Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-28
THE MAN WHO TALKS

a dollar because no one Will truSC them. Tos be out of debt is interpret ed as meaning freedom and residing right next door to affiuence: but some cynics declare man cannot get out of debt because he owes more to his Creator than he can ever pay: but | somehow l cannot convince myself | that the Creator ever wanted establish eG in the mind of man such de- pressing idea as this might become. Every man owes to himself the care and conduct which shall develop him as a worthy son of God. and if he cnly liquidates this claim. the other elleged obligation will take care of itself. The man free of debt and lv- ing in affiuence may mortgage his soul to Satan for a good time and never be able to redeem himself. There are debts and debts: and some one has said the only man who is safe is the one who looks upon all debts as furies, which keeps every u,an on his guard.
 There does not appear to be any
 thinq oained for man by the per
 sistent declaration that he is the only creature God made who thinks; and that nothing else has mind. when we sec evidence throughout nature. which we are counselied to recosnize as Divine mind. and do-Divine mind is the One mind which illuminateS all created things. and it actuates the ant as well as the only. creature made i'll Gods image" Spiders and ants are known to perform wonderful en- gineering feats; and closely studied creatures show ability to meet any oxigency, and through reserve force to find way to overcome it. The power of observation and communication seems to be denied to nothing with eyes. and the Younger Darwin now claims plants have eyes. If animals .J yI7,1- NIeir hny Q horse or eat will turn a faucet to get a drink of water; or a cat open lattieed window and take food; or a rat gnaw a. hole in a lead pipe to get water or a mules praying at the sound of dinner-horn recognizing it meant feed-time; or dogs emitting their daily run with their master when Sunday comes. It looks to me as if God has given all creatures mind sug
 ficient for their capacity and needs, which is creditable to the Almighty and not discreditable to man.
 Some people are worried when a child exhibits imaginative qualities and move rather to overcome them than to encourage their development al though imagination is a useful and beneficial quality when used alright. Imagination might properly be called the wings of the mind and the mes
 senger of hope; and while it lenGs it. self to poetry and art under rational control. and put the fine touches up- on literature it's irrational or eXces
 sive use leads to the madhouse through Misery lane. The imagination, with the assistance of jealousy or fear can keep a human soul wrought up over nothing most of the time, and may prompt to the awfuliest crimes. be- cause excessive fear or jealously is the worst form of insanity. The most glorious visions of life are re- lated to the imagination, as are mans highest ideals. Imagination has been called the minds eye. because it can see more than man can ever hope to accomplish. It pictured hell for Dante with all it's horrors. and Heaven for Milton. with all it's beauties. ac- quired lasting fame for de Maupas
 sant and ended him in madhouse. Kept clear of fear and jealousy and associated with hope, inaeinatian lightens mems burdens through in
 vention and keeps upon life a rose ate and comforting view: and through dreams and visions has been known to rob death of it's terrors and to sustain the human soul on the brink Of dissolution
 We train too many of our boys to be professors rather than producers; and between the professors and colonels in life we have host of i1e et dO NeltS. lie Dlau men is the producer. whether he pro- duces potatoes or iewsharps. The man should strive to know something in order that he may do something. Knowledge. you know. simply infates some men just as wind inf1ates bladder. There are a great many in tellectual parasites living on the com munity; and not a few of them be- lieve they have the producer skEn 9 mile so far as life is concerned; but when they come to the place whers they must swim or sink they usually are the ones to perish. One thif1g that amazes me is how tolerant human nature is in the mass. The milk Of human kindness just seems to he swashing about and more than half. the world never becomes aware Of it. If it wasn't for the producers
 the men who earn money-there woulf not be any of the wonderful ways of making money, or any of the get rich. quick schemes. There would neve' have heau 2 hlnod-s"ckar on this ef'~'' ' had their not been blood to suck The man who produces useful things is the sUstalner not only of the state but of all human folly, glamour and pride
 ! was rather amused by an expres- sion of apprehension in d letter by
 SilEcr Sixpence," newcomer in the Social Corner of The Bulletin, lest l1t Mall " no 1al1NS SnOuIQ SIOD talking; and it was such a sincere compliment that we must admit it ap- pealed to our vanity quite bit for we have vanity; and, we may as well say 1t right here, that our vanity and inherent meanness give us two wrest- ling mates all the time, for we have long been resolved not to be as vain or as mean as we know we can be any day Of our lives. The Man Who Talks has talked longer than he ever expected to. or any one else expected he would; and he has a good deal to answer for which he might have es- caped perha ps. had it not been for this habit: and ''Silver Sixpenee'' may be as surprised as sratifled to learn that he cannot stop talking He is conscious he has considerable more to say. It is ID to him to keep talking and to see that he is as entertaining and informing as possible; and yet yoil know he doesn't please every body; and fc gets sharply criticised and yer oallH shot al by sharpshooters dnG things happen to him of which he ven lures not to talk. His talk will enc some day; put he has no time limit and he may go on saving things which will entertain his readers for some time to come.
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