The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

The object to which most of those who
surrounded him eagerly dedicated their
lives was the pursuit uf wealth. For that
they were ready to sacrifice ell. Was It
worth it2 Did the end even when at
tained, justify the expenditure OF ores
lifeY To answer that question he looked
at the men who had succeeded, who had
made their pile, who had attained the
goal which he was proposing he shou d
make his own. What he saw was men
who, with hardly an exception, did not
know what use to make Of the wealth
they had spent their lives in acquiring
They had incumbered themselves with
money-bags, and they spent ali their
time In taking care of them. Other OBJ
j9ct in life they seemed to have none
Wealth, for which they had given the
best years of their life, was only & care,
not a JOYS. source of anxiety, not a
scepter of power. III that is all it is not
good enough" thought Rhodes.
Than his thoughts turned to politics
Why not devote his life to the achieve
ment of a political career? He might
succeed If he tried. Rhodes seldom
doubts his capacity to succeed wh.n he
tries. Again he looked at the ultimate
In South Africa the top of the tree was
represented by the Cape premiership.
What kind Of men are Cape premiers ?
He had known some Of them. They were
men who had alternate spells of office and
opposition. Most of them were medic
critics; few Of them had power even VIII n
they held place. They were dependent
for their political existence upon tie
good will Of followers whom they had to
wheedle or cajole. The position did not
seem enviable; SO once more Rhodes de-
ctded 1T as not good enough" The
true goal was still to seek
His mind turned to religion W.. ,La-o
to be found In the churches a goal sur
hciently great to be worth the devotion
of life? Ferhaps-if 1t were true mn
what If it were not7 He thought rcuch
OF The marvellous career of Loyola. the
man who underpinned the totterln,
foundations Of the Catholic church and
re-established them upon the rock of 81
Peter, which had been shaken nv tbn
spiritual dynamite Of the reformat tim
Inere was work worthy the best rnan's
life. But nowadays who could beIiava IN
the Roman or even in the Christian
creed: Every day some explorer dug IN
In Palestine some old Inscription VIII,
made havoc with a Bible text-a CON
clusion which the reports of the Palestine
exploration fund certainly DO not bear
out; but that need not be discussed herA
tle was Il Darwinian rather than
Christian. He knew there was NO ha,I
How could he devote himself To tba
service of the Catholic church, Az 70 The
others, these were merely vulgar frac-
tions of a fraction. He respected them
all with the wide tolerance of a Roma
philosopher, but they neither kindl-d h..
enthusiasm nor commanded his devotion
The old faiths were dying out. II his life
were to have worthy goal, Il must be
among the living, not among the dead
with he future rather than the past.
So he went on digging for diamonds aud
musins as he oigged on the eternal var
tiles the truth which undcrlies all phe
nCmena. He was a Darwinian; he be-
lieved in evolution. But was it reason
able to believe that the chain of sentient
existencas which stretched unbroken from