The Winslow mail., 1914-11-14

OF It., said Fowler. Il can say as
with it. | can understand lesson, ap-
preciate the discoveries of abler men
and use my hands, but those others,
figou. MastertOn, Lie and the others,
they are clearing the ground fast for
the knowledge to come Have you had
time to follow their work?'
Karenin shook his head. But can
imagine the scope of it." he said.
I'VE have so many men working
now," said Fowler II suppose at pres
ent there must be at least a thousand
thinking hard, observing, experiment
ing, for one who did so in 1900"
Not counting those who keep the
recordsY'
Not counting those. OF course the
present indeXing of research is in it.
self a very big work, and it is only
now that we are getting it properly
done. But already we are feeling the
benefit of that. Since it ceased to be
a paid employment and became a de
votion, we have had only those people
who Obeyed the call of an aptitude at
work upon these things. Here must
show you it today because 1t will In
terest you've have our copy of the
encyclopedia index-every week sheets
are taken out and replaced by fresh
sheets with new results that are
brought to us by the aerOplanes Of
the research department. 1t is an In
dex of knowledge that grows eontinu
ally. an index that becomes continually
truer. There was never anything like
it before
when l came into the education
committee" said Karenin, that index
. of human knowledge seemed an i'm
possible thing. Research had pro-
duced a chaotic mountain of results. In
a hundred languages and a thousand
different types of publication" He
smiled at his memories. How we
groaned at the jobr'
ALREADY the ordering Of that chaos
is nearly done. You shall see"
II have been SO busy with my own
work. Yes, shall be glad to see.''
The patient regarded the surgeon for
a time with interested eyes.
You work here always?" he asked
| abruptly.
NO" said Fowler.
But mostly you work hereT'
81 have worked about seven years
out of the past ten. At times go
away--down there. One has to. At
least, | have to. There is a sort of
grayness comes over all this, one feels
hungry for life. real, personal, pas
sionate life. lOvemaking. eating and
drinking for the fun Of the thing, JOS
Ting crowds, having adventures,
! laughter-above all, laughter'-
YES" said Karenin understandingly.
"And then, one day, suddenly one
thinks of these high mountains again"
THAT is how | would have lived If
| it had not been for my-defects," said
karenin. Nobody knows but those
who have borne 1t the evaporation OF
abnormality. 1t will be good when
you have nobody alive whose body
cannot live the wholesome everyday
| life, whose spirit cannot come up into
these high places as it Wills"
I'VE shall manage that soOn," said
| Fowler.
For endless generations man has
struggled upward against the tndigni-
ties Of his body and the indignities of
his soul. Pains, incapacities, vile fears,
black moods. despairs How well I've
| known them. They've taken more time
than all your holidays. 1t is true. is 1t
not, that every man is something OF
cripple and something of a beast? I've
dipped little deeper than most. that's
all. It's only now, when he has fully
| learned the truth of that, that he can
! take hold Of himself to be neither beast
his servtude to his body, be can for
the first time think Of living the full
life of his body. Before another gen
Grafton dies you'll have the thing 10
hand. You'll do as you please with
| the old Adam and all the old vestiges
from the brutes and reptiles that lurk
in his body and spirit. Isn't that sOT''
"You put it boldly" said Fowler.
Karenin laughed cheerfully at his
caution.
When" asked Karenin suddenly,
when will you operator
THE day after tomorrow" said FOw
Ier. For day | want you to drink
and eat as | shall prescribe. And you
may think and talk as you please.
You shall go through it this after
noon. will have two men carry you
in a litter. And tomorrow you shall
lie out upon the terrace Our noun
tains here are the most beautiful in the
world"
The next morning Karenin got up
early and watched the sun rise over
the mountains and breakrasted tightly,
and then young Gardener, his secre-
tary, came to consult him upon the
spending of his day. Would he care to
see people, OF was this gna wing pain
within him too much to permit him to
do that?