Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-10

ers, but always with due credit.
This is world of progress. Each
animal and plant, when 1t ceases to
grow and develop, begins to declare.
and its dissolution is but question
of time. There is no standing still
You must advance or recede. Action
is the law of the universe Absolute
rest or inaction is practically un-
known. Even in sleep. respiration,
circulation and the processes of the
body must go on. Growth, develop
mcnt, progress are essential, and when
they cease, deSay begins. The indi-
sinks back to give place to another
who is on the upgrade.
How true the statement OF Seneca:
Tho hour which gives us life begins
to take it away"
When the tide ceases to fow. the
ebb commences. When on solstice
is reached, the seasons swing back to-
ward the other extreme, only to be-
gin new advance. General nature
takes no Sabbath or rest. She seems
never satisfied with her own crea-
tions. She leaves no specimen of her
handiwork for long unchanged. We
see and know that this "too, too solid
Garth is forever changing: and sci
itself out, and will die in the course of
ages.
Prof. Fichte. the great German wri-
ter and scholar. has very beautifully
said: Mine eye discerns this eternal
life and motion in all the veins of
sensible and spiritual nature.
The universe is no longer to me that
circle which returns into itself. that
game which repeats itself without
ceasing. that monster which devours
itself in order to reproduce itself as
it was before. 1t bears the impress:
Continual progress toward perfection,
in a straight line which stretches in
to infinity. The sun rises and sets.
all the spheres hold their cycle dance.
But they never return precisely such
as they disappear; and in the shining
fountains of life there is also pro-
gress."
If we could look forward thou
sand years, we should see humanity
doing and enjoying things of which
the most vivid imagination cannot at
this time form even a remote concep-
ton. To again quote Prof. Fichte.
we should see This life forever as
cend and grow and transfgure itself
into more spiritual expression of its
own nature"
Emerson most aptly said that: Ma
ture leads us on and on. We live in
system of approximations. Every
end is prospectivc of some other end
which is also temporary.-a round and
final success nowhere"
This has always been true of human
experience. and will probably he even
more true in the future. Whatever
discovery we make, whatever height
we. reach. it is but stepping stone,
but spur to the ambition. for great
er achievements.
Shall we use. or neglect. our oppor-
tunities? Some of us have decided
upon the former course. There is
doubtless material in this city to make
III and maintain good club. and to
carry on a beneficial work. \ few
of Us talked of taking steps in this di-
rection last winter, but the season was
too far advanced at the time. ! should
have suggested taking it up earlier
this season. but for the fact that
was engaged in the delcctablc business
of running for office.
While the rules OF this club are
modelled after those of one in Pueblo.
to which some of lis formerly belong
ed. / think this society should be
law unto itself. and should follow it's
own ideas. AS already said, it takes
work to make success in any line:
and idIeness or shirking are exactly
what we must all resolve against. One
who will not zealously do his part in
preparation. in attendance and in dis
cussion. will surely be OF little or no
benefit to the club. its members or
himself along these lines. know
many persons who have been mem
bers of similar clubs who never get
done telling and acknowledging the
help thev have thus received: and
who attribute much of their success
either in public or business life to the
ideas and encouragement received
from the society. The club will be
what its members make OF it. II you
visit drama or opera, you always
recognize that the entertainment you
receive will depend vastly more upon
the ability of the company that rem
ders it than upon the plot or the iinc>
which the playwright has produced
So it will be in our club. There is
the widest field for successful work
and in the language of the street "it
is up to us" to work out its success.
or permit of its failure.
am far from suggesting that anv
one should become n bookworm. On"
Of the first requisites of success in al
most any line of human activity is
that the person should be a good
healthy animal. Intellectual strength
is not likely to be found in diseased
or failing body The Prince of Or
ange, and some others might he cited
as examples to the contrary. but the
are purely exceptions to the rule.
am a thorough believer in athletic
sports and outdoor air and exercise
and in ventilation at all times ! am
equally firm in my view that recrea-
ton is great essential. If an en-
gine. made OF iron and steel. will Civ,