The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-16

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call life.
George AIDE says. gu can lead a
boy to college. but you cannot make
him think" And It is the mixing
that's done in college that makes real
education. rather than the instruc-
ton that is impaired by the teach
ers. To fail to learn to think
think clearly. conseeutively and fear
lessly,-is to fail in the first require
ment OF culture.
Four things a man must learn to DO
If he would make his record true
To think without confusion, clearly;
To love his fellowmen sincerely,
To act from honest motives purely,
| To trust in God and heaven, securely.
Van Dyke.
If some power could constraln all
the people Of the nation, between
the ages Of fifteen and fifty, to devote
| one entire winter to serious thought
| upon vital subjects, lat an intel
~lectual leap Onward the world would
take, Imagine millions Of persons
simultaneously addressing themselves
with conscientiousness to the busi-
ness of considering carefully the
great themes Of history, character.
patriotism, brotherhood and religion.
No earthly power can compel this on
the part Of a nation; but what is to
hinder the reader Of these times from
quietly resolving to take this pledge
for himself. Instead Of giving undue
time to the daily newspaper and the
magazine of entertainment, he would
master a few great cooks. Fol the
incOnsequential conversation that fills
most Of our days, he will seek to talk
| seriously at least once a day with
somebody better informed than him
self. With systematic perseverance he
will cultivate an interest in the grave
concerns of the nation and the world.
That would indeed be a year of edu-
cation.
Aristotle said, The fate Of empires
depends on the education Of youth
Patriotism expresses itself in the
{ schoolroom more potently than on the
l battlefield.
:. The habit Of acquisitiveness is one
, Of the secrets OF eternal youth. TX
cease to learn is to begin to cease
t to live. Count over the young ole
: people one knows, hose zest in Life
! is the JOY Of their friends. and the,
A will be seen all to be persons wht
: are still interested in learning. Presi
e ne: Every day to take a long walk
read a good book, and make a nev
t friend.
The tragedy Of lost youth is pene
g tratingly put, in a recent pOem il
8 L~ippincotts Magazine, by Margare
Widdemer:
n Il can remember, once, ere 1 wa
dead,
e The sorrow and the prayer and bit
II ter cry,
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n around the bed,
Knowing that [ should die.
e "They.peed not so have grieved thei
souls for me,
Grouped statute-like to count M
failing breath:
Only one thought strove family, bit
terly,
If With the kind drug of Death:
How one upon a time, unwept. un
n known.
d Unhelped by plying sigh or mur
" INJURED prayer.
s. My youth died in slow agony alon<
&c With none to watch or care"
er A few days ago I was standing b
re the newsstand in a railway static,
er when a beautiful young M Wit
a refined face, and correctly gowne
= H"f 20 NaHc up ana Dough
e a certain magazine, known for tn
u. vuigarity and even immortality OF i,
'k notion. The in which sh
went directly to that one publica
ton. and took it up glancin
or at the table OF contents showed ths
es she was accustomed to reading i
s. and knew exactly what she wante,
The action betrayed her as truly 2
40 II she mad sworn or chewed Tobacco.
ANY sophisticated person, seeing III
%. incident, would have written dow
st that young woman as essentially rr
Ii refined in her mind. No wonan :
o. Genuine culture would be seen raaf
ing such a magazine. All Of whic
leads to the rather ohviour a-nN
that education reveals itself -.
the affairs Of life: and the world do.
ne not have to look at a PERSONS diplom
n to judge Of his cultivation.
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