Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-19

soon reach it- destination u moi hesrt
by an accident. Here oceufs another
significant parallel. The faster II goes
tho greater the percentage Of wear aud
loss by frlcuon and j,stie and the
sooner the race viii bp made. J. is an
agent OF modern travel and com.
merce and must oboy the mandate i'm
parted TO Its dumb conscious
noss To make haste hastily I;
this means not only the present trip
but those to come, In which the pace
must he still further heightened. IL
used 10 take two hours aud more TO go
to Ogden, and for whlis this was
satisfactory, being placei In i'm nsdi-
ate contrast with Journeying ~ W.
hlcles over indifferent roads and taking
the greater part Of the day for IT,,
camping out on the way; tien, after
adopting improved safeguards, the
railroad managers yielded to the pub.
lie pressure and dropped OF twenty
minutes; another yesr or 30 and twenty
minutes more were clipped oil the
schedule, and now all or nearly all OF
the extra hour has disappeared, and
theenglne makes his course in one.half
the time no did at first. II he could
think, no would now DO wondering
when he was next to be called on to
accelerate his pace aud how
much longer he will be able to
endure it-would sometimes harbor
n dread Of tho threatened collapse OF
himself and the danger b alb In his
wake when, with limbs battered, body
racsod, system strained and power
ourtsiled, the last injection Of power
into the entecbled mechanism has
proved more than II could contain and
live.
We are living very fast ia this age,
faster than we have any Immediate
comprehension Of. The clrcumnavl-
gniiOn OF tho globe Ia no longer the
event Of u lifetime for which prcpara-
ton Is made months ahead Of the time
Of starting; 1t Is n pleasure trip which
IL sometimes determined upon one day
and the journey begun the next. We
are In instantaneous communication
with three-fourths OF the earth, in
Guiding what was ones considered
land beyond 1.-THE flowory kingdom,
the celestial empire Of China. Cross
| Ing the Atlantic ~ no longer n
voyage; 1t l. u llt.ls visit in
vOlving days now as against
months in the las. generatl on, aud
but very few days at that, which are
rapidly being diminished. The speed
OF horses has beon increased ninety
per cent beyond what our grandfathers
believed possible, and altogether things
are flying to the fore at dizzy rate.
Lot us pause and consider. The
greater the speed the greater the proper.
lion Of danger, and, M already shown,
the sooner our journey lie ended. 1--we
would make It pleasurable and enjoy
what we see ~ We 20 along, 1t would
be better TO proceed more loisurely, TO
take things moderately and to not per.
init our minds N bodies to be on con.
slant, wearing strain. An engine con-
s.ructed for ten thousand miles OF
travel with a train Of no much heit to
draw, at q rate Of twenty miles an hour,
| will fall short Of that amount OF jour.
neying II the speed DO increased, and
the ratio OF falling OF will be greater
than that OF tho additional speed;
40 with us. We come into the earth
designed and equipped for u pilgrim
ago OF seventy, eighty or ninety years;
whether all reach the allotted time OF
not depends largely upon ourselves. II
we are afflicted with tho demo OF
unrest and want TO be In constant mo.
ton, we are thus taking on days and
finally years from the other end; II we
permit disposition TO embark In
hazardous enterprises to control us, we
are always confronted by the danger
Of immediate collapse; aud II, through
vicious habits, excessive indulgence
In proper things or Indulgence ntall In
forbidden things, We seek to add to the
mere fieeting pleasures Of the times,
we simply defeat ourselves doubly-by
eurtailing the capacity for real enjoy
ynent and fastening the day when en-
joyment will not find US.
II Ia as well to think OF these things
now aud then, and to act upon them
at oil times. Don't abuse the machin-
cry; don't strain the motive power;
don't give drafts upon your later life
for tho hollow and enervating paslimes
Of today. BE moderats IN mental aud
physical exortIon, expanding only 30
much as In needed to accomplish your
allotted tasks In life, aud reiraih from
worrying aud irettiug because 1t Ia to-.
day and you would like TO have 1t to.
morrow. In plain aud homely but
nevertheless useful phrase, 90 slow!
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