THE HON. ASA PACKER,

TUB A~,QHNI~~SSOCIATI~N OF TIIS 1BB16B UNlVBBSIIY,

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ADDRESB BEFORE THE A 88001 ATION, ''-'vy*'

ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, Ph. D.,

JUNE 18, 1879.

PHILADELPHIA: '

A w , L A ~ & Scorn's Pammxo Honaq !aB 800th Fifth Street.

1879.

AT a public meeting of the Alumni Association of the Lehigh University, held at Packer Hall, Bethlehem, June 18th, 1879, the president, Mr, William R. Butler, opened the meeting as follows :-

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-& a special meeting of the Alumni Association of the Lehigh University, held this evening, a series of resolutions was adopted, which will now be presented;-and I will call upon Mr. F. L. Clerc to read them. I

Mr. Clerc then read the following

RESOLUTIONS. WHEREAS, By the death of the Hon. Asa Packer the Lehigh

Valley has lost a citizen, to whom it owes, more than to any other man, its present' development and wealth, and the Le- high University has lost a friend who held it ever close to his heart; who supplied with bounteous hand the money to carry it on, and gave by his active personal interast and intelligent guidance a practical direction to its work ; and

WHEREAB, We, alumni of the Lehigh University, have had abundant opportunity to study the characte~ of Judge Packer, to see and know his unselfish devotion of his wealth and his energies to the work of developing the resources of the Le- high Valley, and are able to properly appreciate his desire to establish its prosperity upon a sure and lasting foundation by putting within the reach of all classes of its inhabitants the means of obtaining a higher and more special education ; and WHEREAS, We can judge from our own experience the true

value of such educatiou ; therefore be it Resolved, That we tender to the members of his family and

to his personal friends our heartfelt sympathy in their sorrow for his death, and that it is also fitting that we should give ex- pression to the admiration which we feel for his character as s man, for the life which he lived, and for the good which he did ; and that we desire to render him just praise :-For the way in which he regarded the wealth acquired by his own in- telligence and life-long industry, considering it not merely as a source of personal profit and pleasure, but also as a trust in his hands, held by him for the general good of the community

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m d for the ben+t of fhture generatione ; For his in&iigent appreehtion of' t8Ea 'vdm d! a ldb;hekand more libbra1 educa- %ion of tk nuram, and of the great part it is daefined to play in the future of our country ; E'& the. gbep which he took during hb lifetime to promote mQre thorough eduwtion by the devotion thereto of so. lirge. a portion of his income ; and, For the princely endoninat he has made & his W l to render permanent the work he began inw life. And be it

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further ReaoZd, bat hom his exampie many noble lessons may

be learned :--By the young man marking out for himself a . . career in Me, from his industry, frugality, and honesty, and

&om the high motives which were the mainsprings of his life ; By those having id. their hands the control of interests involv- ing the rights and welfare of others, from the principles which guided him in the management of the vast industries he has spent his life in developing ; h d by those who are blessed with greater wealth than will suffice for their own proper uses, fmm his murae in beginning and directing his good works during his life instead of leaving them to be done by o@em after his dea$h. And therefore it is that, l i e as we join with his hmily and friends in sorrow for his death, so do we also unite with them in honoring his memory, and proclaiming the example of his many virtues.

dRer the reading of the resolutions, Mr. Butler intro- .yp., !uced Dr. Bossiter W. Raymond, saying :- &%.

,_. , And now, ladiee and gentlemen, we have asked you, as

friends of the University (and we hope of her graduated sons as well), to be with us to-night to learn from one whom Packer Hall may well be proud to welcome within her walls; to one whose name ia closely connected with the muse of practical education, sod is familiar to all who are interested in the progress of American engineering soience ; and upon this, his first public visit to our Univereiq, I deem it an espeeia'l honor to be permitted to introduoe to you Doctor Rossiter W. Raymond, of New Pork city.

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Dr. Raymond then delivered the following a d d m on yr * The Conditioasr of Success :- .A i4:

THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS,

Tq8, u-3 RAN ADDRESS DEUIKRED IVNE 18TE, 1879,

~OSSITER' W. RAYMOD, Pa. D., . .

BEmxw THE

Alumni ~saociation of Lehigh ~uiversiti.

