ade　himself；　and　get　others　persuaded；which　it　is　the　nature　of　his　sad　task　to　do；　and　which；　in　certain　eras　of　the　world；　it　is　fatally　possible　to　do；that　this　is　a　cosmos　which　he　owns；　that　_he_；　being　so　perfect　in　tongue…exercise　and　full　of　college…honors；　is　an　〃educated〃　man；　and　pearl　of　great　price　in　his　generation；　that　round　him；　and　his　parliament　emulously　listening　to　him；　as　round　some　divine　apple　of　gold　set　in　a　picture　of　silver；　all　the　world　should　gather　to　adore：　　what　is　likely　to　become　of　him　and　the　gathering　world？　　An　apple　of　Sodom　set　in　the　clusters　of　Gomorrah：　　that；　little　as　he　suspects　it；　is　the　definition　of　the　poor　chaotically　eloquent　man；　with　his　emulous　parliament　and　miserable　adoring　world！Considered　as　the　whole　of　education；　or　human　culture；　which　it　now　is　in　our　modern　manners；　all　apprenticeship　except　to　mere　handicraft　having　fallen　obsolete；　and　the　〃educated　man〃　being　with　us　emphatically　and　exclusively　the　man　that　can　speak　well　with　tongue　or　pen；　and　astonish　men　by　the　quantities　of　speech　he　has　_heard_　（〃tremendous　_reader_；〃　〃walking　encyclopaedia；〃　and　such　like）；the　Art　of　Speech　is　probably　definable　in　that　case　as　the　short　summary　of　all　the　Black　Arts　put　together。
  But　the　Schoolmaster　is　secondary；　an　effect　rather　than　a　cause　in　this　matter：　　what　the　Schoolmaster　with　his　universities　shall　manage　or　attempt　to　teach　will　be　ruled　by　what　the　Society　with　its　practical　industries　is　continually　demanding　that　men　should　learn。　　We　spoke　once　of　vital　lungs　for　Society：　　and　in　fact　this　question　always　rises　as　the　alpha　and　omega　of　social　questions；　What　methods　the　Society　has　of　summoning　aloft　into　the　high　places；　for　its　help　and　governance；　the　wisdom　that　is　born　to　it　in　all　places；　and　of　course　is　born　chiefly　in　the　more　populous　or　lower　places？　　For　this；　if　you　will　consider　it；　expresses　the　ultimate　available　result；　and　net　sum…total；　of　all　the　efforts；　struggles　and　confused　activities　that　go　on　in　the　Society；　and　determines　whether　they　are　true　and　wise　efforts；　certain　to　be　victorious；　or　false　and　foolish；　certain　to　be　futile；　and　to　fall　captive　and　caitiff。　　How　do　men　rise　in　your　Society？　　In　all　Societies；　Turkey　included；　and　I　suppose　Dahomey　included；　men　do　rise；　but　the　question　of　questions　always　is；　What　kind　of　men？　　Men　of　noble　gifts；　or　men　of　ignoble？　　It　is　the　one　or　the　other；　and　a　life…and…death　inquiry　which！　For　in　all　places　and　all　times；　little　as　you　may　heed　it；　Nature　most　silently　but　most　inexorably　demands　that　it　be　the　one　and　not　the　other。　And　you　need　not　try　to　palm　an　ignoble　sham　upon　her；　and　call　it　noble；　for　she　is　a　judge。　　And　her　penalties；　as　quiet　as　she　looks；　are　terrible：　　amounting　to　world…earthquakes；　to　anarchy　and　death　everlasting；　and　admit　of　no　appeal！
  Surely　England　still　flatters　herself　that　she　has　lungs；　that　she　can　still　breathe　a　little？　　Or　is　it　that　the　poor　creature；　driven　into　mere　blind　industrialisms；　and　as　it　were；　gone　pearl…diving　this　long　while　many　fathoms　deep；　and　tearing　up　the　oyster…beds　so　as　never　creature　did　before；　hardly　knows；so　busy　in　the　belly　of　the　oyster　chaos；　where　is　no　thought　of　〃breathing；〃whether　she　has　lungs　or　not？　　Nations　of　a　robust　habit；　and　fine　deep　chest；　can　sometimes　take　in　a　deal　of　breath　_before_　diving；　and　live　long；　in　the　muddy　deeps；　without　new　breath：　but　they　too　come　to　need　it　at　last；　and　will　die　if　they　cannot　get　it！
  To　the　gifted　soul　that　is　born　in　England；　what　is　the　career；　then；　that　will　carry　him；　amid　noble　Olympic　dust；　up　to　the　immortal　gods？　　For　his　country's　sake；　that　it　may　not　lose　the　service　he　was　born　capable　of　doing　it；　for　his　own　sake；　that　his　life　be　not　choked　and　perverted；　and　his　light　from　Heaven　be　not　changed　into　lightning　from　the　Other　Place；it　is　essential　that　there　be　such　a　career。　　The　country　that　can　offer　no　career　in　that　case；　is　a　doomed　country；　nay　it　is　already　a　dead　country：　　it　has　secured　the　ban　of　Heaven　upon　it；　will　not　have　Heaven's　light；　will　have　the　Other　Place's　lightning；　and　may　consider　itself　as　appointed　to　expire；　in　frightful　coughings　of　street　musketry　or　otherwise；　on　a　set　day；　and　to　be　in　the　eye　of　law　dead。　　In　no　country　is　there　not　some　career；　inviting　to　it　either　the　noble　Hero；　or　the　tough　Greek　of　the　Lower　Empire：　　which　of　the　two　do　your　careers　invite？　There　is　no　question　more　important。　　The　kind　of　careers　you　offer　in　countries　still　living；　determines　with　perfect　exactness　the　kind　of　the　life　that　is　in　them；whether　it　is　natural　blessed　life；　or　galvanic　accursed　ditto；　and　likewise　what　degree　of　strength　is　in　the　same。
