Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-19
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoh SWEET MARDEh.
WHAT pREAMERs HAVE ACCOM-.
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"The dreamers live forever, while
the toilers die in a day." What would
have become Of this country, wha,
wretched conditions we should now be
living under had It not been for the
'ream of our forefathers? .u.....
It was Washington's 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 frightful years
Of the Civil war and that enabled the
Puritans to SET a great, a glorious
country where those without imagina'
ton saw only savages and unbroken
forests.
The dreaming capacity Is not a
mere phantasy Of the brain. 1t Is the
prophesying ability. 1t Is a faculty OF
seeing possibilities. a forecast of what
is possible to US.
The actualities of today were the
dreams which men laughed at even rs
years ago. We are living in realities
today 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-
fessor 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 hum, 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 a 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 at are the true civiliza.
ton builders.
The greatest benefactors of the
world have been the seers into the flu.
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.
tional facilities, vast libraries, master.
pieces, which nations envy; in fact,
our lives are crowded with things that
drelmers have given us. But for some
body's dream the very land in which
we live would still be an undiscovered
wilderness. The dreamers tunneled
our mountains, Lave spanned If 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 a
long time, for it is taking them out of
the monotony of their homes, giving
them variety If 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, ono Of the greatest lows
and blessings that ever came to hi.
mainly.
There is divinity in legitimate
dreaming. Our desires, our longings,
are the prophesies of what life NAV
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:
Inc pathway through the past has led
The pathway through the future will
lead on
And higher.
Do not stop dreaming. Encourage
your visions and believe In them ::
cherish your ireams 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 il ca
will your life be- Is
CONFIDENCE A POWERFUL FAC.
I'm TOR IN HEALTH.