Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-14
Unattended influence.
nv WIN. AIKMAN, D. d.

solu, YOU. You feel them without
' a,,her touch or sign.
9Th; There are persons whom you speak Of
having a chilling manner, which at
20 renels you. The coming of such a
ne ;atp circle where moment ago all
a us cordial sympathy and pleasure, is like
10 aoating of an iceberg into the tropics;
he air becomes hyperborean where sum-
mer was reigning.
ca there are those whose personal pres
~ Won can well describe in no otter
n NV than by saying, it is sunny. They
0gs with them an air of health and joyous
ass Their step in the house makes the
s;lsreu smile and the circle grow full of
I'M II is even in the sick chamber, like
breeze of spring; you cannot tell
hr. Won only knoU that the place is
,;sh,sr for there being there.
This effect Of mere air and manner goes
,nch farther than the emotions and spirits
those who feel it; it has bearing upon
sorscter and shapes life. No one can
N 10 how early it is felt and how last
are its results. The infant in its
s,ber's or its nurses arms is perpetually
,sc;n;ent of it. That infant may be
,tching hour by hour the disposition and
baracter of her upon whose bosom he is
sd II is not material food only that he
laws from the mothers breast-power is
rsnating Ia word and manner, nay, in
= subtitle unnamed outgolngs of thought
d feeling from that bosom, and the little
. makes them part of his life. The
stiffness or petulance Of the mother is
On to reproduce itself in the child.
snv a mother who has been impatient
4 nprh aos angry at her infant because it
sacross" perhaps, were she willing,
ybt find the cause Of it all in her Own
position. How could he catch sunshine
Of q cloud9 How could he gather
terial for smiles out Of the perturbed
zee where he had been es.hng?
is most probable that the character
disposition of children are formed
e by these silent influences than BY
dis and precepts. Indeed, in multi.
of cases these latter are wholly over
ne BY the former; the direct and an
need teachings are in one direction,
secret but mighty oveTflowing are in
her. Arctic navigators drifting
ayud sometimes see a huge iceberg
HIM it's way southwark through ice
s-.he unseen under current has
iar hold on its mass than the sur
drift.
Ju may call it what you will or you
be unable to name it at all, yet there
lew who are not cognizant of the in
Ice the simple presence Of certain per-
have upon them. Women know it,
gh they may not be able to explain it.
quick instinct Of woman how keen
10 discern character, and to recognize
hply by this unseen outflowing OF the
Perhaps it is because the nature of
ne woman is more keenly sensitive
mans. A needle floating delicately
3 he waters surface feels the faintest ap-
Ich of a magnet.
kura Bridgeman, the deaf blind, and
N b Girl, was very striking illustration
bis recognition of unintended iniiu-
N Before she was taught selfrestraint,
had learned to guard her demonstra-
Of feeling, she would show, on the
vent of introduction, the most oppo-
EMOTIONS toward those who approach
nd 81. On taking the hand of one per-
lie would at once dash it from her
wn away with every expression of
vance or, possibly, disgust; while
I. ilg the hand of another, she would
!, vOr TO pass her own hand caressing-
/ r the arm and cheek of its possessor.
lived of the ordinary means of knowl.
9 her abnormal sensitiveness actually
be emanations Of the strangers life
haracter.
extreme instances need not be cited.
~ ersons are more or less affected by
ccult power. One man makes you
another disturbs you merely by his
bee, and you may not be able in
case to explain the reason; and
We feel as flowing out from other
II perpetually streaming out OF our
a Dry man carries with him power
! he cannot but exert. He cannot SO
ii lis soul within his body that 1t may
u forth. Take altar Of roses and fold
i; hands tightly as you may, will no
d pc go forth? The words Of the old
q are true, Continent in the hand
y eth itself" The aroma of your
life will 60 out. You may guard
d lips, you may shape with ninutest
our acts, but your inner life will go
pd some one will be touched and
ri by it.
I is new and intense feeling given
4 Fry mans life. 1t is not ia most
30 much what he does or what he
ss at makes his influence--it ia what
y That which is within he cannot by
I power keep from going forth. He
/ helpitif he would. 1t streams out
= i'm like the unseen magnetism that
b y man is perpetually at work, not
y hours when he purposely puts
rs powers, but when most of all he
q |ghtless of it. Indeed, the thought
y ur may be the hour of most lasting
III since it gives the truest revelation
y lows out the most subtitle influence.
onsibility goes farther than most
agine. 1t does not end with words
?. He is responsible for what Is
since that will inevitably 60 forth
d or ill.
~ unintended power is often the tru-
uence of the man, as it is the
st. 1t may be the reverse Of wha.
D es 1t to be. His words, his acts
N one direction, while the infiu-
his inner self atrptchea ont in