Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-07-27

Is not q man child better than a
Young tree and mature man mere TO
! be considered than a fruit laden or
ehard? And yet with what iGlna-
tience we follow the slow develop
ment OF the child, and how we Sorry
over the product Of the man! Can
we rot let nature teach Us dignity
and sell restraint and common sense.
Ii our children are peach trees is it
not madness to try to develop them
into apple trees because, foisooth
apples bring more than peaches in
the neighboring market or are more
useful for homo consumption? Can
we not wait for the linus to grow
and the leaves to form and the buds
to unfold in slow and perfect loyeh-
ness, without restless thrusting OF
our fingers in the heart OF the buds
to hastentheir development? Shall
not the children OF men enjoy the
sunshine, the soft air, the long days
OF silent growth that seem days of
idleness TO the careieas observer?
Quiet communion with nature, wild
romps with the summer winds, the
glory of gay mornings, the radiance
of eventide, the mysterious quiet OF
the sustenance of earth seeking roots,
the refreshment OF heaven aspiring
hearts, are the rightful heritage Of
the children Of men Without haste
and without rest nature fares onward
in reverential gladness. The unnec-
essary effort, the courage and faith
OF the frailest of natures flowers are
worthy Of the immitation of man.
The sun shines and the fragile anem-
one pushes up with the gallant bold
ness Of a soldier. Darkness covers
the earth and cruel winds lash the
trees, but the delicate flower is true
to itself, and bowling itself to the
storm of life with serenity and meek
ness and reaches out to possess every
stray sunbeam of joyful courage. Is
it not the true philosophy OF life to
I.enjoy what we have? You cannot
gather figs Of thistfes, nor can you
make an orchard bear more or differ
ent frCit than it possesses when the
autumn has come. Let Us help the
young to reach q full development
and let us learn to enjoy the fruits
that the men and women about us
yield. A kaotty apple is better than
none, and sometimes a rusty, gnarled
peach has a finer flavor than a plump,
soft rosy beauty. Nature teaches
unceasing effort, but she teaches also
contentment and peace. Impotence
is useless; it alienates and retards.
Discomfort is fatal, it kills the soft,
new growth. Without regret and
without remorse, nature lets the
dead past bury its dead. ! 1temorse
for the irreyocable is waste of time,
regret for mistakes is useless.
IN our efforts to have the mothers
of every household appreciate her
influence over her children we are
apt to forget the wife $ influence over
the husband In many households
the influence upon the husband is
/ The only influence, for there are no
| children. In a great multitude Of
| the best and most important and
most talented families of the earth
there have been no descendants.
There is not child or a grandchild,
or any remote deseendent Of Wash
| ington, Chas, Sumner, Shakespeare.
| Cooper, Pope, Addison, Isaac New
ton, Goldsmith, Dryden. Moore,
| Lord Byron, Walter Scott or scores
OF others we could mention. Multi
tudes OF the finest families Of the
earth are extinct, as though they
had done enough for the world BY
| their genius or wit. or patriotism, or