The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09

an animal as harmless, as useless
and as timid in the presence of real
manhood as he is pompous, just
common insignificant nonenity.
There are many varieties of freaks
running at large, all more or less
disgusting TO sensible men and wo-
men The dude, the professional
beauty. the philosopher gone to seed,
the spinner of fine theories, the
possessor of the cureall nostrum for
the sick body polite, the top-heavy
scientist, the discoverer of the only
reliable uncomfortable guide to
the tottering footsteps of weak and
sinful man from earth to glory, the
discoverer of the only all-wool, yard
wide, warranted to neither rip, tear,
ravel nor run down at the hell cure
for all the physical ailments to
which human flesh is heir, the street
discussionist, the political preacher,
the preaching politician; all more or
less prominent postules on the sur
face of society, yet comparatively
harmless and sometimes real dl-
version after one has been deeply
engrossed in rational thinking.
However, there is a species Of the
tailless articulating simian whose
antics so seriously threaten the very
foundation of our society structure
that a few words descriptive of its
mode of attack upon the peace and
quietude of society is not here con-
sidered altogether unreasonable.
Some one has said, and | fear truth !
fully, that there is not an absolutely
sane man or woman on earth. 1t is
a fact | suppose that there is little
decayed place in the think-shop OF
at least almost every individual, {
sometimes it is only a little irrita-
ton of the bump of self-conceit and f
causes the victim to take himself {
entirely too seriously, as we see eX- e
smplified in the lives of many of our L
ace and even shows up in the career Y
# some of our public men To emu t
nerate all the little idiosyncracies E
from mild form of men Y
al alteration would require more le
pace than is usually devoted to 81
hese letters. in fact some of them di
re entitled to separate chapter. al
r all tho mental oddities and NOR Sc
| misfits infesting society, the most |
angerous is the fanatic. Their po-
,ntiality as leaders of even sane W
eople consists largely in the fact tt
lat they arrogate TO themselves pl
nd to their vagaries the special ben &C
diction Of Providence, As long lie
5 ignorance and superstition have Il
NY considerable hold on the minds
md consciences OF men, so long a
VIII the fanatic occupy an exalted g
position in society. John Dowie I
posing as the reincarnation OF the
prophet Elijah built up large fol-
lowing and was king until the fail
ing strength of age destroyed his
executive ability. Divine healers {
arise and flourish all over the land t
md people otherwise sane flock 70 st
ee and hear them and fail victims sc
their hypnotic influence. DoWie go
ID the divine healers are proba bly, TIE
rmless except that they add more ant
the mental qualification and do he
contribute anything to the puri- sha
Or refinement of the moral atmos- and
re. They are probably only ac- bei1
sorry to the general process Of Mr.
in softeuing Such pretenders n
tbc,, fsnaticsl following do not
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