Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-01-19

7 Again, the plain duty IL the near
duty. A very common weakness keeps
many people from finding what Is nenr
them interesting; they see that only on
its pallry side Tho distant, on the
contrary, draws and fnscInnies them
In this way n fabulous amount of good
will ii wasted. People burn with mr.
dor for humanity, for the public good,
for rlghtng distant wrongs; they walk
through life, their eyes fixed on mnr-
Vicious sights along the horizon, tread
ling meanwhile on the feet OF paaserS-
by or jOstling them without being
aware of their existence.
Strange lntrmity, that keeps us from
seeing ON fellows ut our very doors!
People widely read ana FAR Travelled
are often not acquainted with their
fellow citizens, great or smnll. Their
lives depend upon the cooperation of
Il multitude of beings whose lot re-
mains 10 them quite Indifferent Not
those to whom they owe their knowl.
edge mud culture, not their rulers nor
those who serve them and supply their
1lttllN, HlNt 'N'l HlllNNlNN Nll'll NAi'b'
fion. That there Is Ingrntltude or Inn
providence In not knowing ones work
men, onc's servants all those, In short,
with whom one has Indispensable So
cial relations this has never come into
their minds. Others 60 much further.
TO certain wives their husbands are
strangers, ana conversely, There nro
4. i, Hall oh
dron; their Developments their thoughts,
the dangers they run, the hopes they
cherish. are TO them II closed book.
Many children do not know thclr par
cnts, have no suspicion of their ditll-
cutics and struggles, no conception Of
their aims, And am not speaking of
those piteousy dlsordorcd homes
where all the relations nrc false, but
OF honorable families, only all these
people are greatly preoccupicd; ench
has his outside interest That ILLS all his
time. The distant duty very attrNc-
tive, | don't deny claims them entire
~ and icy nre not conscious of the
duty near ut hand, | fear they Will
have their trouble for their pains. Each
persons base of operations Is the field
Of his immediate duty. Neglect this
field, and MI YOU undertake. at Il dis
lance il compromised FIRST then, be
of your own country, your own city,
your own home, your own church, your
own workshop; then, II YOU can, set out
from this to so beyond It. That Is the
plain and natural order, and man must
fortify himself with very bad reasons
TO arrive ut reversing II. AT all events,
the result Of so strange n confusion OF
duties Is that many people employ
their time In all sorts of affairs except
those in which we have n right to de-
mnnd IT, Each Is occupied With some.
thing else than what concerns him. Is
absent from his post, ignores his trade,
This Is what complexities life And II
would be so simple Cor each one to be
about his own matter
Another form Of simple duty. When
damage Is done who shouId repair III
He who dld t. This Is Just. hut II is
only theory and the consequence OF
following the theory would hc the evil
in force until the mhlefactors were
found and had offset il. hut suppose
they are not found, or suppose they
cannot or VIII not mako amends?
The rain Calls on Your head through
hole in the roof or the wind blows
in ut broken window VIII YOU wait
TO find the man who caused the MISC
chicc2 You would certainly thml> that
absurd. And vet such Is often the prae.
fice. children Indignantly protest, Il
didn't put 1t there, aud | shall not take
ii away" And most men reason after
tho same fashion II is logic Rnt it
is not the kind Of logic that makes the
world move forward
On the contrary, what we must learn
and what life repeats IL til daily II
that the injury done hy nc must he
repaired by another, one tears down,
another builds up. one defaoes, moth