Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-30
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Misfortune is not what it is general " thought to be. Here is one of mis- fortunes compenSations expressed in a maxim. He who IS down needs Tear no fall. There is such a thing as taking wrong view of what the world generally calls calamity. It IS the most natural thing for us to be able to bear the mlsfortunes of others with composure and it is evil dence of masterliness to be able to so bear our own. Cotton thought most of our mlSfortunes are more bearable than the comments of our friends" Fortu1iate indeed is the man who schools himself to see in every cloud an angels face The greatest mis- fortune which befalls man is to be to get from it the lessons of wisdom which it may contain. The true heart ed man looks forward, not backward looks Up, not down. The spirit of true manhood is equal to any calam- lty and to turning even calamity into a lesson of love. Calamity has been said to be the perfect class in which We can look and see ourselves as we said to be the perfect glass in which and do not want to, but we may school ourselves so that if Fate. com pels he shall not overcome us.
 l wonder how it feels to be so rich that you feel you must do something 70 avoid the disgrace of dying with too much money on your hands. Very few men appear to get near the dan- ger point where such a disgrace haunts them. Of course Andrew Car negie became conscious that he vas in danger of this disgrace and by his own statement began the experiment of un- loading for the benefit of his fellow men. He has given away hundred and sixty millions or more, and has ..i1 t .01f <~f hi ic T is likely to die multi millionaire, aI- though he yearns to die poor Dr. Pearson of Chicago haunted appar- enJly by the same fear, earned seven millions about the price of Carnegie's New York house, and ih twenty years he placed it all where he thought it would be of most use to his fellowmen, and then purchased a place in a com forta ble public home at 93 in which to close his mortal career. When we read such things as this it seems good not to be burdened by money-it is better to be burdeued with good sense. There are only select few who are haunt ed in this way and it is not strange they become afraid of their own F'rankensteins.
 This is funny old world at best, The man who is poor is suspected of lacking ability or being extravagant; and the man who is rich is either con- sidered as shrewd in business matters, or suspected of being a sharper. It is so natural for all men to pass judg- ment upon one another that no one hesitates. and the judgment of man is just as crooked as his experiences in life have sbeen. This is why human judgments vary so, and often seem so absurd. It was La Fontaine who taunted us of being "1ynx-eyed to our neighbors and moles to ourselves .f tre 1If1 reflected in our own mirror; and in it they are sure to be distorted by our personal faults. How we look upon others depends wholly upon what we are It has been said: Judge thy self with the judgment of sincerity and you will judge others with the judgment of charity. The man who always has a poor opinion of others is not what he should be himself. This is why a mans speech so often be- trayeth him. If he knew himself bet ter he would be more cautious as to the character of his remarks.