The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-04-02
Ancient and Modern CrankS

1t oiiends some people to be called
crank. If you are called crank be
cause you decline to do anything and
everything some people want you 10
do; or again, il you can no, agree with
everything they say, have ideas Of your
own, and express them, you are very
likely to be called erankey, DO not,
however. let this deter you nom being
yourself. Do not be cast down or made
afraid. II is very probable tina, he who
called YOU crank does not himself
know enough to be-s crank. Nearly
all srea, men Of the past were called
cranks in their day. The cranss
themselves will be remembered TO the
las, dN Of time, These who called
them cranks might Jus, as well never
have been. A crank usually has sense,
some moral courage, an independent
shirt. and is often reekleSsly indifer-
ent sbea, what people think OF say
shou, him. II he has an opinion On a
given suhiec, he also has the energy
and courage to express II IT occasion
demands. CysnSs are ahoa, as import.
an, and useful in the economy and sd-
vspcement og the human race as are
and have been those other cranSS in
the mechanical world, Fer preaching
higher standard Of morality and
lo.,ier religion the Jerusalem Jews
called Jesus Chris, crank, and be
cause ne would nc, desis;, but had The
courage 10 DEFY the hiSh priests 81 cen
sey>s,isrn with his cranky notions Of
VIA, religion pure and undecided really
mean, for the human race, they evaes'
sea him. One ol the creates; ., The
Greek PHILOSOPHERS VAS called q crank
and msae Il drink poison because he
could no, agree with the A,Asnisn nab
Ne ssoa, jass how sscA one q tbs
,hiy,y thousand Greek deSoes should BE
ws-sAiped. EiS,osy records much
sSoa, the cranky philosopher and IS al
m, Slsn, sAaat those who called Ala
-~.,S IN ,As SEVENTEEN century
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universally believed in ny the gves;
herd a mankind, On penalty q death
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assertion. lie sid, can lake hack
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