The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14

rest until they become weary OF rest
ing.
But man must be more than per-
feet animal; he does not rise above
the level of the beast IL he permits
his thoughts to rest entirely upon
blood. and bone and muscle. The
prolongation OF life would scarcely be
worth the effort, or the wardtng off
of disease reward the care, If there
were not more in human life than
food. toll and rest
Those who are foolish enough to
exchange the permanent advantage of
an education for the temporary gain
Of remunerative employment have. as
a rule, a protracted season of repent
ance. AS the workman gains rather
than loses by the time employed In
sharpening his tools. SO the student
accumulates more capital by careful
preparation than he can by too early
and entrance upon money making.
There is in some quarters a disposition
to regard what is CONTEMPORARY call
| ed book learning" as of little value
except in the professions. No error
can be more harmful. and 1t arises
from a misconception of the purpose
of education. Books are not to be de-
spised they contain the best thought
~
are again sifted by time. While one
should know people as we'll as the
! written page, still books are faithful
| friends.
Where an education has seemed to
be detriment in business or has
yielded less dividend than might
properly be expected. II can be traced
| to deficit In purpose rather than to
| surplus OF learning.
And this leads us to the considera-
ton OF the necessity for a moral de-
veloprpent to accompany mental train
| ing. An athlete bent on mischief can
do more harm than a dwarf or an
/ invalid: and 40. "A well disciplined
mind, INSTRUCTED, Is capable of doing
more serious damage than an ignorant
mind. Society is poorly repaid for the
money spent upon education IL the one
who profits by the expenditure feels
ashamed to cooperate with those
F, whose toll supplies him with food and
clothing. That labor is dignifed, that
! work In honorable, ta n truth that
needs to be impressed upon every
young man and upon every young wn
man. 1t is worthier by far TO add
/ something to the worlds store Of
/ wealth than TO spend the money that
others have earned We must have
we must earn these things or some
/ one must give them n us. A young
/ mans seif-respect ought 10 make him
ashamn TO sponge upon the world for
! living: he ought tn insist upon re-
! paying with interest the service which
! society renders him: and this rule ap-
plies to Young women rs we'll as TO
| the young men. for the forms Of ser
| vice are infinite and the return that
women make to society IL as valuable
/ as the return made by men. The es-
] Sant!al thing Is that each parsnn--nlan
/ or woman. shall recognize the ohltga-
| tion 10 contribute IN helpfulness.
! There In no place for the drane In
/ human society. and rs public opinion
! becomes more enlightened we shall
| give less regard tn those. however re-
| fined or well educated. who consult
| their own pleasure AT the expense of
others and more consideration TO the
bread winners. whose hands are cal
! ioused and whose brows are aoquairt-
ga with perspiratior.
/ An education is Incomplete which
/ does not place a noble purpose behind
/ mental training and make the hands
willing 10 work The work should ul~
! timately he the largest work of which
1 the hands are capable. but at all times
I Il should be the work that most needs
! to be- done. That education IL also
defective which so infiames ones van
! ity or so shrivels ones heart az 10
separate him In sympathy from his
! fellows.
! Better loving comranionshfp than
! intellectual solitude, but there Is no
| reason why the scholar should be less
! son or daughter Head and heart
! should be developed togaher, and
/ then each forward step will bring In
creassng Joy. strengthen family ties
and make early friendship more sa~
cred.
| II he Is euinahie who shrtnks from
/ full participation In the work of this
struggling world, or shirks the respon-
sSbilittes which he II by education.
prepared to assume, still more culpa-
bic are those who, by employing their
talents against society. prey upon
those who supplied their training. II
| by force of fraud or cunning one seeks
| to appropriate to his own use that
which he has not earned, he turns
against the public the weapons put
into his hand by the public for the
promotion Of the common veal.
! I know Of no more imperative need
today than that there should be a
clear recognition of the law or re-
| wards namely. that each person is