Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01

ideas or in his business. l was interest
ed when | saw the typesettlng machine,
the linotype, and when | saw the ma
trices distributed. When they are
through with a line these matrices
are carried off and distributed by ma
chinery they run along until the ma.
trices find their places and drop down /;
another runs along and finds another
place, and they make no mistake. They
drop in their grooves with greater ac-
curacy than they can be put there. |
tell you this to illustrate the manner in
which the idea drops down to the per-
son who Is interested in that subject and
passes by the rest. That is not new.
You have a great many ideas. That Is
true of small ideas, because there are two
kinds, but the small idea comes in to fit
the condition; the great idea comes in
to make the condition fit it. The small
idea is suited to the surrounding, but
the great idea makes the surrounding to
SUIT itself.
WHERE L STAND ALIKE.
NOW, while the grocer would be in
terested in those things which concern
his business, and the lawyer in those
things which concern his profession, and
there are certain ideas which must con
Germ all because there are certain ques-
lions where all stand upon a level GER
tain questions which affect all alike. If
IN idea affects our religion, If it affects
us temporarily or our future welfare, we
are all interested in it. If it concerns
society, the home, the family, those
about us, it must affect US. We must be
Interested in 1t all alike. If it affects the
government we must be interested in it,
because the government is us, and gov
eminent is a thing that we cannot es-
cape from. We may have one kind of
government, or we may have another
kind of government, but we must always
have some kind of government, and in a
government like this we have that kind
of government which we want badly
enough to secure it. The great beauty
OF our form of government is that we
can have Just such a government as we
desire. 1t is not perfect; it will not he
perfect, but it will be just as good as we
deserve to have. 1t will be what we make
it, and therefore any idea which con
Germs government must concern all of US.
| want to talk to you tonight about some
ideas which concern government. This,
you may say, is my hobby. | suppose
every one has a hobby.
DEFINITION OF A FANATIC.
AT this point Mr.. Bryan paid tribute
to the fanatic as the motor in the
world of ideas.
II used to think the word fanatic a
very harsh name, but after | was able to
define it myself it didn't seem so bad. A
fanatic is one who thinks so deeply upon
certain subjects as to make himself a
nuisance to everybody who doesn't think
as deeply on that subject as he does.
daughter and applause.) One is a
fanatic on one subject and one on anoth-
err. Now the subject which has been
m 'st interesting to me for several years
past is the subject of government, and
the thing in government which impresses
me most, as | have studied the question,
is the Indifference of citizens In a govern
ment like ours TO the great problems of
government. and if | can succeed in
awakening in your minds a deeper in
terest In the problems of government, /
can trust you with that awakened
thought to find some way of giving ex-
preston to your ideas. But if you have