The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-08-23
THE GOSPEL OF WORK
tss81al- zOLAS STIRRING ADVICE TO
FRENCH STUDENTS.

&GG3s-The Relation Between Science
aqa Happiness Explained.
Era1le lola, the famous novelist, pre-
'gEItzs2 at a dinner given by the Students
: .sa3aciation of Paris In the course Of
s9fnsssgening he spoke as follows
Easd science ever promise happiness?
& e1s not think so. Science promised the
Ernza. and it is questionable if happiness
@zm Ee made out of facts. To be con-
SaHr4 mith them even for day one must
.ssz9ssSs stoicism, an absolute unselfsh-
.nazz, 3 serenity of intelligence possible
~.czxIg 10 the highest minds Therefore
~eGtesgaairing cry goes up from suffering
f1nsEE9alSty. How, it asks, can we live
SxEEGAt decisions and illusions? If there
Is 9sR9 somewhere a world where justice
,.-gIa2Sz, where the wicked are punished
znaA Ine good rewarded, how endure the
Y GslMaainations of human existence? Ma.
1zsrs is $Ajust and cruel. Science ends
IN d8ss monstrous law of the survival of
+ f3ss strongest Reasoning thus, recoiling
@Sruzu realities as yet i'll explained, they
..tss&G a dream, put confidence in the out
Of sight and hope to satisfy in the be-
S1z2d their yearning for fraternity and
: Isszace.
This despairing appeal for happiness,
Z z5szxg on every side, moves me infinitely.
.AExaa1y music has responded to it, lit
szrzs1re is trying to satisfy the new thirst,
ssxlz art is changing to show its sympa-
fEw 1t is the reaction against natural
sssz7, which is they say, dead and buried.
Az AIRY rate the movement is undeniable.
Il 5s felt in all the manifestations of
zz1rzs3, and unless it is taken into &C
.-ssz1ass, studied and explained the out
kEaaE for the morrow is hopeless.
H. Being an old and rugged positivist,
ssssaaa Gla all this only halt in the march
akaead Indeed it is not even that, for
zEE libraries, laboratories, amphithea-
zaEs and schools are not deserted. What
weszsrures me most is the fact that the
.ssax-5a1 ground is unchanged. For new
zzs no flourish, for a new belief to give
t1aEaamity a new direction, there must
TEea new soil for them to terminate and
xEzEsE in Ours is still the democratic
flsaSL 1whence the century rose Faiths
&args a1a5t resuscitated, and only mythol-
salsexzy 4can be made of dead religion. The
zzaax1 century will affirm this one. What
s. WILL ,cencede is that in literature we
Ss5gzEs1gght the horizon too near, and per-
ssgspGz8y j regret having endeavored to
1l7ErGgs art to proved verities.
TXae new men, by re-extending the
,.aazEBgn, have regained possession of the
sszmSEzAawn and the mysterious, and they
A. 1,,,,o .,xvoJI T0a4xuoor +ba +r,,&bo "a
,s4sz1lEed through science, which are not to
b2 shaken, and the truths to be con-
sEnsxg1 tomorrow from the unknown,
sxsaa1h IN their turn will become immov-
AHA, there is land of doubt and inquiry.
1sfEEs zand belongs as much to literature
szx Sas science. Into it we can go as pio-
{ aH1Hr4, auIag the work of precursors and
ssEzssz1gret1ng, according to our talents,
9z1lgss sz@Snown forces. The ideal is only
ssss Eaaexplained. It is well enough to
g9nazazt solutions for the unknown, but
zEAs2sEsEe no right to put in question and
szs 45eny facts already verified AS sci
snnEz advances the ideal retreats, and it
saasz14 TO me that this slow conquest,
zazGEsgh we have the melancholy certi-
Gs91saf never knowing all, gives life its
= zn1y its only joy.
In these troublous days youth is told
9 gzs gss5eve, but nobody tells it exactly
>SR4z& 30 believe. Believe, they say, for
? Esss sake of the happiness that comes
E1ztaz believing, and most especially be-
e IxGgE an order that you may learn to be-
a7Ezae- The advice is not bad in itself It
ESekr1ainly great joy to repose upon
xssezSgurance given by any faith, no mat
~ what. The difficulty is that one can
EaEG believe by being willing to do so.
Eszza is wind that blows where it list
= szsskv and there only.
tx conclusion let me offer you creed
----E13hs7 creed Of work. Young men, work!
6 & sz1 aware that no counsel could be
& Ezars 5anal In every school at the end
II egery term it is given to every boy,
szz& every boy hears it with indifference.
k3aTG 8fsS me, who have never been any
ESzNg except a worker, tell you the re-
evzEa / have gained from the long toll
&FAssss effort has filed my life. The
EEyzrI3 was harsh to me at first. have
s z1gowl poverty and despair Later my
s1Isl1znce was battle, and even now the
31ssgSN gees on ana my Work is questioned,
zss3zfaa13icted, insulted Through it all
k9w support has been incessant work,
s7sgzsalsr, daily, for an end never forgot
sgG. Howeoften have ! stEted myself at
ky table, tortured by some great pain,
.ezkEsic8l or morall And each true, after
g l1izs 6iEst minutes of agony, my task has
gE0ged a solace, has given me strength
Gssso0ntinue the struggle andsawait the
ZI9YEoEv.
EaLnrIz g the law of the wnrld-tha