keeping his eyes, his ears, and his mind open, meant a great deal more
to him and to the world than his college education. He was not a great
scholar; he did not stand nearly as high in college as some of his
classmates whom he far outstripped in life, but his mind penetrated to
the heart of things.

Lincoln was another remarkable example of the possibilities of an
education through reflection upon what he observed. His mind stopped
and questioned, and extracted the meaning of everything that came
within its range. Wherever he went, there was a great interrogation
point before him. Everything he saw must give up its secret before he
would let it go. He had a passion for knowledge; he yearned to know
the meaning of things, the philosophy underlying the common, everyday
occurrences.

Ruskin says: "Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think; but
thousands can think for one who can see."

I once traveled abroad with two young men, one of whom was all
eyes,--nothing seemed to escape him,--and the other never saw anything.
The day after leaving a city, the latter could scarcely recall anything
of interest, while the former had a genius for absorbing knowledge of
every kind through the eye. Things so trivial that his companion did
not notice them at all, meant a great deal to him. He was a poor
student, but he brought home rich treasures from over the sea. The
other young man was comparatively rich, and brought home almost nothing
of value.

While visiting Luther Burbank, the wizard horticulturist, in his famous
garden, recently, I was much impressed by his marvelous power of seeing
things. He has observed the habits of fruits and flowers to such
purpose that he has performed miracles in the fields of floriculture
and horticulture. Stunted and ugly flowers and fruits, under the eye
of this miracle worker, become marvels of beauty.

George W. Cortelyou was a stenographer not long ago. Many people
thought he would remain a stenographer, but he always kept his eyes
open. He was after an opportunity. Promotion was always staring him
in the face. He was always looking for the next step above him. He
was a shrewd observer. But for this power of seeing things quickly, of
absorbing knowledge, he would never have advanced.

The youth who would get on must keep his eyes open, his ears open, his
mind open. He must be quick, alert, ready.

I know a young Turk, who has been in this country only a year, yet h