The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
better prepare himself for q race, would
deliver himself to a. minute anatomical

better prepare himself for d race. would
dcliver himself to n, minute anatomical
! examination regarding his powers OF 10.
I cotnoton would risk having his mem
1 bers dislocated before he took one step.
! ''You have ali that you require to walk
\ With, 80 20 ahead. Take cato not I'd
! fall and use your strength with discre-
4 ton Seekers for insignificant things
and the merchants OF scruples ,dducu
themselves to inactlon. It sLfficcs to
! have but n glmner ofcommon .;cn,. Ia
understand that man Is not mhdo TO pass
4 his life III n Huddllstic trance.
Iytt - y
! Common scnsc--do you not find what
| Is designated by that name Is becoming
as rare as the senslble customs Of otter
days? Common sense Is an old story.
! We must have something new-somt thing
4 olsc--and we seek II In Impossible places.
! 1t Is a refinement That the vulgar would
I not understand how to procure and II
] is so agreeable to distinguish oneself.
!, Instead of conducting ourselves rs IL nat
ural person would who uses the dearly
Indicated means at his DISPOSAL we reach
thc most astonishing singularHicI by
the force OF genius. They would prefer
!, to be off tho track than follow the sin,-
I pie line. All the bodily defects and de-
fornities trcntcd BY orthopedy. give but
- ASCO'o 'ocA " tDU Y uiIlRs. u lTe LWjEt-
ngs, the dlslocations We have infllct-
cd upon ourselves in order to csca PC from
the right OF good sense And we lie u'n
ut our own cost that one docs not dcforin
oneself with lmpunity. Novelty Is. az
ter all, ephemcrnl. There IL nothing
durable but tho eternal commonplace and
II one turns inside 1t is TO seek the most
dangerous adventures Happy Is he who
Is able to return und learns TO become
eli al n f1r,n1 ct,
is not as some think, tho Unborn prop
crty OF the first conner, q vulgar and
trivial baggage which costs no labor 10
anyone. I compare II TO those old popu-
lar songs. !mperlshable and anonymous
which seem to have come from the very;
hearts OF the people. Good sense Is ti,t
capital slowly and painfully accumulated
by the labor OF centuries 1t is n pure
treasure which only he understands 4the
value OF who has lost It or who secs
people live after having II no longer For
my part. ! think no pains too great to
take / to ncauire&and guard good sense,
to maintain ones eyes clcnrseeng and
ones Judgment right. One takes great
care OF his sword. for fear 1t might be
bent or, rusted. How much more should
he take care OF his thought
$ But lot us understand this we'll Ar a,,-
x as grovels to tho carth,8to a narrow po-
sitivism which denies every thing It cam
not SEQ or touch. For thnt5is also lack
OF good sense, to wish that man should
I've absorbed In his material sensation, and
to forget the high realities OF tho inner
life.s Here VIC touch painful subject.
around which the greatest problems OF
humanity are being agitn ted4 In fact,
we arc striving to attain to a concep-
~
thousand obscurltics and pains. and all
that which touches upon the spiritual
realities becomes daily more agonizing.
iii tho midst Of tho grave 5perple and
the 3lllolnentary disorders which recon-.
pan " great crlscs VI OF. thought. It seems
moro tina n ever al fiGult for tl1ihn to free
himself from tho a ffnir with @ few Sim
PIE principles. Yet necessity COMES to
our aid us It has done for the l:len OF all
times. Tho programme Of iifo is terribly
simple, after al, and in thu fnot that cx-
istence Is so pressing, and that It Is i'm
posed on one, 1t gives ua notice that It,
prccedes the idea that we can form for
ourselves. nnd that no one can wait to
live until he has first understood. we
arc everywhere confronted by our philo,
sophiesho our explnna tons, our beliefs and
1t is this actual accomplished fact prodig-
sious and irrafutable. which recalls us to
.ou: rcasonings and wait to II act until we
shall have finished phiosophiz!ng, 1t is
this fortunate necessity which binders
the world from stopping While man is In
doubt as to his road. Travellers OF
day. we are carried along ina vast move
ment to which We arc called to contribute.
but: which We have not forgotten nor
embraced In Its entirety, NOR sounded to
Its deepest depths. Our part consists in
tho ~ vnf IN
soldier which has fallen to. us. and ollr
thought should adapt itself TO the stun
stion. Dognot say that VIC live In more
trying tlmes than did on, ancestors. for
that seen from afar9 is often badly seen,
and besides II. Is bad grace to complain
Of not having beep born IN ones grand
fathers time What one ma y think the
least contcstab.e on this subject is this:
Since the world began 1t is troublesome
to- see it clear Evfrywhcrn and always
to think Justly has been difficult Tho
have no privilege in that above
the lnodcrns Aud we mays add that
there Is no difference between men, when
one reaches point where they canbe con-
sidcred from that point of view. Whcth-
.er 4 stobcys or commands teaches
Or. learns, holds n pen or a harlmcr, it
costs him the samo%to fully, discern tho
truth The few lights that humanity ac-
OF grent Utility, but they also ags randIae
the number and extent OF the urob-
lena Tho difficulty Is 4 never removed,
the intelligence always nleets with tho
obstacle,
,rEe unknown dominates US and draws US
to every side, But as one does not need
ID exhaust ali the wa tcr,s0r the SPRINGS
to stanch ones thirst, ono does not need
TO know everything 70 lIye. Humanity
lives and has always lived on some ele-
.mentary provisions.
We will try to Indicate them. First
of all, humanity lives by confidence In
doing that It but reflects, commensurate
with its conscious thought, that which (,
Is the hidden foundation Of all beings,
An imperturbable faith In tho stability
OF the universe, aud It's Intelligent or
daring, sleeEs In everything that exists, J
The flowers, the trees, the s animals all
ike in calm strength'-and M entire ser
curly. There is confidence In the rain
that Ms IN the morning, In the brook
running to tho sea. a u that which is
seems TO says II am, therefore. should