Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Mans Pitiful Desire To Be
REMEMBERED
In Thousand Feeble, Foolish Ways He Strives Make HIS
NAME Lasting. Although Nothing CAN Last IN
Changing World

The other day Chicago piece of property the south
east Of Sedgewie street and North rented
for term Of ninety nine years by Louis Mueller Emanuel
Hezog The property rented for $4,000 year That would
total of $4950O0 for the neynne years-barrng
cidents,
Many things will happen the ninetynne years Before
the lease ends private ownership in land may have ended
little ubeanean disturbance under Lake Michigan may have
wiped Chicago the flying machine may have done away with
cities leaving simply few great Office buildings mile high
with landing places for machines And the and
leases of Chicago and other cities may all be forgotten
But Mr. Louis Mueller does not intend to be forgotten if
HE can help it.
The of the demand that the tenant shall pay
$1,000 year for ninety years and also the who takes
the property always to maintain in raised letters at
lest foot high the North side of all buildings
erected there the of Louis ] Mueller
Mr. Mueller is willing to rent his property but he
be remembered
He knows probably that months from nobody will
know what particular Mr. Mueller that what he did why
his there
But MR. MUELLER will know and his ghost will know after
he dead And both will take the proud distinction
that the name is in letters at least foot high"
thousand ways mans desire to be remembered ex-
presses itself Men eagerly the opportunity to be killed
that they may be remembered as heroes.
One egotistca philosopher to mystify the world arouse
admiration and do something that others do not do jumped
into the mouth Of volcano He uncomfortable
for few minutes He thought that he would remembered
moment does not
Little children write their the sand lovesiok
young gentlemen write their that adored one
the bark Of idiots names on public monu
ments.
Why TINS intense desire to be remembered this passion to
survive death illustrated by good Mr. Mueller of Chicago who
only leases his property condition that shall carry name
printed one foot high?
Is 1t only tooshness in the human mind this craving
the immortality which is unattanabe?
Not in the nothing more useful in this world
than desire TO BE REMEMBERED.
O course, the memory is passing The consider
great to-day Will be thoroughly forgotten thousand
ten thousand years are those famous thousand
thousand years ago
But is an excellent thing for the each
1oobsh feeble little individual DESIRES TO BE REMEM-
BERED
We are ruled THROUGH OUR OWN ATTRACTIONS AND
PASSIONS. That which good for the race WE WANT.
We are MADE to want that which best and best for
others
And WANT TO BE REMEMBERED. BECAUSE
ORDINARILY, IN ORDER TO BE REMEMBERED, 1T is
NECESSARY TO DO SOMETHING BRAVE OR PERMA-
NENTLY USEFUL And sacrifice their lives and give
away their property unishy devote every ounce Of
power to the Of other human beings IN ORDER THAT
THEY MAY BE REMEMBERED
i Is cheap reward and fortunate thing the
human race that the majority of it. 1t proves again
now genousy and myserouy Providence winds up and
makes us run our little course useully possible.