The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18


him Save dssnclinstien TO offend ana :
willingness 70 be turned aside from ~
eacSen methods ny appeals made 10 hin
Erc3 nature. then note the result. and tho
difference. TIE first win impress hamself
and his methods upon men. larxely az the
tine, against their with This maa will
end by becoming q hensfacfof The csh~e
VIII weakly wish we'll 10 all nu, not aav.
ing the stomach for aSns. not wishing 10
oppose and destroy the plans Of men who
stand IN his way, will really do nothing az
value and cna IN seang--if Ae lives lee2
enough simply An object % pssS.
With the Esrss tire star az hope il the &C.
consrisshnen, OF his design. Ta.s holds his
thought. The other is turned aside cut q.
regard fer men To whom he should listen
only that he may confouna and defeat
them He loses sighs Of future hes,erment
BY tcfsrring TO men when he should Nxht
Among all the thoughts OF man and con-
dision- CO his mind nothing Is so supreme
~ imTortsn; a. the presence In his mental
eonsiisasson az hope, thai anchor &c the
soal Give n man s.rm aope In the future
and take away all else and he viii xnii-
inxly hide bis time. came what may. blow
shc winds OF fate against him never 50
strongly. Surround him. on the contrary.
WITH everything Of beauty ana Of value
and destroy hope in his future. and that
without remedy. ard you have left only Q
maniac frem whom reason has ned HOPE
II the one thing absolutely essential 70 the
mind or man: its life. Its all. So powerful
10 II. however. that even little viii suf.
ice the need Of the time Man lives 70 %
outre. 10 gain IN some direction. Hope oe
tbs fsits his heart and oecanlea his mind
"Where his treasure Is there will his heart
be also" Some small gain. In ouc siirec.
ton or another. must be His The scholar,
though stepped in poverty. Il satisfied ie
al Az stHn& ~. -nt.1.
advances IN hts peculiar thought. the artist.
with increase OF skill. and the nan OF the
weird with enlargsng Golfers. But there
must m al caees be an advance. or misery
10 the result. This - the law. Increase
hewever. need not be great but Il must Dc
continuous. Hope must have somewhat
upan which TO feed. And hope 10 only aus.
tAined by constant advance. Hope Of ~.
sure oetserment thus becomes 4 constttu.
ens part Of the man himself The old lose
interest In life and are ready to die chiefly
because ability 10 acquire and hope of bet.
terment has plainly come 10 an end. And
this desire. or hope. continually advances
and must be constantly fed. We are often
amazed At the conduct Of men,. who.
though excessively wealthy. sun grasp
for greater riches. We mead not -. They
only obey law OF nature which cannot
BE- cvaded without penalty. For f 3 man
who. having formed character a. Z
wealth-getter. ceases 10 acquire and re-
tires" he II miserable. Usually he does
not live long. The demand Of HIS nature
cannot Be met And this demand. coming
from the vital part Of man. must b
reckoned with. II cannot be ignored. IL
affects men by making them DESTROYS Of
acquiring scmethtng. What that some-
thtEx may be depends upon the peculiar
constitution Of the particular man- But
he must acquire something. II may b
either wealth. honor. skin. power, CORY.
or what not. but an advance must b
made. II these considerations DO not
move . man We say that he II deranged
cause he 10 Of unspund mind. that H. his
mind II seen to be abnormal or unnatural
This being the case. II from any cause Is
becomes impossible for men to satisfy the
natural desires Of the mind. thex arr rem
dered insane to the degree In which hope
II shut or II hope 10 absolutely ana en-
tirely destroyed the man II absolutely ana
In this matter viii show IN. Hops IN tn
future y ~ essential to man q The Air
be breathea. He viii do a we'll without
the ono ~ the other. Woe unto him
whose plans Of undergraduates In
ciude the destruction of the hope at ~.
ture acquisition and betterment In the
hearts of the great plain people. Let him
nation of madmen upon his hands who.
when their time In come. will turn q dea1
ear 10 his pitiful plea for mercy.
hut hope. notwithstanding its import.
ance and In essential value. may lead 10
astray. Too much Of hope paralyses the
viii and destroys that set resolution upon
which courage and character walt. One
must know himself. And ret to thorough
ly accomplish this he must also know
other men. There II nothing common to
man." said the great Goethe. that n for
ciRn 20 me-" We can only know other
men by knowing ourselves and. m truly.
we can only really know ourselves BY
knowing other men. The fool r. he who
refuses 70 learn from the experiences 0t
others. For this 10 the. chief point %
difference between the wise and tho I'M
wise The wise are ready 10 believe that
IRE will burn and water drown from not
ing the effects OF these agents upon other
men. The fool will put no faith In the
power OF the hangman's rope to strange
until II In about his neck We. who are
not fools. are thus able 20 see the evil
effects OF too large hope. Perhaps the
most common example Of this being the
sorrow which comes 10 us alrnost without
exception when great hopes are placed
upon The expected performance d other
men. whenever this l. your case and all
that you have and are II very foo'ishly
staked upon the truth and loyalty Of some
one whose pecuniary interest II oDpOeed
10 the performance Of his duty 10 you.
IL he r. not legally bound and can BY
hook or crock and with an appearance
Of ao-called honesty dcny your claim. I
would advise ynu. II not prepared 20 take
the responsibility OF killing him. 10 apply
yourself to the consultations Of religion of
philosophy. Ycu will need them Hc will
fall you in your time Of need. Put noe
thy trust In princes. q Lemusi." said the
wi~e man. and he might have added. Tho
p,oy man II made Of the same clay ana
will do the same things" And viii take
the responsibility 81 saying that - the
temptations ard necessities Of the poor
man are greater. 30. greater will b. his
deisnauencies IN the matter OF keeping
faith,
The Christ seiected twelve men 10 help
him reform the world. and NJ the time
Of his greatest need they all forsook him
and ned. The bragEart among them de-
MED him with AND oath and the avaricious
man sold him Tor much money IN hand
well ard truly paid. And this b = fan
sample OF shs dnings Of average men un-
der like conditions. We, who are noe
ssais. may learn from this past experience
how IN regard the future Men az today