The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-03

sary equipment and that YOU have come
70 the dissemination to serve contempor
airy life there are certain forms which
must never be forgotten:
first. must be master of my own
intellectual machinery | must think for
myself, This does not mean that / may
ignore the treasures Of art, of literature
or of science. 1t does not mean. that l
can turn my back upon history and ex-
perience. Plato said, The head was
placed at the top of the body in order to
Greet the entire organism There is
fimality revealed in the build of the HUI
man brain.
Much That Is Superficial.
with all our boosted abilities we have
not too much clear thinking. There is a
great deal of that which is superficial
ana loose. Look at the stream of ephe-
neral literature which is pouring from
the press The novel of the day attempts
IN many instances in a brief plot or in a
Few short notes to solve problems which
nave baffled for years the keenest intel
lects. There are many things in litera-
ture and in life which reveal intellectual
lazlneSs. We have enough of debris float
ing in dishwater' We ought not to be
nodded by that which is superficial and
cheap, but with discipline and the equip
flent we possess we should cut way out
OF the maze around us,into the broad clear
path of duty.
There must be an inflexibIe adherence
10 truth. The man who is afraid of truth
Is half-brother TO the bigot. Have a rev
erence for truth. There is going on a
decadence of dOgmatism but the man
whose heart cherishes the truth is re-
speeted on earth and is not forgotten in
heaven. 1t may cost something some
tlihe 10 adheTe to it may have to fly
ID the lace OF some notions which have
led my life. Possibly / may be forsaken
or treated as a hereto or something of
that sort. but if I know that which is true
ana receive 1t not l am out of harmony
10 Iii, Co. -
II is important to personal strength that
retain my self-respect, but how can I
retain this If i am not at all times IoyaI
70 the truth Cost something did 1 say?
Ostracism and ridicule have often been
the price of this allegiance. Truth stirs
ana sometimes makes men uncomfort-
able. II you wake man out of a sound
sleep ne will not always pray for you
ruin OIten rouSeS out of a pleasant dor
NANCY and for its suppression the hand
lest thing offered is used. 1t may be a
brickbat or a gibbet. Socrates drank the
nemlock. Andxagoras and Aristotles were
oanished- He who was the embodiment
of all truth upon his fair brow thew nut
the plated thorns and arrayed him in
CASTOR tOga of the Herodian court and
scornfuIly cried, Behold the man. Saws
George Meredith, 'Expediency is mans
wisdom; doing right is Gods
Regulation of Life.
Again, life must be regulated by judg-
ment in the light of a mortal ideal This
means emancipation. Personal reliance
means the end Of tutelage The adoption
or an ideal means that one sees above the
world standard Here is seen the glory
and the responsibility of the man. The
standard has been chosen with deIibera-
of my own destiny. My ideal is before me
developed out of the treasures of the age
Mental and moral equipment are vitality
related TO my ideal. In the light of this
DUTY IS all important. There is low in nv
work now. am bound to definite end
l am achieving something and I am now
developing charact
"One must have self-mastery The hat
tie or the Is so wildly described in the
EplStle OF Romans by Paul is not an iso-4
lated experience. Every man knows some
thing of struggle. The house of a mans
soul is visited by many unwelcome guests
Deslres and feelings and ideas come of
which we would thankfully be rid The
best are not secure against these intrIId-
ers- The reality of the conflict is sue-
gested by the biographies of saints. Evil
Spirits seem to lie in wait to ambush US
Ihey spring upon unawares They
come like a tiger leaping from his lair
How can we get rid of such? How can
we obtain mastery? We must iDhibjt
their expression in act. Our feelings and
desires, II is truly said, feed upon their
own expression. 1t is so with the saw
age who brandishes mis- club to bring him
self to the slaughter pitch 1t is thus
WIN tne deNOtee VINO seeks in ritual the
fame' TO fire his religious emotions DENY
expression to the passion and you have
gained a partial victory. Keep back the
flrst word IN the rising storm of wrath
Keep back the first gesture when some
evil impulse would drive you on To do
otherwise may develop a habit which will
be fatal TO success and dangerous to char
acter,
Must Cultivate Good.
Not only must we inhibit the expres-
sion of evil; We must cultivate the pos
ftively good. / think here can be found
a law which dominates the theories of
pessimism and optimism constant
reading of Schopenhauer and Hartmann
would make most men pessimistic A
study of other philosophers / might name
would mean the growth of optimism En-
throne the good and in large measure the
evil will be Ousted. Open the windows
of the soul and let the sunlight in. Prac-
tice moral hygiene There are social
circles in which malicious feelings wither
energetic pursuits in which contact with
larger life swanps petty irritabilities.
natural scenes of peace where we can no
longer anchor by one gloomy or sordid
thought. And Browning has told us how
even vice and crime can be rebuked by
the mere sight of innocence Open the
mind to beauty and TO goodness. Develop
self-mastery. Remember that he who will
not answer TO the rudder must answer to
the rock.
The Upward Tendency.
''As we go into the larger experiences
of life we ought to go with faith in the