The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-11-05
rantaIua aaa lis Opportnni.lsg.

Toatalr regarded rs De supreme type Of misery oydepmyaion HhIma-
@hmnt saemsto have been cruelty Invented soa7 to add dgloical ret1omontto
the usual pmasot hmmijeaMa hungcr and thirst To stand chin deep in an ev
nb@an& lake and yet suffer for drink is sufficiently horrible To he hungry m
to death with the 0nitIoicn boagh dangling before the face is the acocof phys
perish without the mo.kery of str""r at hand The distant mirage Of shiang
lake and dNe I#n may be borne i'll The vision of dying wretch; tao TauaIls
die Tor NOT die of exhaustion
The tale Of ToutoIus bvmy~ the cold aud sracrins ingenuity Of The Greek
lice Of to put@uyut 4" which Tauoalus wa. subjected. aud what suggest is
TINT aftp ALL heuy hyo had good time while engaged in the Otherwise mn
pleasant work of aareng 10 death without dying
The old myths do uotow. US ia what TmaIs had done some say one
thing some another The most probable story of his Inisleels is chat lie gave
4atme ol diplomacy the plans were secret rishe pccnHuiH otsatonaf
If tG~y bn any one tOne which the god have never been able 70 hear it is
But the dads Me peculiarly Jealous The Old myth f@nf@G&Ss some conGtcu,
he went nosqns around Olympus foonng wHh fire and lightning like Thomas
tom to- r% liver hrs H1 net "%'Gi 10 iS S6m s spIi nus" g" "r'o of E sn ~ and nd ag9"H n of
i" t Ir inrnI1 i" #o "I l@e#n NC d + t@ .. "S Sc' SEn5 a@a s2 mt G 5W43 n.j gG Ss@a
@s the gods Iadhm he must ra Tie eternal stone '"''
I stn@i. F after the netm}al Of the QiSymIim secrets wa n thrown down down jos
Fra0E&n aso s5at@h"d The fire from heaven, The French Academy Tadn e" a
"Fulnen nulbos erpuit soeptmnquc tyronuis"
That u.s. He yryse1 the lightning from the skies md the sceptre from Nrns
But ! was gng to aver that Tmtalus notwithstanding the hopos@nes Of
we may s1pgM thot the water was nei,nTr too hot nor toe cold The Farterion
long bath Na9e|yer has stood ttntoe in the sen knows how pleasing "a Z be
elos my egGd"t Insurance assiost drowning That were. Impossible without
we'll nGe9 ali 1g a@; f&t wtr@yor bis b"n %% a3& t Ma9I c tIir neither @5 i
II @au tN'e.rlt thlns to he assured against starvation absolute To possess
shh fl guarantee Wduid produce Il pleasing confidence IN the mind, with mn en-
tr" absence of eae aHd anxiety. \ man in such a position would have little
cmcgn aaoat te prices Of products nd the rate Of wages Perhaps aftcra sea
son Of starvation the sense oil woad become So mild that like the furydavI
Tanner fautalus woa!d have little anguish from his condition He might even
pineapple with cquanimty
II must hP remembered TINT starvation comes down to the horizontal life
line like the descending co ordinate curve of hyprboa 1t approaches the life
line foteFer ht never Geachcsit That Is. the starvation line does not reach the
life Hne mJl IL becomes parallel with it, and it cannot reach it when ID dmS be- |
come parallel with it, Therefore actual starvation ia jafNia}y grl3HW, Tanta.
ns may have found IL So He woult get half way to starvation on the first day;I
one hall Of the remaining distance the next day onalaf of the remaining dis
lance thu third day and SO on al t{fnfHHL The pain would diminish in like ri
ito by and by Iantalus would come to the parallel of indifference. and would
hardly 20 out Of the water to eat if be could, or sbup to dluk IL he might
Meanwhile he would have abundant time fer reflection. Reflection IL the
basis OF philosophy and philosophy is the only proper mode Of life fcannot see /
therefore, how any one can live philosophicaly atp in such a situation AZ Tan
Aus ocanpet The owl IN his conversation with the Cat one day insisted that
o DE a philosopher one mus have time and be otcrwAH N8nap06R This truiqn
70 have been fully verified in the case q Tantalns Observe that III the
'her wasting and narrowing conditions Of life mus, in his situation. be an
tnova. lie had nothing tod except to think; and to think j. to enjoy unes
md no inh%est, ms accounts We're never overaawu; l3 was never il arrears
With his correspondence lie never had to explain anything to ANYBODY
twas o clean, cool place where Tantalus lived. Io had more solitude thrn
ThorcauL What use he would make of his solitude would, OF course cpend on
himself But he WIS tlears a maj of genius and of phlanthioic disposition
COR our part. do not see that he did not have quite liberal opportunities off
and improvement Iantalus could study the habits Of the waterfowl for
lays together He coala rheaNe mn intended Grafton without danger that some
ntrudct would oyetbear him and lretk his period He could have his huno,
IL TO himself Tie cruld cnoy his own joes He could avoid absolutely the
ruclsae g. his iIteTds Iatlrsw wig never assessed III ha life No street.
ARAB ever siook NASTY newspaper pmier his nose With an 0atcty Of the Latest
candsl
On Che wh@lei t world appear Mat The scheme Of the Jealous gndsto wreak
engcsntF Oh Fan@ins was wqtaly aleftise lie may have been the most Sc
enc and happy philosopher OF his age. Arena i