The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-12-16

can live, and the creeping things Ike
the worms and the snakes. can live. Sc
God gives 20 man o physical realm
~ in that realm he must live II be
persists In going out Of that realm be
must die.
step into the rship Of sautos-Du
mont. that wonderful WIZARD Of the
air The Brazilian aer0naut says.
Where would you like 10 goi Would
you Ike q sail over the waters Of the
Mediterranean Would you Ike 20
view Paris from d height higher than
the Eifel tOwerf Would you take q
sightseeing trip above the buildings Of
the ST. Louis worlds falrT But ] am
ambitious, and, forgetting the limlta-
tions Of my body, say: Nay, not any
OF these Journeys would ] go. But, as
q sailor might sight the cleaning eye
Of q lighthouse from afar and head
toward al open harbOr. ] would head
toward the lighthouse Of some star. !
would explore an unknown world
With that request q smile witches the
corners Of my companions lips The
machinery " his airship begins 70
throb. We mount higher and higher
and higher until II seems the blood
must burst from my Ggonizing brain.
What is the matterY ! CRY. Turn
the ship. turn H. or ! shall die" With
thai Sant0s-Dumont turns the airships
ruddsf, and a. we begin 10 descend he
says. u took you Oh this journey %
prove % you that IL is an impossibility
for man 70 live far above the earth.
When the air becomes rarehed there is
not enough substance there for man 10
breathe. God has decreed that phys
ical Kan never can hy Ike bird away
70 the stars. He is free % live IN this
air only as be breathes that air when
his feet are planted upon the solid
earth"
We also have social limitations. BY
that ! mean IN the liberties Of social
economies. Every mans liberty ends
where his neighbOr's liberties begin. AS
q citizen Of the United States have no
right In the sight Of the law which is
not possessed in an equal degree by ev-
cry other private citizen Of the United
States Neither has any other citizen
OF the United States O social right which
] rs an individual citizen DO not pos
sess. In other words my liberties are
mine only as long as do not uansgress
the rights Of ny neighb0rs.
Let me illustrate my thought by the
civilized laws Of our country. America
Is called the "lend OF the free" But
freedom does not mean license. For the
benefit Of our social life we have estab-
llshed restrictions Oh liberty. and those
restrictions must be obeyed. ! see
ship sailing hlther from the orient II
is magnifcently furnished with lavish
splendor. Il is owned by an oriental
gentleman Of high caste who is coming
10 live among us He has heard that
America is the land Of the free and sup
poses that here q man may live as be
pleases. he has Oh board eight wives.
AuA At Nt-AE III AAAr AAiAA aAAN AAA NANt va NAA
great cities. one day an officer Of the
law comes 10 him and says: "This kind
OF household Is contrary 10 our laws.
You have seven wives too many" But
the oriental replies. - have taken out
naturalization papers, and am q free
citizen. ! can live as ! choose" But
the officer answers: NO; you are under
legal restrictions. II you continue 10
violate them we shall send you 10 pris-
on as O bigamist"
The land Of the freei Yes II You
obey our laws. but not otherwise. You
are free 10 do as you viii 10 your own
home-that is. II you do not abuse your
offspring II you do. as an agent FOR
the Society For the Prevention Of Cruel
" TO Children I can step in and take
your children away from you. The
land OF the freef Yes. but you dare
not sell to my children obscene pic
tures, for II you do can make you
wear convict's stripes.
Not only does man have his physical
limitations and social limitations, but
also his mental limitations. As the
United States government first has fits
national legislature, and then this ma
tional form Of government Is subdivid-
ed into states, and these states into
counties, and these counties into town
ships, so ! find the great human race
Is divided and subdivided and again
redivided in reference 10 Its limitations
And ID no way can you trace these
limitations more than In the mental
makeup Of the individual.
Under the old educational system ev-
erv American college used 20 exact
hidebound course. The young man
who was candidate for the 3. A. de-
rree had 10 take just 50 much Of mathe-
matics. 30 much Of languages. so much
u the sciences. so much Of philosophy,
so much OF this and that and the other
thing. But now our college systems
have become brOadened. The elective
system" is in vogue. Great educational
leaders have come 10 the logical and
right conclusion that what Is meat for
one brain may be poison for another.
Charles Sumner was one Of the great
est men America ever produced. but il
was simply an imp0ssibility for
Charles Sumner 70 grasp mathematics
As q result OF this deficiency Sumner
one OF the greatest Of all Massa-
chusetts scholars, was unuDle 90 grld
uate from Harvard college. When my
father graduated from college Howard
Crosby, then a professor in the New
York university. declared he was the
finest student OF ''belles lettres' who
had ever studied within The walls OF
New York's great institution Of learn
ing. But. though my father was strong
in certain studies, be was very weak
in others. Among his weaknesses was
his inability 10 grasp q foreign tongue
For years be wanted 70 20 forth, as
BID my Uncle John. ns q missionary 10
foreign lands. He WIS. however. de
TERED from this purpose by the fto him
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