The record-union., 1897-11-28
Some RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY Memo"
(Copyrighted by Dave & Taboro

yet caused wings TO bud, but the wish
has been father to numberless thoughts
about free movement over the face of
the earth. and thus asses, camels,
horses, and so forth have been broken
to our use. and used until too slow for
our Fastening spirits. From them we
have passed TO steam, to electricity to
compressed air. and TO other forms of
propulsion. Even the flying machine is
rapidly nearing a commercial possibil-
ity Better than the birds who fly yet
needs must rest, our servants carry us.
so that we skim the earth through
proxy effort and to eat or sleep or
transact business while being fitted
from place to place by tireless machin-
cry.
But / do not write this in order to
minister TO human pride; .on the con-
trary, it is to point a moral for those
whose hearts sometimes feel like burst
Fling DIT being shut away in a narrow
place. know just how you feel:
eager to do great things, sure that
you could do them if you had a chance,
and yet prevented by conditions that
seem cruel in themselves, and more
cruel when you see how they are him
dering you Have patience-at least
for five minutes-and let us draw a lit
tie inspiration from poor wingless man,
who being without powers of flight and
yet desirous of such powers-learning
that longing for the boon does not grant
him his wish, he sets his brain to work.
Its results we know. Like the traveller
who scales a cliff by turning this way
and that the absence of wings Is a linn
itation that has been set aside.
Apply this method to yourself, PIN
ing .tnd eager one. Mere longing for
different circumstances viii never bring
them. Opportunities are not forced by
pulling wiSh-bones, nor do chances
come by chiding fate. Since you can
not be i'll two places at once, your place
for the present is precisely the place
you are in, and if viewed Alright you
will be 10th to change it until you have
done your all with it, The most sell
emn spot in the world for you Is the
spot you stand on; for it is your test
ing place-not some one else's, hutyours
lit is your opportunity to show what
a man with limitations can do and can
dare. Transported suddenly from where
you are doing less than your all-for
that must be true if you are grumb-
ling and fuming-to new circumstances
that seem ideal, you will still find rea-
sons for discomfort But if where you
are. you make q wholesome blending
of content and ACKNOWLEDGMENT that
you know your limitations and discon-
tent to the extent of fitting yourself for
wider scope, the time of fuller, more
satisfactory life is practically certain
to come. The waiting may be long,
[ or tho ph0
deferred, you will have done we'll
OverU orked one, pressed with ankle
ties and harassed by those who ought
to, but do not seem to cooperate with
you. calm yourself. You are like a
tangled kite, tearing yourself to pieces
in thicket, instead of the eagle you
should be, soaring far above. You know
full well that the work you are doing
needs to be done: that it is laid upon
you to do it; and in your heart you
try to feel that the man and the task
will surely fit. Believe this with your
whole heart and little annoyances viii
assume their proper size. In your calm
moments you are thrilled by the things
you intend to accomplish during life;
multiply your calm moments by sheer
exercise of will and your belief in your
own purposes will carry you far above
petty Interruptions. You are in bat
tie fight it through. Would you in
such a place pay any heed to nettles?
| When the smoke has rolled away and
the dust of conflict settled you shall
stand triumphant beneath the silent
stars All of life is not the present
harassed moment; there remadneth an
eventide for the solace of those who
toll and triumph. At twenty-five. James
Watt. who has transformed the world
with steam, begged for the benignity of
death, so troubled was he, yet he came
to be the sweetest. sunniest old man
you could wish to meet.
Questioning one, do you complain be-
cause God is a mystery? Would you
have Him as visible as a tree and as
tangible as a rock? Then He would
be the one understandable thing in a
world Of mystery Your inner details,
your outer life, the two natures within
you-these are mysteries. The work
ings of the mind of the one you love,
hidden as effectually as a stranger
from your own thought-this is mys-
terry. The impossibility of a man thor
oughly understanding a woman and
vice versa-this is a mystery. Clear
out Of your daily life, in it's simplest
details, all that is strange; fathom it
all and understand it; then may you
raise querulous complainings at the
mystery that hedges around the crea-
tor of all mysteries.
The prisoner prayed that he might have
some light:
1t came and showed him but his sorry
plight.
The savant prayed for power to pierce the
sky;
II came, and dazed, he begged that he