Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-03

80 ~ 80
observations Of a Philosophical FrmD
How weary. stale. Hat ana improbable
Are 70 mo all the uses ot lfe'
Hamlet
Dry facts are the straw on which
large part OF our race feeds. The pop
nourishment that is gotten out o, tl.a
accounts for the Intellectual and u..
staryelngs that oversprcad the c.r
Chewing gum cultivatcs idiocy. d. ua
! the effect OF tho cultivation of tobacco
the soil. II is exhausting. IL takes .ay
life and nourishment and makes n0 -.
turn. So barrenness follows. Dry s
excite tho imagination, and tickle r.
mind, and impart neither principle. n.f
light, nor life. Nor do they aid the mao.
~ faculty Of Judgment. nor &C all qu..s.
en- the understanding. which ls thc Ole
gestiyo organ OF the soul. n0r furnish Do
any truth TO feed on. They scratch tas
surface. and make men Rot skin deep.
wayside hearers of everything And tn.
Intercourse OF superficial men and womA
is as tho sounding brass and tho taNns
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cracking OF thorns under pot
An id.er that spends his time TO fal NJ
hear o. some new thing. whether OF u..
pestlenco and famine, of murder. d0.-
cation, or disaster. whether serious -
absurd. Is tho summer ny OF society. OIL.
grass that withers ere IL be- grown. taai
is seen. wasted. and forgotten. leaving
nothing for tho mind. heart. 0r body MO
his fellow creatures; surviving only m
some miserable anocdOte with which DO
has become Identified or some Migrant
folly OF which be- has been guilty. bare
rem fig tree, nothing but leaves. such a.
lifo H. The tale told by an IDIOT, signify
Ing nothing. There are people or this
sort Their lives arc mere facts. Tho
poet says OF th m that they are iruses
c0nsumero natl, good caters and talkeis-
nothing more. They mean nothing. Ihr
suggest nothing except tho possibility o..
human lightuess or nothinguess. SDua.
them. and the RESPONSE is tho echo of
dried aOurd Probe them. and they cA
only dust Their root Us rottonnDs 1853.
their blossom goes mp as the dust
How very different from these may '
sometimes find? There are those off
IL may be said I'm words of Ss
Their name is as ointment pour0i 70
The sound of it wakes mp pioa.l.f --
Elections, and nils the mind wiH
memories. IL arouses agreeable
and sounds I'm tue soul "a kof
honor and amiablity and wisdom
astonishing how "a soul may feed .r nd
ness and Wither away 10 ls
on the other hand. bow one m.F
on life and inspiration and hte
comparable 90 the tree planted i
water-side. forever green. forever
bearing Facts of history frd
everyday life may Doe ID one mind t'y
meaningless, 90 another. ful OF
inspiration. Just 50 is the slm
one thing Co tne dyspcpuc. quite
% the healthy stomach. The WHO'D.
with AN its g.orics and beauties.
flat and Improbable fo one, a. y..I .
den az Elen 90 another
So Us history SD ls poetry $50 is
fun of dry facts or living and
realities.
The world was made for lyc men
wise understanding and loving hearts
the unapprcciative and unthanklu
a dry and havorless fot-its l.N
iron. rs earth brass-and chat sorf
II I'm disgust, or dash and damn .t .n
ness. Tho prophet says of fhem n
are like the heath in the desert
parched land. that shall not tc-l "--
good comctA.