And yet we cannot have too many men of liberal education; the more the better. They are needed in every pursuit in life, and in every place. It is not the occupation that dignifies a man, but the man that dignifies the occupation. When you have chosen a pursuit, whatever it may be, aim high. Yes,-- "Give me a man with an aim, Whatever that aim may be; Whether it's wealth or whether it's fame, It matters not to me. Let him walk in the path of right, And keep his aim in sight, And work and pray in faith alway, With his eye on the glittering height. "Give me a man who says, 'I will do something well, And make the fleeting days A story of labor tell.' Though aim he has be small, It is better than none at all; With something to do the whole year through, He will not stumble or fall. "But Satan weaves a snare For the feet of those who stray With never a thought or care Where the path may lead away. The man who has no aim Not only leaves no name When this life is done, but, ten to one, He leaves a record of shame. "Give me a man whose heart Is filled with ambition's fire; Who sets his mark in the start, And keeps moving higher and higher. Better to die in the strife, The hands with labor rife, Than to glide with the stream in an idle dream, And lead a purposeless life. "Better to strive and climb And never reach the goal, Than to drift along with time, An aimless, worthless soul. Ay, better to climb and fall, Or sow, though the yield be small, Than to throw away day after day, And never strive at all." AMERICA AND HER FUTURE. There is something in the very name of America, when applied to the United States, which carries with it an inspiring influence,--an ideal of freedom and of true manhood. In referring to the incidents of her origin, in connection with the events of her subsequent career, it would seem that America is none other than a "child of destiny." She was born amid the storms of a revolution, and commenced at birth to work out the great problems of civil and religious liberty. She has an abiding faith in herself, and believes it to be her mission to originate new views and discover new principles, as well as to try new experiments in the science of popular government. The greatest peculiarity in her character is that her past cannot be safely accepted as an index of her future; in other words, her past is not likely to be repeated. In fact, she does not wish to repeat or perpetuate anything that can be improved. Her political creed is as simple as it is brief,--the "greatest good to the greatest number;" and yet it is the most complex creed, perhaps, that ever existed, involving questions which have not been, and cannot be, satisfactorily settled.