LAD^ AND GENTLEMEN : ' ' '

. . Lu ~ ~ i t e of the kindly md fl&t&g- kadr) ~dt rpolrep ,:L:s

in my ears, I am remillbd 6h+ :in. one , f&

the ~ lmiw whioh fell upon me .a tbt o~aw fnr t&k oaar p +Tq 8

ion, ww an ~nfortoaste ohoh.. .Fsr p u sit hem in tbe salemn rhadow of a g m t htm~bat, ia the twilight qt leeet, if not the darknear, thti$.&U~e rhe d i i ~ ~ p e a m k bbind the horieon of a l u m i ~ ~ t s life BD oompleh BO beautiful, eo bountif'ul, y sawea$uj, that I thisk it plight well iw the tbem of tbir.peoui% trinkd'. by $om one fitted by personal a q w h W ~ 8 to do it justbe. Your orator should be ~ ~ ' ' 6 ~ who bdd d i m with

love am? knowledge the eb&e j j i i s t departed .fro8j among y o u 4 '&-~ter# ,it to nie, like this fi building wbi&.ie amang itrj b&Ty M,, solidly

' 'built, full of symmetry; of b&4128y and etmogth, and crowned wi th heaven& &pi+; . I atlot s p k sl one

I . pho knew pemnally the lifeof dudg@ P d e q or hope to dd mything to the chorus of k m o o i o a p!niw tb t brm bwn eounhg dve; b$ gmve.. . The hi& thdt I aan do 0.

this ie to slmk to wibh tbe-ooi& of on6 f m ~ibh~bI# ~ $ 0 b k s . U p p ;tbac. qs t@ rkork and sego$oew add fruits of whiah m o a smoop: you and w u d

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you, and who finds in it some examples and lessons for us all. .

It was, indeed, as all men will admit, a succsssful life ; and it seams to me, therefore, not inappropriate to this hour to speak to $m. upon this question of a suaoesaful life, and upon the conditions of success.

Life is a game, not wholly of chance, nor wholly of skill. Man iB neither tho master of his fortune nor its slave, neither ite creator nor its creature. That philosophy, on the one hand, which declares us to be' helplem victims of our circumstances, belies the deepest instincts, the mod v~hement, p m d consciousness of our nature; and that youthful impetuosity, on the other hand, which kucias that it amz whatever it dl, soon finds ita error, as it dashea itself upon the buckler of a stronger power. Yet, of the two errors, thia is preferable. Without the sanguine fervor of youth, the unreasoning impulse of hope, there m l d not oome to peab the tempered power and patienoe of ma- turer age. After all, the control which we may exercise over our own lives is rs complete any within human experience. 1L. voyager sits at the helm of a boat, to guide its mum. The current, the shallows and rocks, the wind, the pressure of the water on the rudder-these things are beyond his changing, and they really also guide the boat ; yet, in a 'true and undeniable sense, the steeisman steers. And 80,011 that river of which the poets sing to us so obn, we are all afloat, each in his own bark. The bark itaelf may be frail or clumsy, or stately and strong ; the

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aavm of time may smite ; shoals and 'headlands may threaten; winds may favor or resist; angels may convoy us, with smiles for our skill and tears for oar folly; voiees we may hear, if we do but lioten, of encouragement-or

, warning; nay, even, in' critics1 hours, despairing of our own strength, we may feel a strong arm over ours at the helm; yet ,aRsr all, we know that it is always om right, our.d6ty, our power, and ours only, to stker. Down from the far past floats the command, " Work out your own aalvatian ! "en4 its homely ecbo in our daily life bears

witness to its accepted truth-" Paddle yoAr own canoe !" At all events, if I did not believe in the ability of every one to control his career to a very important degree, I should not be here to-night to speak to. you on " The Con- ditiorla of Sumss." I f these conditions were fixed be- yond our power, the discussion of them would but feed the vanity of the fortunate, and deepen the m9my of the wretched. " The conditions of suams I" What, then, ii it, t o ~ u c -

