Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-08
.rmrnr EMIT NEEDED

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a SENTIMENT NEEDED.
DOW Dr.. Joseph Silverman.
~ heart with all diligence, for
ny 80 the issues of life.-Proy.
srrcprs for companionship
S14 Ioug live without it. When
l1O' .ndinpd to withdraw from
- his fellow men, when he
%'' somfIy. friends and the
pl' s.oI that he is becoming alb
,,,rEs feeling in the human
,nat attaches us to a pet AMI
'l s,,orira lower or landscape,
,r. rs prefer one being to an
I, po+ fills us with pity for the
and The weak, with admira-
ID, tbp hero. with love for the
~ nr npighborhood, our city, our
Sentiment rules the greater
w. .,r lives. 1t conditions our
and actions. makes the differ
,ropn one person and another,
interest and enthusiasm for one
and one cause in preference to
What is this mysterious ele-
- the soul? Is it magnetism,
,rfrv charm. amiability? Is it,
go. divinity, seeking expression
NIB man:
,.mpnr truly. is everything. 1t
+, tbp best pictures, writes the best
and nIavS. 1t gives that touch
,nan nature ti,at makes all the
ntfn" The busy throng hurryinS
i. rho mad rush of ambition stops
o,mant 10 comfort a crying babe
has lost its way or TO aid some
Hind man lettering helplessly.
,..o.n stopppd in his march to bat
,m,D over q turtle that was strus-
/. an IFS back on the roadside.
ar rouchpd with the fire Of emotion
wrought wondrouS deeds. The
,pr minds Of the world have been
n If great love or intense hate.
4> the shepherd. becomes redeem
I men at sight of the burning bush
twas not conSumed-at the thought
the great wrong done to Israel by
piaraohS Of Egypt. The love or
Tv like al irrepreSsible avalanche,
.st the tyrannous kings off their
.irp> and gave us the great repuD-
.yof the world.
We seem, however. to have lost some
.lg in the course of our modern prog
IS We have cultivated the mind at
L expense of the heart. Mental cul-
rp las rpprpSSed the emotions so long
lt the heart has become atrophied.
Nnc>S is reduced to Il cold science
supply and demand. Politics is a
amble for office and spOils. Society
q series Of formal entrances and eX-
Groups are formed to be broken
friendships cemented to be dis
we'd, marriages contracted to be sew
d. Fire only can weld steel. So
y the fire of love can weld hearts.
Y the flame of human sentiment can
We OUT the various activities of mod
life and selfish coldness that chills
T fndeayor.
VII sentiment cannot be taught. 1t
spread not through precept, but
Osh The contagion Of example. The
Fl sheds Of country are on the
or mountain tops. There the wa
divide and flow thence down to the
ay> below.
lie Ione" are first sources of right
= IhhueureS that there are gen
Ell bervdde the "arious members.
great men and women of a coun-
are ITS moral watersheds. If the
leaders Of the nation will cherish
sentiment that makes for a love Of
rue, the beautiful and the good; If
FeS> and state legislature will lis
% the feeling that prompts man to
Ills fellow men, 10 do justice and
oF before God. then that senti-'
VIII dj&till through the various
: of society, will transform poll
'"d business with the wand of love.
'ehlerS Of activity for the COM
welfare, and So regenerate society
oF'0@ nearer the day of universal
wrhood.