The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-03
as 4 HOILER.
The New Man at Work.
He HoNoRS LABOR WITH HIS
WHOLE HEART.
BY G. GROSVENOR DAVE.

BY G. GROSVENOR DAVE.
Written for The Commonwealth.
The New Man-As a Toiler.-He sees
that the primal forces OF the world arc
all against man that the chllls OF
winter benumb him that the heats OF
summer enervate him that the hills
impede his progress that the earth
quakes cast down his effort and tha!
time brings him to nanght. It is
clear to him, therefore, that whatever
this world has gained in any direction
Is the outcome Of strenuous exertion.
He sees i'll the duplicated world
around him with its factories and It,
farms, lis cities and It's homes the re-
suit of human thought translated into
human effort. From the humblest
shack to the loftiest building, and
from the organization Of the simplest
farm to that of the most progressive
and complicated modern city some ones
thought outlined the thing before It
was and some ones effort made it to
be. Thus to him thought transformed
into effort is the greatest power in the
world thought followed by no effort is
fruitless effort preceded by no thought
is waste.
The New Man, as a toiler, honors
labor with his whole heart. He sees
furthermore that as the many drops oi
water make the rolling sea so this vast
world, as moulded and conquered b.
man, Is what 1t is because the labor OF
one is aided by the labor of another
and the effort Of one generation IS car
ried on to greater perfection by the
generations that follow. He, there
fore, does not honor labor that thinks
only of itself and that fails to recog-
nize its cooperation with all that are,
have been and are to be. Viewing
things in this way, he sees no disgrace
In any form of toll that helps on the
world. The man who weilds the hoe
becomes to him fully as honorable as
the man who thinks the thought that
gives the hoe employment. To him all
men are honorable who do honorable
work wherever they are cast; to him
ali men are dishonorable who think
only of gain for themselves, no matter
what happens to others.
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Yet at the same time he sees great
law at work which undoes the selfish
ness of the world and makes it, not
w1thstanding It's own blindness and evil,
help on the work of the whole; fer
even the unruly and the thleving have
themselves been the cause for much
that is organized and orderly and law
abiding in the world. Therefore the
New Man, as a toiler, solaces himself
In the midst of his own perplexities
and hardships with the thought that
all works ultimately work together for
good to this great work-a-day world
the works of the grasplng themselves
being the source Of effort on the part
OF others, to see that the grasping Is
forced to surrender Up its good to the
great human family. The New NJ n
above all things, is consequently hope
fuI. whether he toll with his head-di-
rected hand, or with his head alone
directing other hands.
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The New Man, as a toiler, allows
himself no depression at seeing things
go seemingly wrong for he knows that
sooner Or later, just as in the past, the
restless, upward movement OF this
wondrous human race Will keep on
righting wrongs, even though it may
not be in his little span OF time. This
hopefulness of his does not prevent
him from striving to bring improve
ment in his day but it does save him
from that restless rattllng around that
is the very undoing of successful ef-
fort, and it does impart to him the
quiet OF spirit which increases mans
power. He even rejolces at being
awake to the fact that things in his
day are not all that they ought to be !;
for in those very defects he discovers
reason for his own being and Tor his
own working and he is glad
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The New Man, as toiler, sees that
the most miserable of all men are those
who have no cause tor exertion and
who live off the accumulations OF a
generation better than they. He COM
miserates parasites for they know none
of the independence that comes from
tolls and triumphs, from rebuffs and
rebounds. He sees their type In the
drones of blye, living of the honey
of others; and for them his only hope
is that in performing their peculiar
function they may perchance call forth
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