ceed ? As the etymology of the word indicates, it is some- thing other than merely to proceed. I t is not merely to go forward, but to go forward unto a goal ; not to pursue only, but to pursue and attain. It embraoee then a definite pur- . poee and its fullillment by the effioient ase of meana. I n the light of thie explanation, several' things become clear. It is plain, to begin with, that what we call luck can not be aalld s u m , sin- it ie not %he accomplishment, by a& propriate effort,' of a purpose. A man resolves to acquire wealth, and devotee himself to businas for that purpose. But suddenly a distant relative# of whom he baa scarcely heard, dies; and it toms oat upon inquiry that he is the sole legal heir. That is certainly notm SUM. Whether it be a blessing or a curse, will depend upon circumstances., I f the " lucky fellow," as we call him, poraesses, or is able to form, a purpose beyond the acquisition of wealth alone, eo as to make of his new fortune merely a new means, he may still succeed. But the sudden wealth is in itself no B U C ~ S , any more than a pedestrian, having prepared him- self to win a pr i~e by a long tramp, could be said to have succeeded if he " Aught a ride." on the way. Still less does mere luck resemble suooesa, when it b a t o m upon a man something for which he was not striving and planning, as, for instance, when one who hm devoted himself to a special career is obliged by what the world oalls a stroke of good fortune to give it up and devote himself to 80,mething else. I n that case, whatever may be done with the rest of life to redeem and ennoble it, the first stage hhas been a firilufe-the first purpose has been resigned. This is often

i- and ;..bht- h is osrp$r .-plmas~t~. a d d w peailgak . ' . : > r # * \ u . ' J *.;:. . .: *:,.. . . . , I ' I !

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Ik$. tm .tht W m bawl; %h&gh 1uok- ia na@ mmeasj it is . tw df Wfiwrb ll$j unli ae m a h , soe,of :the aaoditioss

tb &ke iab tmdo1.1~10

nly deeinoo&to*get ahead, ab ~ h i n g .ride aow and then. How

Ihe puiarit of; hiip@ne~~" are .the inatieMbla pigbb af man;t.buttbe w - o f li&:nad l iber&~~ ia tba m a e of haPgiaess is ths fruitilesl*~wtx~te- of both. . Johni Btaad Mill kttmd daring- his' l i 6 - h no +mndsr tmih fhra . that wW,ifIremembet aright;isooncdoed ip.the.p.- thetiti and h s f m t i v a . aatobiogmphy ' p " a t J M d ' r , hia death. Xt h in 6~ebnwii thb r ithat b.ppinm is .n inti- &at,: ,:not an 'end ; that ths tme m&hd t o y a t t a i m it ie Q ds- veb fhe p o w d Efs to some o k -&d northF. & I a d p ~ - b ~ p p i . s i e r a ~ ~ b p tht rcy. .*It a o w i ~ UB::WW.&J

not p b it. .For pla~am lim~ ih - the;

in Hop. r Thcr.%o~b ex+ and ties, the .&* 'P&&& &b m ~ w - ~ ~ a ~ m m m the areoaa d sfrmpatby d i n M b&& oi-aad .the norld of man and things, tbe wider nill-be -@or for

from & of artreme zwdd ercsptiom4 w ~ k ; @ w j a& not irrenidiable; Etubemaf p o r n , sftea aqnraBaPed rod premitumly' d t ~ t r ~ ~ e d , atiy prove in thd:andL k elfcotive than modewe gih, brubaaded, trained, Fdt: hpmd. -We hear a good deal. about men wbolhfve w&fhb .their profernion. (I thin t the &aterneat is often tme; &inas lanse diffekntl fmm that in whioh it i s .a t ted. . Manjr poor e e gineers, memhanb, lawyem, anthors, and ministers have indeed rnbtaken their profixxiion-not because they misrtook tbeir natant cgpimifiie, but beasuse they miaooacaived the object iteelf, aid the man8 of attaining it. They had ca- paoitp. enough; bnt t h y trained it wrong, or. they were, ha@ with film notions as to its *use. I do not' now tpeak to t b m ia. whom thsb one-sided and special devel- opment pshiah + oall genius marks. nut irresistibly in ad- .van- the proper path of l i f emen who must become pdets, orators, musioianaj or artistu, or* die. Suah tenden- .cies.will make themselves. known without help. But to ihe petif mass of: American bop, of average mpacity and ambition, it may fairly be mid, that,'whatev$r line they cheoee in life, $they may re880nsbly expect ta s u d , bv abeeking the conditions of suroeas. - - The fi&.conclition is the choice of a n objeob-I do not say cif b ' profmion ; for the profession is but a mtjans. -And the choice of an object involvee oounting the cast. For the law is simple and true ; within the limits fixed by mate$l form, whatever you set as your supreme 'end, d n t i n g the aosti, that yon can have, if you pay the price. I laveont of consideration theevent of premature death, so far as it may m a l t from muses beyond the control of the individaal. Borne other ailamities there are, which miy be put in, the same category. But the exceptions .to the rule just laid down are fewr than might at first .be q p x d . I imagine mme one taking me at my d: "-Do yon mean to tell me that if I determine to be rich, I ean oertainly b m e BOP N . Ah !.it is very easy to q yaa hake wealth your upr re me abject : bnt I doubt whether . you count the mst. 1 ~ t 11s see. Are you willing to get

