Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-03-12
DR.. Marden's
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WHAT DREAMERs HAVE ACCOM-
SLISHED.
The dreamers live forever, while
the toilers die in day." What would
have become of this country, what
wretched conditions We should now be
living under had it not been for the
dream of our forefathers?
1t was Washington's dream of liber-
ty and independence that enabled him
to endure the hardships of that cruel
winter at Valley Forge. It was the
same kind of dream that supported
Lincoln through those frightful years
OF the Civil war and that enabled the
Puritans to SEE great, a glorious
country where those without magma
ton saw only savages and unbroken
forests.
The dreaming capacity is not a
mere phantasy Of the brain. It n 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. y
Marconi. the Wright brothers, Pro-
lessor Bell. Edison, Morse, and all
the men who have given us our great
modern inventions which have eman-
cfpated 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
a 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 fu-
ture; they have been the dreamers of
things to come.
Civilization itself is largely the
work OF dreamers. Because dreamers
1reamed we are enjoying multitudes 81
Injuries and facilities and
useful things which but for them we
should have been deprived of. Be
cause dreamers dreamed we have col.
eges. universities. marvellous educa.
tional facilities, vast libraries, master.
pieces, which nations envy; in fact,
our lives are crowded with things that
1re1mers have given us. But for some
'ody's dream the very land in which
We live would still be an undiscovered
The dreamers tunneled
'ur mountains, Lave spanned IT great
'fvers, opened our mines of wealth.
hey have made 1t possible for us to
ravel across continents and across
'ceans In portable palaces.
The automobile dream which people
aughed at rs years ago is now helm.
ng us to solve the problem of crowd.
ID streets and many other Industrial
problems. 1t is taking the place of
lorses. making our streets cleaner and
'ur cities more healthful The auto
noble Is one Of the greatest bless.
ngs that has come to women in a
ong time. for 1t is taking them out of
he monotony of their homes. giving
hem variety of experience, widening
nd deepening their lives. It is revo.
ltionizing city life by tempting people ,
1to the country. 1t is adding wonder. ,
ully to the health Of the confined bust.
ess and professional man.
In fact. the automobile dream Is no.
oming one Of the greatest health
romoters. one Of the greatest lows
nd blessings that ever came to I'm.
1anity.
There Is divinity in legitimate /.
roaming. Our desires, our longines.
re the prophesies of what life NAV ,,
e. ought to be. The great thing is to :,
ashton the life after the pattern !,
howl us in the moment of our high.
st vision. to make our highest mo-
lent permanent.
he golden age onward, not behind. I
he pathway through the past has led =
us up: 'eu
he pathway through the future will c
nd higher.
Do not stop dreaming. Encourage Il
our visions and believe in them. r
nerish your 1reams and make them 4
'al. This thing in US that aspires
lat bids us look up. that beckons US
lgher, is God-given. Aspiration is the
and that points US to the road that -
ms heavenWard As vOur v;s;o,, L..