Sunlight and shadow; . Corruption — In-quisitiveness — Funnels of Conversation — How a Man lost hisLeg—Anecdote of John Randolph — Misapplied Labor — Dinnerand Duel — How to collect a Crowd — Van Amburgs Lion — Featsof Legerdemain — Sir Charles Napier and the Indian Juggler — Ig-norance and Superstition —Whimsical Vagaries — Senseless * Omens — Sowing for the Harvest — Immortality revealed — De Quinceyupon the Present — Faith a Necessity — The Story of Poor Joe. ^^^ AN is so constituted that in acquir-ing new truths, in the pursuit oflearning or the search for knowl-edge, he finds enjoyment, a
Sunlight and shadow; . Corruption — In-quisitiveness — Funnels of Conversation — How a Man lost hisLeg—Anecdote of John Randolph — Misapplied Labor — Dinnerand Duel — How to collect a Crowd — Van Amburgs Lion — Featsof Legerdemain — Sir Charles Napier and the Indian Juggler — Ig-norance and Superstition —Whimsical Vagaries — Senseless * Omens — Sowing for the Harvest — Immortality revealed — De Quinceyupon the Present — Faith a Necessity — The Story of Poor Joe. ^^^ AN is so constituted that in acquir-ing new truths, in the pursuit oflearning or the search for knowl-edge, he finds enjoyment, a highdegree of happiness. Sir Wm. Ham-ilton declares, with philosophic in-sight: It is ever the contest thatpleases us, not the victory. The hunterderives more pleasure in the chase thanin the possession of the game. Malebranche de-clared: If I held Truth captive in my hand, I shouldopen my hand and let it fly, in order that I mightagain pursue and capture it. Lessing wrote: Did 202. WISDOM ANJy KNOWLEUOE. 203 the Almighty, holding in his right hand truth, andin his left search after truth, deign to tender me theone I might prefer, in all humility, and without hesi-tation, I should request search after truth. Truth, says Von Muller, is the property ofGod; the pursuit of truth is what belongs to Paul Richter says: It is not the goal, but thecourse which makes us happy. What is knowledge? is an important and yet diffi-cult question to answer. It is not simply to gatherinformation, or to furnish ourselves with certain is well to know all we can that is useful, and rightto avail ourselves of other mens labors and investiga-tion. God has given to a comparative few favoredones the intellect and ability to discover truths; there-fore it is lawful to gain, from the toils of others, gen-eral information and knowledge. Men seldom become proficient or eminent in anyone branch of science without personal investigationand thought. He who
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