The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

stance, but also that they can wrcst M
immortal work from valueess material
Art consists In realizing permanet,
4 Idea, IN on ephen,eral form Real lite
| consists In realization Of the higher vir'
tues, which arc Justice. love. truth
liberty, and moral energy II, our daily
/ activities. whatever may be their place
| or their exterior forms. And this life Is
| tpossible III the most diverse socinl con-
! dit,os, and with the most unequal
/, nati1ra, Elftk. 1t Is mt fortune, or per-
! sona advantages. but the turning OF
| them to account which constitutes the
| value OF lie. Rcnown adds no more thai,
does the length OF days. The duality is
I#thc principle.
I'll is necessary to say TINT one does not
roach this point OF Wow without a strug-
gle and some effort. The spirit Of SIM
plicity Is not an inherited gift. hut the
result Of laborious contest. TO live we'll,
rs to think well, Is to simplify It. Every
one knows that science consists In bring
ing some general rules out Of n bunch
OF diverse things. But how many dark
places and reachings out and touchings
to finally discover those rulest Centuries
OF research are often condensed in n prin-
clple that ia held In one line. Moral lie
offers OH this Inc n grent analogy with
scientific life. 1t, too. begins in some
confusion. tries: seeks to know itself and
lis often deceived. 81
But by continual action. and rendering
account to himself OF ali his actions in
strict sincerity. man at last comes to
understand life better. Tho law appears
to him, and that law Is this. accomplish
your mission. whatsoever applies himself
to other things than the, realization of
this aim loses In living the very ,fnson
OF his. being In life. Thus nre cyclists
formed. tho pleasure seekers, and the
ambitious. They consume their existence
&as one might cat his grain still In the
tender grass. They hinder 1t from It's
natural fruition. Their vices are lost
lives On the contrary, he who makes
his life serve a good higher than itself.
saves it in giving It, Moral prccepts
which see marbItrary in the eyes OF the
superficial and made for the purpose OF
vexing us into spelling our zest for life,
have but one object. after ali, and that
lis to preserve us from having lived in
vain. Il 1t Is for that that they always
lead us IN the same direction, and that
they have the same sense Do not waste
your life. Fructify it, make 1t bear fruit.
Learn how to give It so that you may
not lose It .t$ VI # i5S
Vi In that is resumed the experience OF
humanity. This experience, which each
man IS obliged to have for himself. be-
comes more pIeclous according to Its
cost to him. llluminedJ By Its light. his
moral advancement becomes surer. lIc
has now hLs compass. which shows him
to what he can lead everything that is
uncertain and. all that is confused and
complicated becomes simple. BY the con-
slant, influence of that same, law which
expands within him. and Is proven every
day In actions. a transformation In his
Judgment and habits is produced
One capt!yatcd by the beauty and
grandeur OF the real lie. by that WHICH
is holy. and touching in hat struggle
of humanity for truth, Justice, goodness
enfolds his Fascination for ~ III his heart
And everything becomes subordinate
quite naturally to that powerful and. per-
forces and powers organize themselves IN
him. Tho essential cor Aands, the Sc
5cohdary5 obeys and order Is born Of SIM
plicity. One might compare tic me-
lchnnisln of the interior or innersllfe tt.
that Of an army. An army IA strong by
Its discipline, and discipline consists in
tho respect Sof the inferior for the SUI
.perior and In y the concentration5gof all
I the energies toward one single end. ttAs
soon as d discipline rclnXes the army SUI
fers. ,rhc corporal q ,nus, not command
the general Examine your life with care
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