wealth 'by di&ones( me*m 9. Q#Q 1. no i you db I& qmaii tbdt. -, WooM you 'faregn +a#\ mvril yoh- h+#* WEI~ richi Ihealomi, d a y *@f ~emer$; r&tk~t3on;+@rq up t U privileges and &ti@, ef. b m g nea;l& the bhhre tif the .kind ? . Certainly m&~, Wootd yo0 amepb vi~ealtb ,* -wi6hout the espadtp of enjgyiqplt pogmlf, or the d : ~ sition to bless tha.w'Id 6th it 9 IE goo will-pay tbempri.t, yoa arn have thcobjedt dywr ddna hhp& will not p y the price; Whsi pan mm& is wmib, proviclerl yau havealso personal h o ~ , ,good $qaht6o1~, friendq and a well-r~ndtx? life of &l. a&+. abd enjoyment., , In &her mFBS) wmlth is tldt yqan aqweme &&at; at all. .

But you . iky it is fhmef n& bm1tB yon . &ma * What kind' bf &met W d $ml!ilre to bc. in sH the ae~@~-

. papers brmormw 9 , $hea ,.mawdm twmeBodp tbcnight, or run sway nit& a~w&iektlj law d m of ~ e e y to make it worth while k hant.fnrjyou. .But yoo.wiat n fhvora- ble fame, and a tlaMs one.. ' Tb .bs duhbk, it .. must be deserved ; apd it must be the gaod ~8port of those; who am capable of jmlgiag, wt the -tempmrf appllinse of hhe ont&inlribg multitude. &,1rSi&s ismiat' .*m that' yoa were s gmt soldia, or d a b s khaf p n wwq s. tmly learned doholar. Institatiaas of benti&~m. fbndd by you most k@ar witneas tb ywr W&&M 'mad p$imyitiy ; or

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great deedsF commanding tlw udrrdridian of i l l men, haat be pour niranumeot. If this58 rhrt pi mout by famq then.,&me is od.yoor supz~nw Y6a are not nib lipg to take it ampt yon have earned it by d i n g same4 thing else, namely, nb.raotrr, p r snpmme objeot instad; Bu6 if with all . $hew quali6cstMns p o set your 4s upon fame, you a n have it, by paying the prim ' in hi&$ laelfdenial, devotion. I . ,

I &ncy few of ty~ &e sooh *lute choke is &hie. We have mom moodemte aims we &ma Q get tolerably sic&, without sawibpe d ah6~mbr ; xv6 .m&a to rsnrrbnnd &T~EBIv~- ~ i t h fpieqtb, and wt@y life 4 we go dong ; snrl tve.meau b gain an. homxmbh eminen-, in 'the, epee o$ oar pr&dional. .oolleagnas ~ n d d f tbb publie gend1gtttiu \

6lkdpatlimae have chases. Thasr rpa h m b h a w .biti--aod aot ilrolap~blie, p d d we ~ a M y ~ d e r - rtsnd *hi& is to tabe p d e n o a Eh whathe? ia ham me all-aha30~Ising purpnse, or a ampasite porpoda,.lifii will be full af cbbiak At every 8tqb ua must w e *hht iddl daeinate as ; d wbatewr wc may ptebY *c nnht p y the @rk~ *tbost dining. It is a noble ti64 f i b t a man to r@& an dm- which be tkink0. hhmistmit with hm&; and it b contemptible ta lddr brok up. it with obmplabt. Hsn mooh of uur envy r o u M shnd &is *at? We look bithfl y u p the apparent e w ~ e r of a bad nua. R e bas g a i d power. The world is & bir bea, whila dt in abecuritp, Wan, he L atitkd to what he has. He paid for it. It a t him hie dui. Xf yau we willing Q pay the priae, th; n ~ h l i3 dl1 for ab. It &'ti obmmodity akimh tbe devil mlls lad d l s , sum art it will a l d p aom baoL on bk h n d a But, if you think the priae h too high,'tban rbop bsnksaiag $tarthe \Y,

