It has often occurred to mo that a man is a
fool who advances ideas of which tho world
has not previously hoard We are an ancient
family. Look at Noah. He worked a life
time through dry weather on a boat Evory
one who saw him and his family had a laugh
at them for being fools. The rain came and
atved thorn, though. Then there was Moses
the mau of bulrushes, who would not bo the
s-m of the princess, aud instead lived for forty
years among those who.would havo none of
him. The crown of folly, I may say, and I say
it without thought of sacrilege, belongs to
Him who walked with twelve apo’ites, a
stumbling-block to the Jews, aud a vexation to
tho Greeks. It is hard to draw the lino be
tween folly ami wibdom; they dovetail to
gether aud wind in and out to such au extout
that it is almost impossible to tell where the
fool loaves off ami the wise man begins. And
then, the fool of to-day may be tho philoso
pher of to-morrow.
Frauklin was a fool, when with kito and key
Lo drew ..|e uricity from the clouds and was
knocked headlong. Yet, wheu he lights this
Luil Hug with the same force, we would hardly
cull Lima fool. That miu was a fool who
flint started across the ocean in a steamship.
