Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-04-16
THE TRAIL THRU THE FOREST
OF LIFE
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purpose of life, is as broad as fh'
, universe, as old as man, and dolibt
!, less has occupied the thought OF every
. person at one time or another tina
cr.r lived, with some the majority
nn"hans, to litt!a extent and to no pIr'
port: to the few to q great extent
through perhaps to no more purpof'
except conjecture.
Tor we have Socrates on record as
saying: GAS for, all know is that
know nothing" Ard Lord Byron
writing many centuries later: "WelI
G,ds't thou speak Athena's wisest
son! All we know is nothing can be
Known"
The Presbyterian catechism SAYS:
s'The chief end of man is to glorify
God and enjoy him forever"
The Declaration of Independence
snat epoch making word in the pro-
gress of mankind, speaking of the IN
alienable rights Of mankind, says,
:the chiefest are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of happiness all OF
vhicl! doubtless everybody belie"es,
ana yet mankind had to strive ana
fight thru the ages for those things
thai the enlightened now concede arc
lis simple rights.
Therefore, it has become the pur-
pose Of many, that is the masses, to
secure for the many, rights, Liberties,
ard privileges that have always been
led and enjoyed by the lew. And
como suppose and believe that is
the purpose and object Of life The
material betterment Of all mankind.
And yet we were speaking OF the
;rd,v:dral for, after all il each m
div,dl.al were to obtain equal rights
-~i,;,eres AMI possessions, he would
I'LL have To have Some purpose 1or
his existence. some reason for beng
.''rr.oA - ov;gf. Put we must not al
-,,. .ha r,netinr Of rights to bec!oud
~ rna IF purpose.
-..,-~l, Cd 4 eas;er to speak OF
.f.c c.-~,,c-a IF ahe v any than 1t is oil
-, :,,h:.t.!l,-o' "rd vet. their purnosc
~ IDENTICAL.
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nv no honestly different with every
Gre -~a-hc 81. ~av believe the
80 : ':fe lihe-tv. and the
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-,, - .,r-o ,~:,a wo- er md @on"'
:, ,.1e,- = nav ,~ean wealth. power,
rs n.''r7-a ~ ronnlrTitv.
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. ~-reJ avnrv
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go - Id Tennvsnn that
re ;nn~en srnr
nose runs.
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--o,k'-d ard th"t We
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l .ho r,.--,-;+ IF L--~;-n--. wi -
-. wac ,rncrlf sl1l~: that we eve ell
+;.ra. 70 orr share. and that share,
:. al we naed for our comfort and
o;oas,.re that which can be gotten
,onne.rv f-i~ly. without depriving
cne's ne;ebbor Of his share, or OF his
o~nortunity.
cSal-eeneare said: "The worlds a
einoe and we are the actors there
on
Yro also said: There's divinity
tl,at shapes our ends rough-hew Them
low we may
also that" Thcre's a tide in the al
fairs of men that taken at the 1000
leads on to fortune. "
All of which abhorisms would seem
TO be somewhat contradictory IN
~rdinp ingalls, Opportunity" which
he ,ovs. knocks al cveryone's gate
! 1t is certain we have nothing L
do With our coming here, nothing Il
90 with choosing our environment
:, ~, associates until we have rea:h
ed the years Ct discretion or matu
ritr: and by then the die has hrei
cast: to a great extent our manners
customs and habits have heen form
cd bv heredity. envlr6I1ient, an'
~~eor;atee to such IN extent tnat w
could not change them if we would
for :netarre. bad we been born
Chinase. en- Arab or Negro, "oua'
ve hive the thoughts likes and dlS
l;rr:. RELIGION. asmrations ana sen
- ~. Ca-,ro sian and IN