3Wmhandim. “1

Or, pa~.b.pq the a b j d of your lalkz e n 3 Lr ma ipma by lrgitilarte a d bononbb m a . Only, he i o~lsbanUy puslriog himsdf ikawa&* .ad you ue retiring -

and &, and would wt St tbe norM write in the newspapas or brine; yollnclf to ths of hen. 8wb d t i v a moderty, unless it be I ie not witbut i$a & a h @ t b wbo will surely in tbe d dbwiver your *it I will b t Qimmm the qaatioo wbcthq'it may not be onnied b hr. If it is your principle, ca p u t &my, ym have a right to it : only trLs tba mnmqueacas like r m a . You a n not have tbe delight of '' Blmbing ru. aria? and the right, at the iume time, b oo.oplin if atu bolder b l m m is more mn~picuous.

Having oham ur obj,t, and embred iiw sam pol'' rim er metapation u the road bs it, the dnt rrqaisita d stm mm ir knorledgs of yaur M n e r . Tbi kaorledge may be of tbrae kin&. Ths fir& ne may a l l pgeplalYbOorp, under which tern we include dl the imtmoeion whiol~ preoeda or a m w p n i a - p d o a Lerrning b red, wite,

in, rhe . iahratory, tba bospi tal, the &sp, ot tbe.dac,, I d l 1 .not pus i$m: two form af :knowledge

+ the ; k t mt&xd~ whether. t b r y should p r d e practicq or t k q q , , w both! should Be blended daring tj3q grow of+ sdem~w For mamy -@one, the questbe- $l a s i l ~ so.krrd. :I( .

h +~b411 Biffioul t io %he. p r o f d w b.$nhieb. rpuy! of yaa belmgdhnt of mining ,and mmh~ica1 i&;: .The subject has, however, been abundantly of isbe.; .@ad Z. will only ah in passing; W , mag. be the best ~ystem, on the whole, for giving ;ta tb* p a n g beginner both theoretical and practical k~onladge; if % admitted that he must h m both : the former ,to t q A him b w to hbblr. about his business ; the ]atM to,':mmbJw him to eed without thinking. For skill is habit,f&ng tbr piacs- af ~oamioaa vblitimh -.s~It sabtitotgliao-b men* -

tal opemtions sn& inhitions ;for tbe do- p .crP thought. It is aa.,artiB~k& manufactured ge'niaa . ,Par if a man &a had asva wea a violin, shod?% tab. g th ~ n r a g e ia&ument, and, dixioing at on d k w from it: h e : tkd1iag mlody of 8

q ou&, '!A -miraaleSaf.:genius!" An prOanoe, when .we. tdlr the unaccustomed fingers until 4 *

themdvssz theysobay h e player's will, almost. apart @m , his m d o u m ~ .&sh :inm&ry of. .he : intermedtb .go&& &he @'f?4Bb .,.3'@llt. of -. p m j rpd t8f% WXV!6in

mgtiol;l of it with t h ~ ~ : L n ~ w l e d p ~ @ q i ~ i ~ ~ , t b e . r e pisition of the third and: bjgheat kind 4f. Lwwledge- ,

that whicb applies pkiDaiples end ~ r i ~ t e new cow& i ha$ ~ h h h ~ f i ~ ~ plans, designa,;h&r u mwh fbr bhledge ,in your p r o f a s i ~ ~ ~ ; Butt know-

hdgp oaMe d: it b a h , m i important ,wnd ' Wi& .lanil m r i e . of .gdture. not can

enable him to dieaharge, with credit, the duties of manifold relationships ; they also make him more eflicient and iadu- ential in his chosen ocoopation. For influence upon men is a mighty agency of mcwm ; and this iaftuence is exer- eised throagh sympathy with the varied lines of thought which interest men, and mastery of the associations which affed them. To take a single example : one engineer is able to write a convincing report, or t o make a convincing s w h ; while another, equally acquainted with the fsafr, can not set % ~ r n fbrtb M, as to secure a due impression ,

n,hn the minds of employers, stockholders, or intending invatom. The m l t is inevitable; the man of wick cul- ture pasea in the ace, other things being equal, the man of narrow oolhre. Nor should the latter complain. ~ h e s e outaide ~mpl i shments , as we may a l l them, are fii~lly'a p.rt of the necmmry equipment of s u m . I t is :, easy to mititer energy, and s a c r i b important knowledge, $ in gaining r ~upefficial acquainhuroe with .many things&& T k is danger of becoming "jack of 41 tndes and mas- ter of none :" but, on the other hand, it isquite pocaible to .

become master of on8 trade, and, at thi same time, to etore the mind with varied knowledge; to maintain the sense of brotherhood with all men ; and to m d tiply thereby the power which a mrrower mlture bestowa Growing suo- ceas will o h require this 6f a man, who, in the earlier stagee of prog~ees, did not feel conscious of his need. ds be rim, his relations and responsibilities increase; he moves in waisty ; he foriue plans, in which he would in- dace othera to join ; he bai objects to gain by legitimate influenoe and persuasion; and 'the arts and mmplish- meats which he once despised become d e n l y most de- sirable. Believe me, the laying of broad fddat ions is a wie measure for him -who would boild bigh.

