University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-03-08
TransitOry Measures.

Now. if yOu look at these pleasures.
You will find that they are. all of them,
of il very morlcntary or tran>itOry de-
scription. You swallow drink. for in
stance: the pleasure of it is gone in I'D
seconds. You bet and unless YOU bet
long beforehand and indulge i'm eager
anticipation OF success. that pleasure Is
but flcetiny. ard it often leaves Il very
bad taste behind.
Now. discriminate in the conduct of
your lives between the transitory or
momcntary pleasures and the lasting
pleasures those that endure and will
give You pleasure. not for moment
but for Years and all Your lives There
are plenty of such pleasures. In
>ports-what we ordinarily call sports
discriminate in the same way be
tween the sports that last and the
sports that do not last: that cannot
b- had. in fact. after comparatively a
short period in life.
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on pleasures. though they are a very
substantial portion OF Il normal life.
and they Weld to u- innocent delights
throughout our lives. Eating and
drinking. for example. in modcration
is Il lifclon" delight and pleasure. II
Is not by any means a purely physical
pleasure bccau~r We eat and drink to-
""ther in families and companies. Do
not b" afraid of Il pleasure which peo-
pile say is physical. There are few
healthy. innocent. physical pleasures
which are not accompanied by intel
lcctual and moral delight also.
A Lasting Delight.
Cultivate the >en>e of beauty in
some line of natural beauty. For in
stance. very desirable acquisition of
that sort is Il taste for birds. a desire
to learn all about the birds of your
vicinity. how they live how they nest.
bow they produce their Young. what
their manners are. what their natures
are. how they fly. There is i'm any
such systematic observation of nature
. lasting delight. and with it goes the
'ntivation of the sense of beauty. and
hat is a la>tin" delight. Il delight of an
'XIuisite sort /
Followin" consideration of the
.I,..I.. Of
should actuatc ones choice. Mr.. Eliot
.Cntinucd:
But now about the spirit in work.
her" We come upon a VERY serious dif-
lcultv in this era ri great mechanical
development and nf the organization. As
i called. "f labor There is ONLY
me spirit in work which Yields enjoy
n"ni. which. in the long run. Yields p
appIne>-. There i only one spirit i'm
Work which enables Il man to grow
very YEAR. and tha, i the spirit of do .
n" ones level br>t all the time. That
: the artistic spirit. the spirit of the
aIntcr and Of the sculptor and of the '
INVENTOR the spirit which j. expressed
that Invaluable Bible phrase. What
nevcr thy hand fintlcth 10 do. do it '
18th thy might Now. ! suppose all
Won know the trades union doctrine
tn" limitation Of output. II i. i'm I
tier day. if he accepts that doctrine.
o>~liie for man IL 10 hi- best. day
l. impossible for man to obey that
Ible saying. Whatsoever thy hand
ndcth to do. do ii with thy might if
? accepts that doctrine. And there
're 1t is very important that any n
p'lng man VIII" means I" eniov his life II
nd make it developing and an en- o
icing life should work always in one I,
'irit. and in one spirit onlv-the ,piri, =,
doing his best every dav and every Il
ar of his life. h,
During the last 2a years in our pl
'untry, there has been quit. an en- G.