The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-01-22

this and YOU are getting hold Of the long
arm of lever. Get held or the long
arms Of AS many other good levers rs you
can. and by and by you will heip
move the world. Organization Is invari-
ably connected with life. Aud life Is con-
nected with constant change. Challenge
a drop OF blood coursing through the ar
teries OF n living body. But the drop oil
bl,cd pauses not, IL only says, "there are
to i thousand changes with which my mis-
sio Is connected and must hurry on"
Charg es there are in human society, and
eael individual Is, or may be, as the drop
Of blood. Now IL Is no use 10 be jealous
Of new organizations. They will arise
just as sure as the earth moves, on which
we stand. While have been writing this
line the earth has been speeding onward
In It's flight and never will 80 back. hu-
man society is similarly advancing. Inc
man that thinks he can stand still anu
keep society with him, ought to vegetate
OH ~ NOTlu INslH W. "
AFTER the old Piatonic system. 1t may DC
said that there are many changes that are
not improvements. This Is, no doubt, the
fact, but are there any improvements
without changes? Let there be some fall
ures. Thwarted here and thwarted there,
In turn. success at length will come, ana
the standard Of Advance will be set up
upon new ground: Around me are
mass of people that simply vegetate. 1
have never heard of their doing anything
else. Their language, as nearly as | can
interpret it, Is something like this, "When
I please eat, when please labor, when
/ please play. acknowledge nobody. $
claims upon me whatever" Now each
man is n member OF a, family; Inc must
perform the office of the drop OF blood, In
our illustration above, or wife or children
are miserable. He Is also member OF
community and cannot isolate himself
without violating his duty to others. And
no individual can sunder his relationship
10 the race. Some, acknowledging pro-
gress in the past, recognize none In the
present. 'sThey say, will follow the
same pillow my grandfather did, and cut
my grass with the same scythc." The
few that lead in the path of progress have
10 drag these after them. know OF n
body of people called n church, not
thousand miles from here, that Is situated
I'm half bushel. Ithas never got beyond
that. From present appearances 1t never
will. II recognizes no such thing as the
anti-slavery cause. One of the members
walked up with surprise the other day.
"what! Slavery abolished In the United
Statesg Why how you talk" 1t recoS-
nizes no such thing rs the Temperance
cause; calls the children In before night
and sends them early TO bed when there Is
n temperance lecture, for fear they will
attend. "Let rum rum" they say; III am
responsible for nobody but myself, and let
other people look out for themselves"
Some, who have done something for the
public good, manifest great fears lest they
should do too much. III have heard them
say. ~ have done my part, now let others
take hold" Don't be scared my friends.
Has there ever been the first drop OF
blood that was frightened at the prospect
of doing too much? Nature Is intensely
active but manifests not the slightest indi-
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