Another condition of s u m , to which I would a*@ b

I C ; your attention, is decision of character. Thia is natural td. some men ; but those who hamit by natore need to train it almost as much as. thorn who deficient, . For natural decision of o h a ~ ~ t a r .may be merely blind o b s t i n e and

the instrument of blind prejudice. What ,is needed is the combination of decision with candor, and ito oontrol bjr r-n. I n the perpetw! ohoics i f 81-krn,ativee, of which ?$: ... -* f, life is full, it is n-ry to w$gh tqpments aid pmba- $$$A: bilitiq, a d code to conclusions which oeen torn tbe scale A by q small weight enly. After .tandid considemtion, we .

, deem one cotme to be, on the whole, wiser than another. Now, it is imporhot thatwe should be able, while the die- cussion is pending in oar minds, to 8ee both sides of the case clmcly. ' The power to roogb this stage,' to reach a wndusion, with@ thought, and, having m h d i4 to abide by it,.anb to pot it in exwution with the w m e hme of our batole, & m d md onweakened

ie- worthy daision of ahamokr. of pming down the keys to

move the levers opea the valm, while many stops are p d w at on=, wada bs too muoh for the rndoian'~-hand,. if he had to work again& the whola power of .tihe blast. Hence an amgemen* is employed by whioh the per- former upon the keys opkra light valve which in their turn admit the power of tho " pnwlpgltic chest " to open the main valva; and this on- rcaomplished, the mighty pressure of air kushas through. to vibnte in " melodious thunder " from trumpet and d i e m , pipe and reed.. Or, again, r small force ~uffices to di&urb the -equilibrium of the poised boulde~ ; but, on* it deoides to move, no hum- power aan etay its headlong worse re it leap and m&es downthe mountain side. Or, to fake an illuetrstion fiom political life. All over a State, parties are w nearly equal that the issue of an election ia patter of doubt to all.. FiemIy the conflict rag-, until at lsst the ballob are mat, and it is proved that in nearly every district, the lame prtp bw triumphed, sough everpahere by smdl maj~ri- . th only. But be the majority in every odae bat a sin& vote, and tha aggregate majority of the v i e r s but a -re of v ~ t m @'.all the Bbte, still it results that in the leghla- to.m t b t party haa overwhdming power. The people of tke Mte pre dmwt eqaally diyided j but tbe legislatxm

hn,~ .bat i baiawt. men d s e

m y sb'ov whab 1 mead by .deaiskm '

i. gaed in ,a machine, in a govern-

Hem :srs tao plafim, not unfrirly

piem. H e is jpik to ova Xo &.be ~wOsbm c.. €m& bb

mmw with wwdedag eye . ;leoirr 'tbL.4pAmltooe i#

rort Ot, lpdtku perplexiq, paam piem whieh bs L.d bpeqem8II tirses.deQld nd to mew; md cP.eo aRar tbo

4 & ym~ will ree him lookiug w M l l y st -me other pi- mif hs.+ed be brd m a ~ s d $ h . t -Hieoppcmnf-(I .m mm tbiokiag df r w o n 4 d ' f pm~'~wk$r I n i t a d

iSb whFbi& P&d M ~ q h y .WIU @@%-ofrthe ~i8yen)

warriorr-o~ae,.and once anly, rt erob. Yea asp. .ee in b b quie manner th& he uommhtss u p ~ e r y pobt d th~ dtrutioa h tarn <an &nudive I@&. , kc~u onoe d a m n e d in bids mind je qok gemwidemid: A mia.wte a£

&0 dismmicm cnideatly asdPDee the nwhiber of e elhrrrbtivws to brro. cu shm: .. Tbra. .ae; rib

somewhat &water# delibsrah~t, w1emIy &died* One d another are set mide; and &en for $he fm& time the gmmt player mova bis hand. Thm h po name i n d d i m ; db