  Our　English　careers　to　born　genius　are　twofold。　　There　is　the　silent　or　unlearned　career　of　the　Industrialisms；　which　are　very　many　among　us；　and　there　is　the　articulate　or　learned　career　of　the　three　professions；　Medicine；　Law　（under　which　we　may　include　Politics）；　and　the　Church。　　Your　born　genius；　therefore；　will　first　have　to　ask　himself；　Whether　he　can　hold　his　tongue　or　cannot？　　True；　all　human　talent；　especially　all　deep　talent；　is　a　talent　to　_do_；　and　is　intrinsically　of　silent　nature；　inaudible；　like　the　Sphere　Harmonies　and　Eternal　Melodies；　of　which　it　is　an　incarnated　fraction。　　All　real　talent；　I　fancy；　would　much　rather；　if　it　listened　only　to　Nature's　monitions；　express　itself　in　rhythmic　facts　than　in　melodious　words；　which　latter　at　best；　where　they　are　good　for　anything；　are　only　a　feeble　echo　and　shadow　or　foreshadow　of　the　former。　　But　talents　differ　much　in　this　of　power　to　be　silent；　and　circumstances；　of　position；　opportunity　and　such　like；　modify　them　still　more；and　Nature's　monitions；　oftenest　quite　drowned　in　foreign　hearsays；　are　by　no　means　the　only　ones　listened　to　in　deciding！The　Industrialisms　are　all　of　silent　nature；　and　some　of　them　are　heroic　and　eminently　human；　others；　again；　we　may　call　unheroic；　not　eminently　human：　　_beaverish_　rather；　but　still　honest；　some　are　even　_vulpine_；　altogether　inhuman　and　dishonest。　　Your　born　genius　must　make　his　choice。
  If　a　soul　is　born　with　divine　intelligence；　and　has　its　lips　touched　with　hallowed　fire；　in　consecration　for　high　enterprises　under　the　sun；　this　young　soul　will　find　the　question　asked　of　him　by　England　every　hour　and　moment：　　〃Canst　thou　turn　thy　human　intelligence　into　the　beaver　sort；　and　make　honest　contrivance；　and　accumulation　of　capital　by　it？　　If　so；　do　it；　and　avoid　the　vulpine　kind；　which　I　don't　recommend。　　Honest　triumphs　in　engineering　and　machinery　await　thee；　scrip　awaits　thee；　commercial　successes；　kingship　in　the　counting…room；　on　the　stock…exchange；thou　shalt　be　the　envy　of　surrounding　flunkies；　and　collect　into　a　heap　more　gold　than　a　dray…horse　can　draw。〃〃Gold；　so　much　gold？〃　answers　the　ingenuous　soul；　with　visions　of　the　envy　of　surrounding　flunkies　dawning　on　him；　and　in　very　many　cases　decides　that　he　will　contract　himself　into　beaverism；　and　with　such　a　horse…draught　of　gold；　emblem　of　a　never…imagined　success　in　beaver　heroism；　strike　the　surrounding　flunkies　yellow。
  This　is　our　common　course；　this　is　in　some　sort　open　to　every　creature；　what　we　call　the　beaver　career；　perhaps　more　open　in　England；　taking　in　America　too；　than　it　ever　was　in　any　country　before。　　And；　truly；　good　consequences　follow　out　of　it：　　who　can　be　blind　to　them？　　Half　of　a　most　excellent　and　opulent　result　is　realized　to　us　in　this　way；　baleful　only　when　it　sets　up　（as　too　often　now）　for　being　the　whole　result。　　A　half…result　which　will　be　blessed　and　heavenly　so　soon　as　the　other　half　is　had；namely　wisdom　to　guide　the　first　half。　　Let　us　honor　all　honest　human　power　of　contrivance　in　its　degree。　　The　beaver　intellect；　so　long　as　it　steadfastly　refuses　to　be　vulpine；　and　answers　the　tempter　pointing　out　short　routes　to　it　with　an　honest　〃No；　no；〃　is　truly　respectable　to　me；　and　many　a　highflying　speaker　and　singer　whom　I　have　known；　has　appeared　to　me　much　less　of　a　developed　man　than　certain　of　my　mill…owning；　agricultural；　commercial；　mechanical；　or　otherwise　industrial　friends；　who　have　held　their　peace　all　their　days　and　gone　on　in　the　silent　state。　　If　a　man　can　keep　his　intellect　silent；　and　make　it　even　into　honest　beaverism；　several　very　manful　moralities；　in　danger　of　wreck　on　other　courses；　may　comport　well　with　that；　and　give　it　a　genuine　and　partly　human　character；　and　I　will　tell　him；　in　these　days　he　may　do　far　worse　with　himself　and　his　intellect　than　change　it　into　beaverism；　and　make　honest　money　with　it。　　If　indeed　he　could　become　a　_heroic_　industrial；　and　have　a　life　〃eminently　human〃！　　But　that　is　not　easy　at　present。　　Probably　some　ninety…nine　out　of　every　hundred　of　our　gifted　souls；　who　have　to　seek　a　career　for　themselves；　go　this　beaver　road。　　Whereby　the　first　half…result；　national　wealth　namely；　is　plentifully　realized；　and　only　the　second　half；　or　wisdom　to　guide　it；　is　dreadfully　behindhand。
  But　now　if　the　gifted　soul　be　not　of　taciturn　nature；　be　of　vivid；　impatient；　rapidly　productive　nature；　and　aspire　much　to　give　itself　sensible　utterance；I　find　that；　in　this　case；　the　field　it　has　in　England　is　narrow　to　an　extreme；　is　perhaps