Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-02-19
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRisoN SWEET MARDEN.
WHAT DREAMERs HAVE ACCOM-
9LISHED.
Copyright BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicat,

noH0 OocOm0 I'll this country, what
Wretched~ conditions we should now be
living under had it not been for the
dream of our forefathers?
1t was Washington dream of liber-
~ and independence that enabled him
to endure the hardships of that cruel
winter at Valley Forge. 1t was the
same kind of dream that supported
Lincoln through those frightflll years
OF the Civil war and that enabled the
Purltans to see great, glorious
country where those without imagina-
ton saw only savages and unbroken
forests.
The dreaming capacity is not a
mere phantasy of the brain It is the
prophesying ability 1t is a faculty of
seeing possibilities, forecast of what
is possible to us.
The actualities of today were the
dreams which men laughed at even 25
years ago. We are living in realities
to-day which were once dreams which
people ridiculed. The dreamers were
often abused and prosecuted and
sometimes thought to be insane. The
locomotive, the railroad, the steam
ship. the telegraph, the ocean cables.
wireless telegraphy, the automobile,
the flying machine-all these were
considered dreams of the insane by
multitudes of people.
Marconi, the Wright brothers, Pro
lessor Bell, Edison, Morse, and all
the men who have given us our great
modern inventions which have eman-
cipated us from much of the drudgery
and hard conditions under which our
forefathers lived, would have been i'm
prisoned or huns as witches had they
proposed these things three-quarters of
century ago.
Take the achievements of dreamers
out of the world and who would care
to live in it? The men who see only
facts, who see only things that actual
ly exist at any time have not been the
worlds greatest benefactors. The
men who have seen and anticipated
the civilization of the future, the men
who have seen and anticipated human
wants long time ahead-these have
been the worlds benefactors. 1t is
those men who see teeming cities,
thriving factories upon the desert,
when others see only sage brush and
alkali plains I at are the true civiliza-
ton builders.
The greatest benefactors of the
world have been the seers into the fu.
ture: they have been the dreamers OF
things to come.
Civilization itself is largely the
work of dreamers. Because dreamers
dreamed we are enjoying multitudes of
comforts, Injuries and facilities and
useful things which but for them we
should have been deprived Of Be
cause dreamers dreamed we have col
leges, universities, marvellous educa-
tiona1 facilities, vast Libraries, master
pieces, which nations envy; in fact,
our lives are crowded with things that
dreGmers have given u.s. But for some
body's dream the very land in which
we live would still be an undiscovered
wilderness. The dreamers tunneled
our mountains, have spanned OR great
rivers, opened our mines OF wealth,
they have made it possible for us to
travel across continents and across
oceans in portable palaces.
The automobile dream which people
laughed at rs years ago is now help
Ing us to solve the problem of crowd
ed streets and many other industrial
problems. 1t is taking the place of
horses, making our streets cleaner and
our cities more healthful. The auto
mobile is one of the greatest bless
ings that has come to women in
long time, for it is taking them out of
the monotony of their homes, giving
them variety Of experience, widening
and deepening their lives. 1t is revo-
lutionizing city life by tempting people
into the country 1t is adding wonder
fully to the health of the confined bust
ness and professional man.
In fact, the automobile dream is be-
coming one of the greatest health
promoters, one of the greatest joys
and blessings that ever came to hui
mainly.
There is a divinity in legitimate
dreaming. Our desires, our longings.
are the prophesies of what life may
be, ought to be- The great thing is to
fashion the life after the pattern
shown us in the moment of our high
est vision, to make our highest mo-
ment permanent.
The golden age onward, not behind;
The pathway through the past has led
The pathway through the future win
lead on
And higher.
Do not stop dreaming. Encourage
your visions and believe in them;
cherish your dreams and make them
real. This thing in us that aspires.
that bids US look up, that beckons us
higher, is God-given. Aspiration is the
hand that points US to the road that
runs heavenward. As your vision is so
viii your life be.
CONFIDENCE A POWERFUL FAC
rnD IN AEAIrA