Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-02-01
some RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY MEMO


another day, and il is gone. Viewed
with a microscope IL l. terrible enough.
but looked AZ from fitting distance Il i
lost 20 sight often Il i solely sign oil
unhealthy skin In one small spot, that i
all Thus also with the startling muir
ders that reach our knowledge through
microscopic press Awful are their
details and enormous seem their ten
denotes a. they III out columns OF space
10 the exclusion from our vision OF all
those things that are progressive ana
healthy. Believe me, the powerful pol
sons in our national life are not 10 be
found In these fierce blo,ches, uusightiy
though they NAV seem. There - more
danger beneath the smooth skin OF
false civilization. where Seltl'hness rules
employers. and, In turn. dominates the
workers a well; where men lose sight
OF their obligations 20 one another
where purses breed pride and poverty
breeds envy; where, beneath sSneumo-
Nous professions lust rules, rampant
both within and without the household
where bows are not taught 10 reverence
womanhoOd. and where girls are not
taught 70 reverence themselves surface
complaints show themselves aud are
treated chronic diseases too often sap
the strength until too late. Against
these let u be watchful Instead OF lift
ing UP holy" hands 10 horror st some
wretched yielder 70 anger.
4 seuteutious individual when asked
the time-Old question, is life worth liv-
ings" replied very Sptly, That depends
upon the liver" True enough. whether
YOU have IN mind person or an organ
of the BODY. 30 mark YOU, before We
20 sny further, that in food there i both
life and death. The very elements that
strengthen u. and build our tissues. be-
gin 70 poison Us unless they sre removed
from the body a. SOOr as their work /
done. aud In this labor OF removal, the or
gan above mentioned does quiet, uneOm-
planning service under great sggravStlon
from some OF u, unholy eaters OF
complex dishes. 80 far as our bodily NE
is concerned. the world i nothing but
vast feeding-crib. whereat We must
linger. IL We would live, snd wereoy
we are laying up painful burdens 10
ourselves unless we eat wisely Snd
not too well. But Just as the child
Is DISCONTINUED with creeping, after II
once stands upright, 81 the Joys OF the
world OF thought make Us sink 10 a sec
Ondary place the Joys OF the world OF
OF food. and the liver's estimate OF lie
and It's worth i settled hy the thoughts
ne has. II he Is satisfied with the
thoughts Of Others and lets them pass
through his brain water passes through
- htptr ~
hind except high-wster mark-it - not
astonishing that he huds llfe empty
Thought, like food, must be made 70 sur
render 20 Us nOurishmeut, which there
upon becomes part Of ourselves.
II he takes Of the thoughts OF times
past, holds on 20 them as though thought
never moved. swears oy the knowledge
be gained wears ago, closes his mind ooth
against the gaining or giving of new,
progressive, helpful ideas, little wonder
that life seems like the mOckeTy OF day
light 20 blind man. Thought like food
must be constantly sdded 20 and never
retained indefinitely without re-acting
upon the world We live iu-Or we stag
nate In mind and become sluggish and
ultimately useless.
OR II be holds himself ready 70 be
stuffed with opinions quicker thar he
can digest them-like some unhappy
turkeys that | remember in NV child
hood as being periodically forced gorge
full Of barley meal-it Is not surprising
that he takes mUddled and bewildered
view OF the one life 20 the end OF which
he Is fastening.
IL il thought that makes life worth
living. Many Of nv readers will not be
able 20 agree with me at once, but later
We shall Right thoughts make right
acts, and right acts make life worth the
stuggle Of seeing IL through. Very few
Of u stop 20 reckon the Influence OF
thought on the world. Every improve
ment OF nature. every artificial change
In the surface Of the earth. Is the result
OF thought taking shape in the brain OF
one man or generations of men. Every
political privilege. every fight for con-
quest over enemies outside or within
ourselves Is the outcome or thought
every betterment OF mems conditions
onward from the csve-dwellers 70 our
modern comforts, has first taken form
in some mans mind; every straining up
ward OF the race toward morals or to-
ward God is Thought. Thought
Thought
Great is thought and happy are they
who give il full play. They JOY 10 follow
others until some pinnacle is reached,
and then fearlessly they leap upward yet
higher, finding in thought and It's mate
rialiZatiOns the bringing 70 light OF life
in all its grsndest possibilities.