The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-29
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by the knockers and his life was
emblttered by their assaults. The
cartoonists seldom depicted this
great man other than money COB
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lcal wasps always stung him with
the darts of cheap wit; somewhat
like dogs baying at lion.
You have noticed the snug self
exhaltation apd cocksureness of the
wise guy. The more ignorant he is
the noisier the guy tries to appear
Egotism run to seed. The wise guy
is cuttle-fish and surrounds him
self with the obscurity of ignorance.
You cannot tell him anything. He
knows all about IT and even tries to
assume credit for other peoples WIS.,
dom. The wise guy never learns to
give the other fellow credit for
knowing little more than The cut
tie fish. The mistake the wise guy
always makes is to be-little the 9th
er fellow. The wisest of us know
but very little, for it takes life
time of study and experience to mas
ter the details of even one learned
profession. The entire sum of hu-
man knowledge is but an atom COM
pared to the vast unexplored fields
still left to the research of future
students. Why then assume an air
of wisdom and try to appear wise?
Thinking men soon see the fraud
and mark the wise guy out as a RI
diculous poser. All really great
men are modest.
Edison, in recent interview de-
plored the fact that life was too
short to even waste much time in
sleep. He sees with the vision of
genius the dawn of a new day and
deplores the helplessness of man
compared to the great task of the
future work of the world.
None of us that are in prison can
afford to pose as wise guys. The
fact that we are here is evidence
against our claim to wisdom. We
thought we were wise and could
fool' society, but we are doing
time' and the world outside the
walls is full of people wiser than US.
So do not pose and consider your
self wise guy. Do not be cutie
fish.
Smartie is the individual who
makes fun of the failings of others.
Many sensitive people have been
st1ng by the jibs of smartie.
Smartie is pest and the worst kind
of a cultle-fi 8 h. Smartie is too
smart to be fooled. but continually
fools himself. Smartie never tack
les the bully, for he is bully him
self and ridicules the weak. Smart
lie says: Look at me, see how smart
l am, but see that idiot over there;
what fool he isp' We meet smart
le in print very often, but smartie
does not know that we recognize
him. for smartie Is cuttle-fish and
thinks we cannot see behind the
cloud he raises.
Knockers, wise guys and smarties,
all members of the anvil chorus, we
have met you in all our wanderings.
We have seen you play the pom
les" and heard you say the farmer
was "yap." We have seen you.
Mr.. Smarlie, laugh at the town fool.
We have heard you, Mr.. Knocker,
knock your own town and still con-
tinue to live in it. The ponies won
the money and broke you, Mr.. Wise
Guy. The yap is still prospering on
the farm, the wise guys are still
doing time" Some day some one
will laugh at you, smartle, and then
you will pity the town fool. Leave
the town, Mr.. Knocker, if you do
not like it. We do not like our
town, but we have to live here. Do
not knock. Do not pose as wise
guy. Do not try to be smart.
Above all don't be cuttle-fish.