Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-19
TWO GOSPELS.

exemplify the gospel Of work. T.,
We possess boundless and innu-I
merable natural resources and
in the work of developing these
we have made our country scene
Of such restless activity as is
found nowhere else i'll the world.
We have put forth so much-vim
and vigor. and achieved so many
victories through work that it has
become our gospel-yea, rather
our divinity at whose shrine the
whole nation worships 1t is our
national characteristic and we are
proud of it Why not? 1t is
the agency which, within hund-
red years, has borne US along al
most every line of human en-
deavor to the forefront of ma
tions. We transform our crude
materials into the highest build,
ings, speediest ships, largest and
most effective guns, most accura-
te tinepieces, lightest and most
desirable bicycles, finest and best.
toned musical instruments, most
powerful locomotives, must use
full agricultural implements, and
a bewildering multitude of things
besides, such as no other people
have even contemplated doing.
Work! Achieve! Quickly!
These are our magic wands.
Quickly! We have have utilized
the subtle forces of nature and
thrown short bridges over time
and space. Capture or destroy
the Spanish feet" Presto! it is
annihilated.
Work has not only made us
quick of thought and action, but
also wonderfully and intelligently
self-reliant. ''Do not hamper
me with orders; l do not fear the
whole Spanish fleet" This ex-
presses the true American spirit
of self-reliance.
We mean no irreverence when
we say had it been possible to
have given us the work of Crea-
ton on a six days contract we
would have rushed it through in
FIVE and earned a bonus by the
superior excellence of Our pro-
duet. There appears to be no
limit to what we may undertake
and accomplish.
For centuries Cuba has been
the breeding place of yellow fever,
and had an annual epidemic of
it. In two years of American &C.
cupation we have made such Wig
orous and intelligent application
of sanitation that anow Cuba is
without a case of that dread
scourge.
Foreigners do not understand
what inpels us to such restless
activity, aud ascribe it to a sordid
desire to become rich. It is not
50. We are profusely generous,
even extravagant. 1t is simply a
determination to achieve in the
shortest possible time and SO lead
theInatiens of earth.
Work is noble and e1nobling.
Laziness Is despicable, and idle
ness disgraceful. Yet work is
but part Of life; but means to an
end. It may be overdone. Our
racial nervous temperament is in
tensifed. We are under con-
tinual high-pressure, and even
now it is as if the steam were
kissing at every rivet. We must
supplement the gospel of work by
that of rest. This is the one
difficult thing for us. When we
do indulge in recreation it is with
all our might. We make work
OF 1t. We should learn OF the
German who said: even l
works, I work; ven I ish title
I does nodings.''
We regard rest as so much time
stolen from work, a Sinking of
duty, a disereditab1e efeminancy.
We fail to see that it is rest which
knits up the fbres, cools the
fevered blood and infuses us with
freshness and new strength. We
need to get away from our tasks,
to lay aside our plans, halt our
ambitions, to get, as it were, out
side of ourselves. This is neces-
sary to a healthful and symmet-
rical development of mind and
body; necessary If we would COM
pass all the best possibilities of
life.
Of all oeon1es the A merican