The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-07
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BY ofiian Scott
Away with melancholy.
BY oIIhIIan Scott

Away with melancholy.
Let's talk Of love
Something which will lead the mind
gently from hard and bitter thoughts
10 those that are sweet and kindly:
away from the memories of disap-
sentiments and mistakes and vain re-
grets.
Let's talk OF love; the sovereign
ruler of the world: the controller of
destiny; the magical, magnetic power
which makes and unmakes the for
tunes OF men and nations
What Is love?
Love is an idea
An idea and an ideal, born of the
imagination.
The stronger the Imagination the
greater the capacity for love.
The broad manifestation OF love is
consistency Of conduct
The mind, influenced by the irnagi-
nation, submits every action. word or
glance to the acid test of consistency
before permitting it expression.
This subconscious control il natural
and free from effort: and, SO far from
being irlson1e, is a source of mental
pleasure
Here's where I'm about due to make
Joke, but somehow a joke won't
come. I'll bet you I'm in love. Sure
enough. that's the explanation. It must
be that, or perhaps it's last nights cold
sausage and cucumber. Anyway, the
lid of the joke box Is hard to open to-
day.
So let's return to our subject
Love Is scarce.
That's nobody's fault; but 10 due TO
the Gas yeti undeveioped state OF man
kind.
The movement in the direction of
universal education has only just be-
gun, and mental development is a slow
process OF generations
True. love is not dependent upon
education; which looks like a contra
ddction Of my previous statement; for
there are good, honest, loving souls
who can neither read nor write, but
are true as steel, and couldn't be torn
from their love any more than Christ
could be tempted by the devil.
Those are the people who don't need
education: natures ladies and gentle
men; you meet them hs re- and there
and shake hands with them with pleas
ure and a. q privilege.
The secret OF their kindly. loving
natures is unse1ffshness.
Love is scarce because selhshness is
too plentiful.
Education h111nanizes, and enables
selfish people 30 recognize their own
seIffshness.
1t viii take many generations Of
education DO humanize mankind 10 the
point of unseihshness where love can
be experienced by all.
There Is only one kind Of love.
I've read OF mothers love being
different article 10 O. lovers love.
That In not 50. The motive In DIFF
ferent but the manifestation Is the
Of conduct towards
the loved one.
There are many causes for love but
only one course of conduct
That course OF conduct CONSISTS,
always did consist and always will
consist OF thought and action for the
benefit of tho loved one.
Right here Is a suggestion for those
who are not as happily married as
they would wish; but are prepared to
make an effort for domestic happiness.
Play the game.
Adopt q course Of conduct consisting
OF methodfcal thought and action for
the benefit of your partner.
And, by gosh, you'll come mighty
near being in love: yes. sir, and you'll
get something mighty Ike love In re-
turn The only difference will be that
real love. finds such thought and ac-
tton IS pleasure: whilst you'll find it
very much like work.
But hold on: can see how the force |
Of habit will come and help you If you
can stick DO the game long enough for
habit to get a foothold.
know . whole lot about the force |
Of habit.
learned my profession by forming |
habits; work habits; and tying my |