Great minds that are full of light; great hearts that are full of
love--their light will go out into the ends of the earth, and their
shining unto the ends of the world.
A recent history of the steam engine says Stephenson knew “that
if he could get his engine perfected, the rest would take care
of itself.” Certainly! That man who discovered the lucifer match
did not have to force it upon poor men, shivering in the cold
and frost of winter. When James Watt has an engine that will
lift coal out of a mine, he does not have to insist that it
be accepted by laborers bowed to the very ground by sacks of
mineral. Let Gutenberg get his printing-press, and all these
copyists, weary of writing, and the millions of men hungry for
knowledge, will greet his printed page with shouts and cheers.
Get your seedless orange, and it will take feet unto itself
and travel over the world. Get the new palm, the new peach or
pear, and millions will stretch out their hands pleading for
it. Get Luther--the new Germany will follow. Get Livingstone,
and the Dark Continent will soon be full of light. Get your
Pilgrim Fathers--the republic will tread closely upon their
heels. Get your twelve apostles, and you will soon have a New
Jerusalem, a new Antioch, a new Ephesus, a new Rome. Get your
new Pentecost for the American churches, and you will have a
new era and a golden age of industrial peace and commercial
prosperity.--N. D. HILLIS.
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