The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-11-20

imal lt1s no less true that he
an idealizing animal Individual.
+ cities, nations, races, have thei
ideals. These ideals are as VAR
Gus as the minds that conteiv
{ them-high, low, noble, or base
according to the character of thl
! individual But in any case, the,
are the objective points to which
all effort is directed, and the efforf
to reach them constitutes progress
Pressing forward TO the mark
is the motto of every individual or
country that rises above the fact
of mere existence. All the striv-
ings after political supremacy,
scientific achievement, business
and industrial ascendancy, social
recognition, are the expressions of
this effort at the realization of
ideals.
Now, while idealizing is a uni
versal characteristic Of humanity,
the striving for the attainment Of
ideals gives rise to two very diff
ferent classes Of idealists. There
is one class of people who realize
that human progress is a constant
ly unfolding progress, that only by
slow and arduous steps does it
press forward to the achievement
Of its lofty ambitions that the end
is never attained, and by the nature
Of things can never reach in any
given stage Of progress. These
people recognize the condition in
dicated by a Ggreat writer in the
words not having already attain
ed They do not expect perfec-
ton in individuals, or communities
at any given time, but are content
with directing their energies with
might and main to the accomplish
ment Of the things that are possi-
bic, They are the practical men,
who, while never losing sight of
the grand ideals before them, are
doing the thinge that push human
ity onto the SUBMITS of human en-
deavor.
The other class of idealists, no
less than the former, see the great
end to be obtained, but lacking
ability to discern the difference be-
tween the possible and the impos-
sible, failing to see the limitations
set TO progress by the nature of
things, at any given time, they |
would see their ideals realized in a
moment. Some of these people
are the seers Of their time, the minds
that reach out for the grand ideals
upon which the achievements Of the
more practical are based, But an
other class constitutes the dissatis. |
fed element Of the community, !
who, because things do not meas.
ure up to their ideas, are content
to become mere abjectors. Herein
is the philosophy Of the kicker"
and the "knocker." They cannot
see the necessity of any formative
stage, but think that perfection in
character, in government, in social
relations, must be attained at every
moment or the whole thing is
failure.
Right here in Chickasha are
found representatives Of the latter
class. They do not see that Chick
asha is town in the building-one
that has pushed forward at rapid |
strides and is still pushing forward; |
but necessarily one in which i'm
perfections must abound. They
are not doing anything for the i'm
mediate elimination of these imper-
fections; nor can they, for people Of
this limited range of ideas are not
capable Of contributing to progress.
They Jump onto everything that
doesn't suit them, and seem to
think that it is the business Of
every one else to follow their exam
pie. They would have the news
papers continually on the roast
for every thing and every body.
Now, the EXPRESS is as anxious
as anyone to see Chickasha a per
fected city, but it realizes the limi-
tations set by conditions. It
doesn't propose to yield abjectly to
these conditions and say that moth
ing is possiblei far from it, it be
heves all ,hings are possible for the
town in time and will labor in sea
son and out for the best things.