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It should lead the emotions and desires from the ignoble to the
noble.
Education is largely the placing of the intellect and the sensi
bility under the control of the will. To think when I want to and
on the subject I wish to, to hold my feelings in constraint—these
are some of the results of education. Can I call my thoughts
from the memories of a pleasant excursion or a dear friend and
concentrate them on the duties of the home ? Can I read one of
Emerson’s essays without letting my mind wander from the sub
ject ? Can I call my mind from the base to the lofty channels of
thought? Have I the sensibility so under control that I may
throw off the feeling of sadness or of despondency? In other
words, is my mind my master or my servant? The man who is
master of his mind is educated, though he may be unlearned in
text-book lore.
Such men and women are needed in every avenue of life. The
State needs them. It needs fifty millions of them. Great ques
tions are arising which may be settled by the mind if the masses
were possessed of it. If not they must be settled as was the ques
tion of slavery—flung into our faces from the mouth of the cannon.
From questions like this let us take warning and settle them aright
with the power of the mind. Give us trained minds that are will
ing to settle questions, not on the basis of policy or caste, but on
the eternal principles of right.
Both the author and the poet
Ever make their lovers spoon,
When tile earth is bathed in splendor
With the radiance of the moon.
But if you should ask that lover
When he most delights to spark,
He will tell you, with all candor,
That it’s when the night is dark.
In Reality.
E. M. Reno, ’oi
IN REALITY