Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-12
Misinterpretation of DR.. OsIer's
Statement.


Dr. william Osler. late professor IN
John Hopkins University. Baltimore,
met with a great deal OF undeserNed
notorictv because he was miSunder-
stood when he said the creative faculty
diSlppcarcd usually at the age OF Forty
years. lie did not mean TO convey the
impression that mans usefulness
.ecaS,l at that time. but that the imag-
/ NATIVE faculty was not rs active then
rs il was i'm earlier years, when men
are green and raw I'm Judgment and put |
forth many things that they Wish 10
have suppressed later on. His nttle
lost about chloroforming those who
lag Superfluous on the stage was
meant 10 apply only TO teachers who
failed TO move with the advanced
thought and had a special humorous
reference to himself but the miscom- |
urchcu~ion and cNaggcratlon or the
press has magullcd his uttcrance ana
given il a sweep he never Intended.
Must Seek New Fields.
when the acquisition of knowledge a
5 used merely as means through 4
which To earn bread that is the end I
Il mans career, whether he be thirty G
r forty or a thousand years old. Men II
Who seek no new fields of exploration @
1r carry forward TO fulfllment any s
urk they attem { in early days are Z,
Iorc drHuoS I'm the hives OF life. II
Or. O-ior who is close 20 the sixty Il
ear lue has gone 10 England 10 take b,
Urofose1rSiip Of medicine in oxford 81
University, which will without doubt el
ll 10 an increase OF his professional cl
wo. which dil not come 20 him until IA
tor he had passed the half century IA
st ln his Journey Of life. His part "a
2 Injunction - his medical assoc De-
ltgS In America, at the Washington IA
Voting In May. was 10 follow the co
'u Rule I'm all their actions, and 10 re
ENute That moderation which IL said
Boz the golden thread running tn
-ou-l all the virtues. This advice fel
not new. but 10 cannot be repeated err
u'f'n in an age when many men or.
. striving o. shove their neichhors III,
tho wall in their desire 10 occupy ne,
middle ~ the road themselves an
~ is naturally a selfish animal and ere
Is % Doe often reminded that he pu
20 j1 unto others as he would have cui
m j' unto him. even II he desires the
af. u more worldly success The ha'
% WHO has no consideration for his
'r.u- fellows is libo'y % find no con
FRAT. n extended IL him when the
r OF misfortune comes.
Best Work Late in Life. ing
IT, O>lor never deprecated age pril
wing tAat mans best work Is done IVA,
r. age ilS mollowed his under int,
liius AMI strengthened his judg- pap
r. TT re are numerous examples the
What y.t.ty FRI ase can do all along mel
track of history. II was seen I'm Of
'ar.n Frar.'u. william +. Glad the
.'. IS seen iu 'varl Everett Hale. PIE
I k.'".n. Charles II. Ilaswcll. en- cou
.er AMI an, lr stu at the ace ~ by
NJ h.s da>, in Wv York. AMI other and
.'S viii occur by scores 10 general and
u.s. san
is mn iu7eyihle law of nature that the
bong who does not PROGRESS must fOu
g-r.le. There is no place on this tab
'tul ascent a. life where. spiritually fou
intellectually. we are not forced G
20 forward lest We slip back. But rigl
s a hrnuy provision I'm nature that The
n In the longest life tlore il no The
tr0rily fixed point Of time whore lati
lnsion must cease rs IL Ky fat. teri
re there are no more heights b. the
, the soul 10 climb. no more views fou
be- obtained, no broadening and ex- cor
ding of the vision possible. Al he
$ and forever a new bud may be- II
ned on the toumost hOugh Of the \;
tree. even though the trunk be G.:
tly hollow. and the nouriShing sap eIa
INT slowly through the bark. mai