Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-26
DR.. Marden's
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEM
WHAT ORGANIZERS HAVE ACCOM-
9LISHEO.
Copyright by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate

nave become OF JnlS 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-
ty and independence that enabled him
to endure the hardships of that cruel
winter at Valley Forge. 1t was the
same kind of a dream that supported
lincoln through those frightful years
of the Civil war and that enabled the
Puritans to see 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 faculty of
seeing possibilities, a forecast of what
is possible to us.
The actualities of today we're 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-ail these were
considered dreams OF the insane by
multitudes of people.
Marconi, the Wright brothers, Pro-
fndcnr Pail Edic0n Mnrcn ond oil
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 hung as witches had they
proposed these things quarters Of
century ago.
Take the achievements of dreamers
out of the world and who would care
to live In 1t? 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
WIZ hoNO DCCH anu
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 tat 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-
tional facilities, vast libraries, master
pieces, which nations envy; in fact,
our lives are crowded with things that
dreamers 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, have spanned our great
rivers, opened our mines of wealth,
they have made 1t 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. It 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 1t 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, ono of the greatest Joys
and blessings that ever came to HUI
manity.
There Is divinity in Legitimate
dreaming. Our desires, our longings
are the prophesies of what life may
be, ought to be. The great thing is t.
fashion the life after the patterr
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 Lee
us up;
The pathway through the future will
lead on
And higher.
Do not stop dreaming. Encourag
your visions and believe in them
cherish your dreams and make then
real. This thing in us that aspires
that bids us look up, that beckons III
higher, is God-given. Aspiration is tn,
hand that points us to the road tina
runs heavenward. AS your vision is 81
will your life be.