Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-31
LOW IDEALS

, the tiny bees to their queen, the wild geese dying south in the unmappeo course their leader follows, in scores l of ways we are taught-Hf we VIII put heed--that some are destined to go Tn | the front ranks, others in the rear. l Losing respect for everybody and l everything. the transition to nippancy' rebellion, anarchy. is easy. 1 Who is the workman ever In "scrap' with his associates? Biliously dissatisfied with the regulations for his labor, with his wages, with worR l in general? He is the one who IS ever 1 secretly or openly irritated because ne
 has to take orders from someone so .o better than I betr FoFget1ul that tEe
 born leader will eventually lead, as l certain as liquids, by the principle or philosophy. will Ind their levels! :. | 1t is In these small minds. bounded by the huekleberry hills of their i'm tied vision, that there Is certain to be lfesfztance to authority.
 | The man of bread view would never entertain the belief that vessel neecs l no captain-that all the crew, down to I the cook minister, as the sail- ors say, should have a perfect right II to run the ship as each pleases. rms \ is absurd on tn face of it; but IS ls as logical as. most mems arguments HG1tA L1Gf lBG& lASnAoOtNoS A~ VT ! pressed classi
 Of course, e person with Christian
 belief will defer to authority, as Sl
 Paul explains 1t, as from GOO; ana Il rulers who gre, are ordained or Goa.
 But these MoFtals who scen at every thing, feel as superior to Divine as to human authority!
 The aneients. recognizing the effect
 of mind upon body, took care to sur | xx-ith rnhlaGt k an1ples of sculpture. of architecture, or
 painting, to have their minds developed
 and trained by the greatest pniioso, phers of the time They appreciated
 the value of lofty ideals.
 The Indian boy was taught to dlscl- pline his body by solitude, fasting.
 practice in those rude arts known to the chiefs of his tribe.
 l But today we do differently Oh,
 to be sure, we have art museums ture great churches and libraries learned Philosophers; but we consid- CT ourselves so superior that we mere
 y take these things as a matter ot
 ecuresl Such mind as Carlyle ad- vised: Say to all kinds of pleasure I can do without you!' With self. |. recommendation life begfnsl" Dear me! } That is not our policy nowi sI A good time, every day and night 2 mad whiri of pleasure, uaending nlones II which deal with subjects showing III ! | the seamy side of life, cheap news D papers whose -Iurid headlines incitt , to even lower ideals than ard held all r ready by those who read them, thu : theory that, Reing human. resistance r to temptation is quite out of the ques , tion, this is about all our philosopll, g of life!
 n A niiiionaire may lack hioi1 ideals hA 1oh rrrlx fnr ,e,- y .n his pocket may possess them. Why 6 When we communicate with a grea V man, either by letter or by speech, un . 1 consciously we take on some portiol
 of his personality, his greatness I
 we are content to cherish low ideals . thoughts that lower, to make no effor t against practices which disrupt tn home, corrupt the individual. disor
 ganize society, if we scorn authoritJ \ domestic, civic, national, ethical, W . are in the depths though We be well
 gfoorned. polished socially, the possess
 ors of fine houses and big bank ac | counts. For we have missed what
 the mein-spriDg of every lofty aspira
 tioai
 o.i There is no nsistakins the fact tha if this cherishing of low ideals is tn
 present national weakness. i,1 Marrow. near-sighted mortals toler O. ate all sorts of abuses, because, for
 ! SuOLEs LA8y Cot1t6 rom those Wn0 ar 'et HsaFnates in their ueighborhood, cit.
 state, because they have merely tn
 low ideals of worldly success, forget a ting that 'fthese, too, will pass awayi s Although they may not put it in s I- many plain words, "Eat and drink, fo h EYad5ns moral responsibilities, s l. they evade civic ones. The street a may be filtered, the gutters filth! if laws not enforced, fraud in his d places; they will dismiss it all with 3 !- we'll, let the people we pay for doir Id it reform ttaings! Onr motto is, ''Nev .- CT ao anything to make yourself UT
 eomfortablei"
 As a man thinketh. so he is. L. three hundred and sixty-five days l. 2, his year are passed in absorption i .n sordid things he must perforce becon at sordid, his ideals will remain at the le low level. as As evils begin with the individdus ,d so reform must start with the ind .s vfdual.
 aaSS It is said that in the great post offis building of certain American cit . from an upper gallery an inspector, .n any time, day or night. can look dow sae upon every employe and determir 2. whether he is doing his duty honestl As or not. It is system which has prov . ed very efffcacious.
 a7 Infinitely preferable is the syste 2. which, in every mortal's mind, create an that ideal of Supreme .Authorii sr which conpels honest living withoi ,.s, being watchedI Which checks the LII in isna ruly tongue. fills the heart with kinC
 s Illness toward all men, lifts the mir s' above unworthy thoughts. render = man. whatever his station, on a piar .a with fine aehlest, the holiest. the higl sss esti
 sa As a man tfinketf, so he is, Ie THE DICTAGRAPH