- bate t, over. The- hand p e a st~G&& to tbk destined pieas, and the piem to tbe d d d pqorpe* That, in tha game of ohm, is the exhibit400 af &mion d oh&er; rad the slovenly hesitetion with rhioh it was con- represents tbe wag in whioh. tao msoy p w tbe greater gsme of life. Them am .the peopla wbo %teap' o w . a

. matiter imtead of '&&ling it, forgatdmg that while it ia stewing it a n qot ~poaibly wttZee Thq estq candor to oowardice. They are h v e ' ap tb& ~haincb; and the d t is WU mp11d hZ1~w if h rme $RXMSS were applied to a Idf's d9;by Pi*%' and euttillg over and making it up mew, without ever raring it. At lsst there ie not enough lea of f e rn&l to camtitute s d-4 covering, and the whole thing into tbe zq-bag* , '

Eve y man should have ordinary recmmiderntiom, *w

pl~- ' iu mien*, for example, w ' rip up and try to make over. We bye . the relation between the d h - 4 &b

the aircle aamot be e x p d intsCp.l nmbm& '

t, indead, r m a t h d d . ppriti~e damoastnrtion OF &@ lbq which yon mql find ii DS MUIWAN'B &*td +Pam- . &mu. Bs a wbol9lome exemh~~ it wcanld not be amiss bo study the snQ& once for all, b master that demomtratioq .ad to mtisfy me'@ df tbat ( b e ' q d n g of the aircle io .n abeo1ute ilapaeeibilitr. But the& ~e may people ye&,. whd mold be b k e a in theit Wh on this point by a little ingetxiam sophistry, a d who itmil a g r d y ear to storits equally impossible of wonderful m~tors, and minculoos meohriiad and ohemid pomq tbU mvolutionirs the testhinga of soieuoe.'' We are oot b d at ever~body'r bidding to dig up oar knowledge d ammins iia elemen- ta ry mtk ~ f - w e do that it will .not ~ W I

of'pe-4 mduot, I un *3w&gdhb@; 'm fbC had. 1 qmk.nc&~ dmply d the s k t e of ene* rad $he

,involved in w a q i d g .be settled once fw all.

, on the whole, that i4. -is .

auce of contracts, spirib that question again a+

lcmg pow Iwa Uoder dl disguises, if yon detect the .

kr Wars or in politi too short tq upon f i d

qaite apPt :frob ita m1&io13 tb *toe a d nligiok, is r . s k p m ~ : b v ~ e n t m , mqm~tiDg to B nece88iv.

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. &i~,&&rim of &&tar b the quality which mm- mm& qpr;tnoi@. ,I have rlreiady spoken of the relati? bedw;eea .lacL 60d Kkmbm. , A great deal of what m all ha& i $ h o d with fs3tirable impartiality upon all men,

Golden dmn6ea-affisr th-1.p- to all; but the men of &itSon lseiee th&J Orre 'Mr&rman whips a dozen t r h t fiooi the @am, while moth raib and wonders whetbr beliugotrbite, .

AflS~'ul1, then, . w sum way '6f Mditp. nml pcitienoe in the detp oh a d a o w preparahio~ for larger dat*a ~Zpub1~5'aoqtet id &agnasidn ; bbnt content, hmdqg .li(b dsprebioa, is the

of p v e The howbin if it ba &s8d tb the rain ancl h if lgaia blJ emp~mhn, remink b t a puddle, growing d t ~ id .b i&r 4 t h tib, ib th$ll m t c n t beoolhiag at k4t a B a d ,db~nfentl. .at ie fdd by ' ssret springs of a hop, it ymaarm, for a wider lifq it. hm 'bot to gather qUi&ly ita abtthncs, until, risq .berr it. bpriars, d Bading ib prop mbt, it leaps ink$ &be gnat world, sparkling with:berat$, and iaetiwt nith wvl e~. Adom l my to g q ~ q ~mwd. ID the p b in whkh ~roa isd $qmmlt too ~012iamted fbr poot. d&im t pjll it;. .ha &ea ov&w it. \ . - .

' Betmning oaaa mow to,ciar ~defiiitidn of sucw&, kt wM.

draw from it one more conalu~ion. I f success be the p u r ' suit and attainment of ain end, then we a n not know w h e w any m& has e u d e d , until we maqure hie tyhieverqehts by his purpose.

