The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-11
BEST STUDY Is MANKIND


The following address was delig-
cred during the entertainment al the
regular meeting of Castle Lodge No
19, knights of Pyth:as, Monday eve
ming, November 9th. by Judge Will
lam M. Gober, chancellor command
er of the lodge. AMI grand outer
guard of the Grand Lodge K. of P
of Florida. Judge Gober is one OF
the most enthusiastic as well as the
most consistent members that the
X. of P. have in the state, and is
always at his post or in attendance
at meetings OF either the local or
grand Iodgea
1t has been said that the best
study of mankind is man. therefore
if we would know AMI understand
others we must first know and UNI
derstand ourselves If we would un-
derstand and know the feelings and
emotions of Others, we must first un-
derstand those possessed by our
selves. If we are to understand the
value of deeds of kindness and acts
of love from others we m,sts first
learn to do those deeds of Kindness
and acts of love to others. No man
who is incapable of appreciating
deeds of kindness and acts of love
towards himself is capable of doing
| those things towards his fellow-man
Time and customs may change and
no &C a NOV ~, NOV, Ao,,r;es,
for time, then totter and fall, those
things held TO be eternal truths to-
day may give way to a new school of
thought and held to be untrue few
years hence; but human nature is
the same yesterday, today and to-
morrow, those things which stirred
mems souls a thousand years ago,
stir mems souls today, the emotions
felt by the human heat centuries
ago are felt by the human heart to-
cay. We are all by nature closely
allied to each other by human tics
that have never and can never be
severed; we can not see one broken
hearted and in tears without having
matter what the cause may be. we
cannot see one oyerjove1 with laugh
ter without feeling a sense of m.rth;
when we read story wherein the
writer makes his hero weep we
know that the authors heart was sad
when those lines were penned, and
we feel sympathy fer the hero;
when the author makes his hero
laugh with JOY we know that the au-I
thor smiled as he wrote those words
and we too smile as we read them:
all of which bears out the biblical
statement, that, mo man liveth to
himself and no man dieth to him
self" Tt is said that during the dark
ages when men were cast into soli-I
tary and lonely confinement. where
their ears could hear no human
voices, where their eyes could see no
human form, that they went mad
and well may We believe the truth of
that, for what punishment magma
bile could be worse than that of be-
ing deprived of human associations
This being true on one hand. it is
also true that the closer we are re-
lated and allied with our brothers
the more do we derive from this.
life; the more friends we have. The
more do we understand and aDpre-
ciate friendship; the more kindness
we do towards our brothers the more
do fwo 1Iu5 oru%oD5 ,,5
acts of kindness towards ourselves.
no man ever visited a sick brother.
relieved a worthy brother in distress.
or comforfed and assisted the wild
ows and orphans of brother, that
did not feel better by having done
| So Then it is our duty to form the
habit in our early fraternal life 10
put into practice the principles of
friendship which we teach. which
| brings its. own reward in a happier
existence fer each of US Damon and
| Pythias put this into practice in their
early lives and it followed them thru
all their years. They were boys to-
gether: they were slaves to the same
tyrannic power; and both rose to
higher stations in life; Damon to
that of a senator of Syracuse, and
| Pythias from a galley slave to a
/, kings soldier. and whether the story
of Damon and Pythias be myth or
true story, it does not exceed the
bounds to which true friendship may
! go. 1t is we'll to note that Damon on
rising to the high station which he
attained did not lose any of the afdor
in his friendship for Pythias. but re-,
manned true through all trials and
tests to which he was subjected We
having adopted this beautiful story