The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
ONE CENTURY HENCE.


GILBERT HUBBARD, editor of the
Pnilistine, in "a Dream and a
popbecy," draws a beautiful picture
: the morrow which is worthy of
,,gght and T Fiction. We quote:
Life is expression.
Arc is the expression Of mans JOY
n bis work.
Lille is expression. Life is a move
~ant outward, and unfolding, a de-
,sopmen5. Think this out for your
Of, beginning with the germ. and be-
Did how all things that grow develop
|-om within! To obtain a place, a free
aid. a barmoni Jus expansion for
rur powers-this is life. To be tied
ign, pinned to a task that is repugr
ant, ana have the shrill voice Of Ne
gdIy WhisgIing eternally in your
~ DO this or starve," is to starve
-rit starves the heart, the soul, and
Lhe higher aspirations Of your be-
hgpine away and die.
ATT is beauty, and beauty is a graft
i3ion, a peace and a so.ace to every
rFmsl man and woman. Beautiful
guEds, beautiful coIors, beautiful pro
w;i5ns, beautiful thoughts-how
-F souls hunger for theml Matter is
ry mind in an opaque condition and
abeausy is but a symbol Of spirit.
Art is the expression of mans joy
MS work. You cannot get joy from
5atng things all day into a machine.
Ynmust let the man work with hand
Nauain, and then out of the joy Of
this manage Of hand and brain beau
II RLba born. And this beauty mir
fus the lest in the soul Of mRn-it
shows the spirit of God that runs
through him.
Once upon a day a woman Of noble
.rtl il England showed me a lace
gsrt made at the Browning Memo
al" AID this woman said to me, II
mud rather rave III s n piece Of
pld lace than a house full Of lace
2aia By a machine" Then she held
pa K3lmsc5tt book, printed on vel
IN, and SAID, Il would rather have
tbs one book than a Thousand 40 cent
02Es b5ught at a haberdasheC'e!'
and 90 the manufacturers Of furni
IRE and laces and cloth books grad
aly aWok9 to the fact that there were
1ne people who preferred to have a
~ good things, than a great many
-sap ones. Art is the expression OF
2s1's joy in his work.
When you read a beautiful poem
Ut makes our heart throb with glad
you are simply partaking Of the
eosiOn that the author felt WhGn ne
.cOte il.
Iopossess a piece of work that the
'NEnan made in joyous animation S
source Of Joy to the possessor. l
~7sOn piece Of sculpture-R has relief
Sahttl3 girl that I love with a sort OF
~atr3us love. Garry this idea one
Pturtner and you see why the paint
Z done by the hand Of a man with
ana spirit can eve be replaced
'Ile work Of a chrome Autograph
2s
WEN you look upon q beautiful
n0ung you someway catch the spirit
lie artist who did the work; and
: stmless marbles of Greece. done
we hundred years before the birth of
sotst. yet subdue Us into silence and
ests
9oe this love OF the work done by
marriage Of hand and brain can
'5t quite go out OF fashion-for we
men AID women and our hops
s'ms aga faaI destiny are at last
~"lere one erj2ys, all enjoy,
'e On $ f5rs, all suffer.
~s WHAT you will of the GOODNESS
s1usaness Of men, at the last we
1or companiorship aud the fel.
-'p Oh CU- kind. We are lost
and when alone and the
s begins to gather, we long for
r4 use relationship Of the brothers
a. .-2a re knew IN our childhood,
as0 y Tor the gentle rms that once
Us 20 sleep. We are homesick
'-Is sad, mad rush for wealth