To take, for example, the noble .I& just ended amoog you. Was Judge Packer i u ~ f u . 1 merely beoawe he was rich? Nay; we know by sure* prmfa fhnt be valued

. other things more than money (as this megnifioent instita- tion beam witnees), for he poured out hie wealth like water. The attainment of tliw g r a t pt~rpoix?~ constituted his real and conscious suocess.

I f our business is steering, then we do not s u d if we merely driR I repeat that suooesa is not. n m r i l y a matter of moral character ; yet .this test ,eqcludes from the

. category all or marly all the Sadled w m h l bad men. For I apprehend that few, if any, crf tbim started .with the deliberate intention to saerifioe their hoble impulm. to unworthy ends. They fell - before. temp@tion ; they de- luded themselves; they driftsd. out of the. o o m they meant to keep. 80 they have hiled, &er. all.

Though we observe all the oonditiooe of suctcaw, d h p pointment may &me upon us. Death,. pe~&anq insists upon intruding. I d n i t y enten, the equation ; and lo, the phblem becomes insolulrla. Is the& then .n.o aim whiah cannot G I ? 'I know of buto one--the &m of Char- acter. Cioero siys with equal truth and beauty, in his

De &Rchrla, !' The brief s p m of lit5 is long enough . for worthy and blessed living ; " snd one of the apoory- phal books, worthy indeed to staod in our wred anon, d&ibes with unequald deli- and pathos, the prems- tun, end of a pure life, and eoeoloik, "~Thus youth &at ie sorm perfmted ~hall.put to shame the many ye+m and tltb gray hairs of the unrigbimw." This stamlard of 6UtP

oess independent .of, d&th, and 'time,. and . oimumstanc8. I t is the standard of the true soldier, to whom 'honor and daty 'are all in all. Chamoter ie that m p which we may at onm oommence to reap. We .may have the. haiPsst, thoogh the growth be out $hurt by-the m l y frost.- It onnot be taken from us by Fate in mid-amer.

. .;Eder doas sucoea, in srmh an d m .I tbh depend u p sminenrs of outiard~~tatioa I i is bat a d a p r two ~inoe '

.I. etaod among. the -mmmibl of tb b k y Mopkina. In ~ileut grandeur they bebold the wol~bd ind the slty. They .thrill in e l d o ~mmnnion .with the mdmgpd h v e m . . They -bar al?thrt am .be tdd by the windraf of rntiaent. . Tkey .liR theif f m h d i s omlaanted to a l e ;noonday inn. Wm* in m h of mow, they bold t h v d o m &part fm eatth, wmtic, &ng, mliby. " of wbat um are these hhtad heighte*, I m u d Bat r I. d-dd into the mountain -vines, and joulrnqmd b d tbr lbodes d men, lo,! tho mom everlrrsting of tbe h r i g b were if&- '

ing exqwhre the . h b and the m+dows with fmitf'nE nca .nd besnty ; and glitterimg tzwwum in ' the bed of mmy ~&BMU, broaght down from the rook-ribbed vaults of the mo\lat.ias, m d e B the mjpr iodeaFg of the mi-, while the hedman and th. fime in the ' . buunfud supply f l w&r, not lese pledow io its way tbrn gold or gem. Then .I aid, All hail liD the b e b t mountains by w h likarl bounty ibe.arrth .is made gkd

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-AR$ in li. laannr ns hi1 the strang cwa, abor eedgth is ~ p t - h ~ W r kid-the PAOX-, PABDSES* OOOFXUU, Ooa~m-d other names r imy; for om dmdms ihkbry, thnlr Gad, ie fa.U of aeoh.

But u Irpd d l further BwtJ and rime *r tbe.fer&ile pmir;e 8- fhU of life add tbr%,an$ k l W l activity, I wted tht ths ' r a k of heam, md the.sp$plim of secret spriosp ha insnspimoos p laa , were eauq$~ b maintain dl this ihlMlZneae .and paopd8. And I .eeid, Behold, .though $b thr~ are p m d md hnt i fb l , tbg. ue

. The phiaq dm, ham W r own roumes :and, ue able to bring forth hhonrrrd

.fold. If tbk be oar purp*e--to beu -7 saw d, whether ~i abide in obrouritf,or lob and ~lanely mnios~sa I ram ap. qtbeas mewhat mmcq . ~mrrb is thm

*. wlpiab &pics, it e m s t o me, whole .st of ; CHoOraE ; PAY j TAKE !