The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

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NIL 1t Is for thnt that the lack of origi.
innlity and Initiative has won us, and
that p1atitudo and inonotony arc tho. dis
tinctivc marks Of Our life. Truth VIII set 3
lis free. Teach our children to be- thenl-
selves, to give their tr,impets their own
clear sound. Make loyalty Il need, and
iii their grnvest mistakes, II they avow &
them, count 1t a merit to have been opcn-is
" naughty.
10 frnnkness ABSOLUTE innocence In our
educational solicltude. Let us have for
that companion OF Infancy, innocence, all
possible solicltudc; q trflo wild though
1t be. yet 30 graceful and ocneficent. DO
mot brighten 1t away. When 1t has fled
from place It Is rare that 1T ever. re-
turns. This Innocence Is not only tho Sis
ter OF truth, guardian OF tho qualities
belonging to both; It IS still great cdu-
scatlonal and revealing power. SEQ
around us tho people so-cnlied positive
who arc armed with terrifying spectncles
and great scissors to bring forth these
innocenccs and clip their wings. They cx-
stirpnto tho Innocence OF HE world, of
thought, OF education and pursue them
to tho very regions of their dreams. Tn
der the prctcnsc OF making men Of them
they hinder them from being children, MS
though, before tho ripcned fruits OF au-
itutnn 1t did not need tho flowers. tho per-
fumes, the songs, tho fairy land of spring.
ask grace for oil that which Is In
nocent and simple. not only forpit inno-
cent daintiness which darts around tho
curly hends. but also for the legend, tho
innocent song, the stories OF tho world OF
tmarvcls and mystery The sense OF tho
marvcls is tho first form OF that #seiisc
tot the Infinite without which nah Is
like a bird deprived OF Its wings Do2not
weanS childhood from the marvellous, with
tho end in view to guard for him tho
capacity to lift himself above this earthly
earth nnd TO appreciate later those 3pious I
and touching symbols OF by-gone nges.
where human truth has found expressions
which our arid logic will never replace
CHAPTER XIV.
CONCLUSION.
4 IthInk 1 have indicated sufficiently the
spirit ana tho manifestations OF tho sim
ple life to give u glimpse OF the fact that
there Is in 1t q whole forgotten world
OF strength and beauty. They who have
sufficient energy to dctach themselves
from the dreadful inutilItics With which
our existence is embarrassed can con-
iquer It. They Will sooE perceive that,
In rcnouncing few superficial salts
factions. Il few puerlo ambitions, they
will add to their faculty OF being happy
and their power FOR Justice. iaf5f
These results bear as much on private
as public life. II is ,incontestablc that.
in struggling against the feverlsh tsn-
ldency to shine, III ceasing to mako tile
satisfaction of our desires the aim OF our
activity. in returning to modest tastes
and the true lie. we will be working
to consolidate our family. And another
spirit will breathe In orr houses, crcaf- 4
Ing new manners and surroundings, more
favorable to the education OF childhood.
little by little our young men and our
young girls VIII feel themselves directed
towards an ideal more elevated aSd ut
the game time moro renliza6le This in-s
stetIor transformation will exercise its
Influence on public spirit at length. The Il
Same as tho solidity Of a wall depends
on the grain and consistencysoe the NOR
tar which cclncnts II, the same cncIsE
7of public life depends on the individual
value and their powers OF cohesion. Tho {
great des.deratum OF our epoch Is the
culture OF the social element which Is
the human individual Everything in the
actual organization OF society brings lis
back 10 that element. In ncg1ecttng II y
we are in danger of losing the benefit
OF progress itself and TO cause even the
most pcrsevering efforts to turn against
US. II In ceaselcssly working over a tool
ftNe WORKMAN ulIIllulSncS ltS 4 N<1luc WIdS n
good will be the engines OF which he dis
iposesg TO make worse by their very
qualities tho faults OF him who uses them
without discernment or conscience The &
wheels of the great modern machine ara
infinitely delicate. Malcyolence. lack OF 4
skill, Or corruption can all produce trou-t$
blcs otherwise redoubtable tltan In the 4
moro or loss rudimentary organism of
the society OF other days. We must.
tot,sE {I,sa-r M
Individual, called in whatever measure &
to contribute to the working OF that ma
chine, so that he >may be at once solid
and loyal, and taking his Inspiration from T
the central law OF life, be himself and be
brothcrly. All In and outside OF us Sim
.plifics and unifies Itself under tho in-
flilencc OF that law. which Is the same
for all and to which each one should
lead his actions for our essential inter-
ests arc not contrary; they are identical. Y
In cultivating the spirit OF sim implicitly We
conc, then, to give to public life greater
and stronger cohesion.
Tho phenomena of decomposition and
breaking down which we notice bring
themselves back to tho Same cause-incli
Of solidity and lack Of cohesion. One can
never say ofton enough how much the
small interests OF caste, Of circles OF
.stcoplcs. tho bitter search for personal
comfort are contrary to the social good,
and In consequence fatal. destroying tho
happiness Of the individual. a society
in which every ono Is concerned solely Il
for his own comfort is organized dlsor- 4.
der. No other lesson comes from these
irreducible conflicts Of our trcnchant K
cgotisms. Ut
We resemble too closely those people
who never claim family ties except TO
ask some advantage or other. and not
to do them honor. On all tho rungs
OF the social ladder! we make new de-
lnands. We pretend to be all creditors;
no ono owns to being q debtor. Our
dealings with our co.cltizcna consist IN
inviting them III mn amablc or AFRO