Morris tribune., 1883-09-29
The Philosophy Of Strikes.

Professor ". c Sumn. in Harper's Weekly
ai' The progress in material comfort which
has been made during the last hundred
ears has not produced content. Quite
to the contrary; the men of to-day are
not nearly 50 cOuteuted with life or
earth rs their ancestors were. This 90
servution is-easity eXplainable by famil
lar facts in human nature. If satisfac
ton dNes RQtTeach to the pitch of safety
il does not produce content, but discon
TENT. II IS therefore stimulus to more
':nesdt ANA is essential to growth. If
however. we confue our study of the OBJ
seryafF rTrws have made to It's SO
ss5@..snlG; II PSrssly ;.,' '!tes Al; d,
the counter-movements which tcreates
and We also see the true meaning Of the
phenomena which have led some to the
crude and silly absurdity that progress
makes rs worse of. ? Progress certainly
does not makearse 'yhapDier. unless
their mental . sr-t sa m 9i sroBth,s GORE.
spends to thS greater command of nate.
rial comfort which they win. All that
we call progress is a simple enlargement
OF chances, ami tie question Of personal
happiness is question how tterchsuces
will be used. 1t follows thatif men 10
not crow in their knowledge OF life and
in their intelligent judgment Of the rules
of right living as rapidly as they can
control over pHysiral resources, they
will not win happiness at all. They will
simply accumulate chances which they
10 not know hOW-to use.
The Obser walton which has lust been
made about individual happiness also
has public or social aspect which is i'm
p0rtant. 1t is essential that the poiti
"a, Institutions, the social code, and the
"2fcept6d Notions mich constitute pub
lie opinion should deveiopir equal meas
urC with the increase OF power over ma
ture. Tie Fena.ty Of failure to main
- tain the proportion between the pOpul r
philosophy of life and the increase Of
material comfort will be social COnyui-
.ffrFyHch witt arrest civilization, and
viii subject the human race to such a
reaction toward barbarisn as that which
followed the fail Of the Roman Empire
It IS easy o see that at the present mo-
ment our popular philosophy of life is
all in confusion. The old codes are
breaking down; new ones are not vet
Il.---e+I~--aR and even am0nJst people of
sta"dlng, to whom We mast look to es-
fsf1istl' tbs body of public opinion, we
hear the most ContradiCtoYyQnd heter-
ogeneous doTFiues |abPuT life and
society. SSt-.~L---- = aa-- -
The growh Of the United States las
done great deal to break up the tradi-
,,l Il d. /, I l
adopted in europe. The civilized world
being divided into two parts, one old
and dense!y populated and the other
new and thinly populated, social phe-
nOmina have been produced which, all
though completely covered by the same
lays Of social force. have appeared to
bEfthtraaitiaryJ The effect has been
to disturb and break up the faith of
philosophers and students in-tha laws,
ann To- png6nder numbefless falIacies,
a%4+d ee.>t- ttrose who are not careful stu
dents. The popular judgment especial
~ ,kaS-beep <disUruered and. misled
EheI pd@ coGDtrgJ has offered such
CHANCES as no generation of men has
ever had before. 1t has not, however,
enabled any man to live without work,
or to keep capital without thrift and
prudence. It has not enabled man to
rise in the world" from a position of
igpAyafGsand .pevqrtE ahfSt the SINE
tin4e'e5 marty early. Spend freely, and
bring up large family Of children.
The men of this gene ration, therefore,
without distinction of cass, and with
only individual exceptions, suffeK Tr6m
the disCu1te en- kSat aD4appettte exeitad~ ky
taste K1akaExa butEh@T FIR below
safety SrgPoyer t9Sa pp4 eoiate -~e-a
mote TltuTe good in comparison with a
present one is distinguished mark of
highly civilized men, but if is not COM
bined with powers OfDersevering indus
try and self-deniaI, it degenerates into
mere day dreaming AID diseases of an
overheated imaiifari3jh- # aiiy number
Of persons are ~ THIS character. we
have morbid discomfort and romantic
ambition as e4cnl trats.y Our literature,
esPeWOdr fctio3 bears witness to
the existence Of classes who are corrupt
ed by these diseases Of character. We
find classes of persons who are whining
and complaining, aaIkwho, use the OF
gans OF bI5Iic discussion asad~4de4ibera=
tlOfpsff 5f0er to put forth childish COM
plants and impossible demands, While
they philOsODhiZe about life like the
Arabian Knights. OF course this whole
tone otthougnt and mode of behavior is
as far as possible from the. sturdy manli-
ness which meets the problems of life,
and WINS victories as much by what it
endures as by what it cOnQuers
Our American life, by its ease, exerts
another demoralizing effect on great
N9ny of us. Hundreds Of our Young
}0pla grow up without anv real discip-
le. Life is made easy for them, and
le1r tastes and wishes are consulted too
Mach Ihs- grQE to maturity. with the
9 91i;T ss.,As n H. e sai
knows-he VIE q Kounssperson, who Who
wants to find an Occupation, xhieb.
he would "like, ard WRo dlsscusses Tie
drawbacks of dIffiduItysegd isagreeajI
ness in anything which offers yPheS
point here referred to fs16F course en-
tirely different from another and still
more mo lam q. n:taA1iaeSl Bat isQ heIterri-
pie lDefhclencp 9hnd 1ncapabilIty of a
g great many OF rs people VI 9 are COM
Pi eanHist ana d. oeE g. 4 atytohe wants
than annataa-e5ts 5Ae-o-grwnefming ap-
tGisemsan III m qS9GR eaysr
neWspfmH Sfi haIiesa eifddatio nj offer.
ing a sest+efo rpanon to be carried
n at nome, not occurring any previous
training, by HhElttbhI Two on tBfee HAIRS a
DAY may befH led ara b. fmobE of the
existence GRAZ ass to which tkey ap-
peal; How ma ao thousand people in
the united >tatf want just that kind,f
employment! hat beautiful world
ta5s EI949tlsit l's'a a'sa any lsSeS
Then, again, our socjal-asnbitie1 is also