Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-04
Bah HAS THE GRIP,
And Falls 10 Moralizing, Doing
1t Most Delightfully."-. -
ARE MEN BORN FREEANgeQUAI
The Wonderful Watch ola 9heen-where
Wisdom is Folly and Knowledge is
Unwise-The Kinds7Sf Grip y
We Like.

Copyright. 1892, by the Box syndicate Press,
New York
Special Correspondence of the Gazette
NEwY RK, Jaa- 26, 1892 =,
If the grip dosne't kill you, it at least
gives you number of hours for reflection.
and in between the times when you are
moaning about the ache in your back, abont
the funny feeling in your knees and almost
choking when you cough, you can think
over, not all yonr sins and those of your
friends and kinsfolk, but you have suffici-
eut time TO do a little thinking on abstract
subjects. At least, that is what l called
them, though am not sure whether it is
correct or not. However, it sounds well.
So many things Sound well that are not true;
for instance, was there ever q greater
untruth than the assertion made that sail.
N IN are born free and equall" They are
not.
THE DIFFERENCE N MEN.
Some are handicapped from the start, and
if they come in at the finish victor, they de-
serve so much more credit for it. Handi-
capped with what2 Well, one man is born
with superb health, with clean line of
ancestry behind him, and in respectable
surroundings. Another comes into the
world inheriting the illnesses of insanity or
drunkenness, of indigestion, or of bad
heart, and among those who will encourage
everything that is wrong in him. Are those
two men born free and equal2 Certainly
not Is John Brown, who can take glass
of wine and enjoy it, and stop there because
he doesn't care for any more, on an equality
with John Smith, who because of the sins of
his ancestors cannot do. the same without
becoming drunkard2 Is John Brown, who
finds it no trouble to say pleasant word to
everybody, on an equality with John Smith,
who, fighting against an hereditary il-tem-
per, has to make an effort TO be agreeable2
Is John Brown, who would no more think
of stealing than he would of numbering, on
an equality with John Smith, whose father
was convict, whose mother had no idea of
what decency and purity were, and who
cane into this world unwelcomed and un-
Eeared for2 Why, there is no such thing
as equality. | don't care if twenty Thomas
Jeffersons wrote that. And l don't believe
that when all these men come to be judged,
that the God who made them viii look at
them as on an equality; but he will think
of the weakness and wickedness that came
to them by inheritance, of the surround
ings that tended to increase these, aud of
the temptations that came in their way.
ARE We FREE BEINGsl
Freel Are we free2 doubt that We
all of US are dependent, the one on the
other The social structure, which means
the home, the marriage and morality, would
tumble 10 pieces il we were free. Are you
free TO do things that would cause scan
youl Are you free to speak the evil words
that hurt another and that will as certainly
rebound as a boomerangl You do it, but
certainly you are not free to. and that it is
not your privilege IS proved by the fact
that Just as certainly as you commit this
crime or take this freedom, Just so certainly
you will be punished for it. It's nonsense
saying all men are born free and equal
We are equal once in our lives, all of
Us, and that is when we face
death. We may look at it from
among siIken spreads and laees, or
huddled up in a dirty blanket, but it IS Just
the same. Death comes, and be It prince
or pauper, he is met in the same way. He
looks at you, you meet him. and you close
your eyes Just as does the poor wretch who
hadn't the food to keep him alive.
WIEN We ARE ALL KQUAL
That is the only time IL your life, my
friend, that you and the other man are alb
solltely equal. When the heir Of the Brit