The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-31

As Il is the mara of viriIc laabir tAai the Las,
Sthing done should b. the best lhine vJ aeeeta
Epiished
Iii tias lies the chief point ef congratulations
Tor Richmond en- the closing OF s,u Ola year. ia
ashe reflection upon this truth lies thu vital i'm
|pulses for she living Of The new one.
The psychology Of se49-sat.Siact58r llolds as
true for community - II docs 3of. man.
There be no pause III effort s}thogt retro
Sression Those wheels clog which EaNo TAR a
momens stopped. That brain DECAYS 4bioh for
san instant rests. That city trusts 9yhieh ia lis
eoneeit. permits Itself eamplaeeues
Pride is another matter. Il is tae s4er, The
command. the rail- ~ all the nervous 9orce out
sof which deeis are born ana muscles made pow
EerfuI. Richmond nay we'll be proud 1t can
contempiate itself as standing at the gal .way
between North south Il eeu Zee through
sous its every udiyaual and industrial aber the
thrif Of the things that have been done by The
/ lons pull aud the hard quill of tho last twelve
ynonths II can even indulge Ia retrospect it's
achievements. But it must bot and cannot eA-
Kept at great price consider ANYTHING finished
Things have inst begun. Annexation was not
- much accomplishment as Il policy. The
|wOnderfnl extension of the city westward, it's
Epkyscrapess overhanging the James. its railway
d6selcnment the unifx1ag and eodifying and
pongeang OF great community into common
purpose. but pF.liminarF steps The man
factnring plants that have been built the great
|iObbing trade that is constantly spreading over
the South It's feeers for trade. and pouring into
fhe CITY the wealth that is here finding so re-
{lnarkahle inysstmeHt-theso are bat the signs
tof a benefcent fermentation The banking III
Eciities that have expanded until the city il com
5ing rapidly into the financial prsn1acv in the
South. only tlle iIecpitate OF II flowing
tNnergs. There IS nothing permanent in all this.
N is the germ Of growth, which mus multiply
III die, II is The sign Of the city Of tomor-
Nv
ES The past viii NOT =tand too much caatcmp3.
Efjon Ised mirror, il reflects q false future
Fused ar the protector OF the fnturr as a Starch
Tight to the path, 1t holds to the full Us value
kand Inspiration EXACTLY because these hills are
no historic. exactly hecaese there does not live
the informed who can walk anont Rich.
nond without the haunting ngures Of the begin,
gifESs Va ILLS COUNTY, " Efhf& am It's travail
4 BIT his shoulder blade, exactly because these
|&hings so makes more imperative the neees
&sisy OF knowing that instead Of being old, He
hire young. instead OF having donr We are do
ing; instead Of having finished, We are begin
ming.
So that the Hearts OF those who build a city
~ strong, It's human parallel stops With the
Comparison OF mind rped With age Of CAPT
Al looking 10 power garnered by thrift II
stops at The poin, where. his head sound. the
imam who has done things feels the tragedy OF
Ia failing eye. knows the bitterness Of a trem.
Milling hand, senses through body Welding at
length 10 the inevitable, the moment when the
dnal deed of trust must he signed Ia an oneominc
generation But the city strong IMPARTIAL.
ambitious holds It's immortality in the way in
which it makes q step.l4dder Of one era to step
forth upon higher and broader plain