The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-08-28
MoRGANTowN, WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY AUGUST 28 1897
Some Rambling Thoughts.
BY ..NEMo.n


To RISING ONEs:-It is a delightful
sensation 10 rise in the world: TO have
the few who thrust out the tongue at
you, humbled in the dust; to have the
many dazzled at your accomplish
ments. But, If dazzling or despite
lurk in your heart as the great gain
Of rising, you have missed the grand
est pleasure of power. He who actu-
ally hampers himself in order that
Others may be uplifted is greater than
he who moves upward alone. The
hampered one sets other forces at
work, the credit OF which is really his.
The imperious, cold hearted one stands
alone. When he ends, his power ends,
and he leaves no beneficiaries behind
him to carry on their work along lines
which he first gave the impulse in
their hearts.
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TO THE AMBITIous:=View from
selfish standpoint, there is nothing
so helpful as struggle in attaining an
ambition. Just think what crowd
there would be at the top, If the
mountain of purpose were bored for
safety elevator like some of the AL
pine SUBMITS. But just because there
is no beaten track but only hardships
and chilling reyerses, there is and al
ways will be room for those who are
successful. The strenuous effort that
a writer has to put forth, for instance;
the delays in recognition; the pittance
of pay. All these continue year
after year, wear out the feeble-hearted
and give larger field for the lion
hearted who, even il unsuccessful at
first. out Of the failures get strength
for later successes.
Seek we the power to rule your fellow
men
BY right OF silver speech or golden pen ?
Seek we above the common herd to rise
LEARN first myself to rule" the wise
man cries.
Seek We the power to save myself from
And so obtain the mastery over all?
Learn" says wiser still. ito conquer
eye needs must be in all things tenn
perate.
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TO CRoAkERs:-If the balloonist
drifting across the frigid north assert
ed that his beloved homeland did not
exist, for the reason that it was out
of sight, he would not be more unrea-
sonable than we who decide the world
to be retrograding and worthless as a
whole, just because we, ourselves, are
retrograding or our outlook is cheer
less. The world is wide and the view
| OF any one person narrow. Because,
perhaps, for us there is no good thing
at this moment we may even deny
blasphemously that there is sunshine
for anybody, for we try to believe only
in those things we see. We see selfish
ness but we do not see far enough, for
there is much else ia the world that is
better: we see immortality near us but
we must be blind If we conclude,
therefore, that all women or all men
or both are plunged in a seething cal
dron or vice. Take Il broad view of
life, and despite murders, rapine, cru
city, you will be convinced the hands
of time move forward. Bear in mind
to your comfort that the things OF
good are ever quieter than the things
of evil, and yet as the quiet river
erodes the land more nightly and
more effectually than volcanic out
breaks, so these quiet elements of hui
manIty are working our whole selves
ever upward, despite the crushing
noises of downward tendencies.
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How sweet it is when soft Spring shoots
appear,
To mark their dainty dress, their color
clear,
And follow forth with fancy's filmed eye
Their fnture's glorious possibility.
This tender twig with dewy, verdant
spray.
Fresh as the promise OF a new born day.
Fed by the suns pure rays, tn untaint-
ed air,
May grow tree majestical and fair.
SO childhood's years with anxious Joy
we view,
Knowing the noble deeds mankind may
do.
Yet fearing lest the step of sordid gain
Their promise pure, unworthily should
stain;
Or lovely poisonous vine, with soft caress
Their bounding healthy upward life
COMPRESS:
Or boughs of other trees, with selfish
growth
Induce sickly feebleness and slott.
o may we strive, who now have reach
ed our prime,
Though dwarfed perchance by ignorance
or crime,
To clear the ground and give the nations
Youth
The air Of freedom and the sun of truth
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To SAD ONEs:-Mark the tapping
at the barometer during the next rain
spell. No matter how lowering the
sky, If the mercury rises upward ever
so little you are sure of the better day
coming, wherein the rain hath its rest
and the sun its victory. Look out
now through the streaming lattices Of
your soul; scan all the Affections that
have come on you from every side.
Question them closely as it were, to
see if sorrows will ever cease. Then
you will note an upward tendency in
them all, promising brighter day
wherein peace dwelleth. As the storms
lash the earth with fury, yet clothe it
with yerdant beauty, so your Affections
cleanse away evil and weakness and
unproductiveness in your character,
that good may the more freely abound.
49,
To ALL The death of an individ-
ual, however prominent, matters very
little except to IL few immediate
friends and relatives. The few who
suffer loss are as nothing to the
millions who, not knowing the deceas-
ed, feel no poignant grief at his de-
parture. If all / have ever written
before is false, this at least is true and
true universally. Viewed from inside
our own hearts, some of US feel pulled
up with importance; viewed from
without we are only units in vast
crowd, each unit living its life and
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