was described when he said,
LET us have faith that the right Is
the might and not that the might is
right" and the scene which followed
this speech in the presence of those
who were believed to be the mighty
nitellects of the nation.
Passing over the nomination, cleo
ton, the speaker passed to the first
inaugural and showed the genius
which guided him in it's writing. Not
word was said about slavery and
the only reference it contained was
the words, Il hope the Union will be
sustained" which was the key note
of all for the sustaining the union
meant all of the other things which
had been contended for.
DR.. Cadman then told of the task
which was taken up by Lincoln at
Washington, of the manner in which
he performed 1t. Of his dealings with
Seward. with Stanton, and with Nc
Clellan, and closed with one of the
most impressive eulogies of Abra-
ham Lincon ever heard in this city.
Morning Address.
A talk upon books. was the feature
of the address of Daniel w. Howell
winter Chautauqua assembly yester-
day morning and proved a very in
teresting one in the manner in which
it was treated. The attendance was
not SO large as usual probably due to
the extreme cold Of the morning. Mr..
Howell is the secretary of the Chau-
tauqua association of the city of that
name in New York and represents it
before the people of Bridgeport at
the midwinter meeting. He had
some interesting things to say and a
somewhat original manner of saying
them.
"Books:-what are they? What
topic of the address and that is the
question which he asked of his audi
tors and invited answer. A numbe
of definitions of what a book is were
given by members of the assembly, |
one being 'SThe expression of a
thought" Some books express thought |
and some, do not said the speaker, |
and he called for further definition. |
can embalmed message was anoth-
er definition handed up, but the lect-
urer thought that there might be
some objection to the use of the |
word embalmed. "A means Of COM
between the writer and |
er's own definition of book is that
1t is a potent means for translation
to you of the higher thoughts, that |
a book is a tool for the carving out
Of the mind of the best that is in it,
to prepare ones and make it skilled
for the reception Of the moving
thoughts of another
Books are of many kinds but are
classed in two great classes, good
books and bad books Poor books,
or those of negative quality hardly
exist, and he defined what he meant
by a bad book, one which lowers
the tone of the readers mentality.
The book is an instrument for the
measuring of the mind and is i'm
perative for the development of our
noblest thoughts.
We Must Choose.
We must choose between the good
books and the bad books, he said.
What shall we do with the bad
books?" he asked. One answer was
burn them" but the speaker did
not go SO far as this in his recon-
but he did say that bad
books should be left severely alone. I
Any book Is a bad book which low
ers the tone oft he readers sense of
right or morality, and he said that /