Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-16
THE MAN WHO TALKS

young? Perhaps you have. You may
have heard 1t said of some old men
that they were SO mean God would
not have them, and the Devil didn't
know what to do with them" This
base and uncharitable remark which
has been treasured for generations
really has little merit. In explanation
of the other class il has passed into
a proverb: Whom the gods love die
young just as if the selfshness Of
the gods prompted them to take them,
or end their mortal career, which, of
course, Is a fiction Science looks
at men, good bad and Indifferent, and
tells us age represents the survival OF
the f1test; and the world is prone TO
doubt and scott at this. Well, there
is some cause for long life beside
heredtty and professional piety and
what do You suppose 1t IS? II has
chiefly to do with the mode of liv-
ing: and those who respect the ply
sicai warnings not to repeat things
which make them i'll, who fullest res
healthiest and happiest and live long
est He who lives temperately in sin
lives longer than he who lives in
temperately in doing good works.
is difficult to explain why this is thus,
and that otherwise
The fast young man is always on
the down grade If il was not Tor this
ample would be commended instead of
blamed Going fast down hill is a
slide not a struggle-it is not an
achievement Why there is SO much
fascination in incorporate living is
not so clear. The world calls these
victims of vanity and self conceit
good fellows" when it knows that
there is nothing thing good ABB about their iE
misery. 1t is not SO very singular
that the prophet said in his heart all
men are liars" Men of wisdom still
think in their hearts that which they
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good fellows are always bad com
panions. and these do not lead one.
along the path OF virtue. The moment
a young man discovers that he is be-
ing called a good fellow by the boys
1t Is time for him to stop and consid-
er his destiny, for 1t should be taken
as warning voice, not as a compile
ment. The compensation for the life
which this covers is something to be
avoided. 1t is better to strive to be
useful man, than to strive to dress
stylish when your family doesn't A
neat, weIl-groomed man need not look
like a fashion plate-it is better to
look like a Man
1t is unfortunate for person to
think that genius is only to the few,
and that 1t Is not in personal endeavor.
Genius is the fruit of persistent in
dustry and self reliance. Perhaps no
one has defined it better than Will
mott, who said: Genius finds it's own
road and carries it's own lantern 1t
is those who have the courage to ex-
ploit their own ideas who do things
which are declared to be akin to
genius. Genius gets in it's shirtsleeves
in juvenility and makes the most of
life every minute until 1T is recognize
ed. and still shines on and on 1t is
not afraid to blaze new paths express
new opinions, or to defy the set
opinions of raen. Genius is self
conferred. charged with faith and de-
void of fear 1t is usually an over
declared when he pointed out: There
never appear more than five or six
men of genius in an age; and if they
were united the world could not stand
before them" but genius does not
unite since it is not trying to find it's
affinity but to demonstrate that which
has never been regarded as impossi-
BILE.
This 10 queer old wcrld of ours
may live a long life and not get rich,
or get famous. or get married. or
even get baldheaded; but it seems
denied to him to live long and not
get feeble. They talk about aging
gracefully. but this seems to be lar ge-
ly of the Imagination, for the MAN.
ner OF a mans aging is largely tenn
peramental. He who finds joy in liv-
ing makes no note of time, and the
mind does not get busy making crow
feet and wrinkles to indicate the
years; but those who chafe and wor-
~ the most are pointed out as the
evidences of age even beyond their
years. 1t depends upon whether one
is an upper or an under dog how he
views life; and the view is what gives
encouragement or announcement. 1t
is easy to say don't worry and to
form Don't Worry Clubs the officers
of which will worry for fear they are
not going to be success. The upper
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Divine love and mercy than the under
dog, and when in age the two are
wide apart A good Heavenly Father,
quite likely makes allowance for the
difference and makes the final COM
pensation right
1t is strange but true that home is
the place where many men and wo-
men show up at a disadvantage, when
1t is the place of all places where the
and prettiest Keeping all the bad
manners for the family is bad
habit; and those are noble and heroic
souls who can live with a crouch and
maintain charitable and sunny dis
position. There is no place like home
be it ever SO humble provided love
abides there; but when a man thinks
it is. just place to eat in, boss the
wife, scoid the children and swear.
the place to constantly exhibit his
worst sfde-it is nothing but mock
cry Such lives are so given to dis
order that home in after life seems to
the children to have been a nightmare
Under these circumstances what won
derful achievements good and patient
mothers have wrought without the
worlds ever taking notice of their vir-
tue and heroism. When home is
right 1t is the seminary of all in
stftutions; and when it is a mock
cry. it is a shame to the human race
an undoer of all that is good and Just
and honorable Good hearts make of
home heaven; and discord makes of
it the reverse
near philosopher says it takes a
girl with a college education to mis-
spell her front name This is not be-
cause she is ignorant, of course, but
having come into knowledge of her
power she defies formality by doing an
odd little thing like this. She does
not regard it as an insult to her
parents, or an evidence of mental
weakness as some people do; but Just
delights in the departure as a matter
Of right and giggles over it good
naturedly for many a day, and for
gets to ever again spell it right. She
may say in explanation that it pleas
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