Portage Sentinel

All may Learn.

A little girl went to the study of a philosopher for fire. "But you have nothing to carry it in," said he. The girl took some cold ashes in her hands, and placed the live coals upon it. The philosopher threw down his books, exclaiming: "With all my learning, I never should have thought of that simple thing. Thus it is ever. The most learned, the most talented, as if Heaven would save them from undue exaltation and pride of superiority, have only to come in contact with the comparatively ignorant and depressed in the scale of intellect to acquire information of the highest practical use."