The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

man Il man VINO had Kept out
~ Jail. Ny definition of n sue
re.sfui man is one who has developed
bigh degree at usefulness while
maintaining health and happiness at
the sam" time.
W. often read that man achieved
succp~s IN n certain undertaking, but
suffered a nervous breakdown from
ovo-Nork Was 1t success? II seems
10 me It was failure.
Happiness is said 10 consist in not
c,n'ing what we cannot got. Salts
faction j. really better than happiness.
the satisfaction of getting things In
m. end which one was not quite sure
he would obtain.
C1ntcntment Is to he deprecated II
n leads to inaction The man who liz
mos, contcntcd when he is hardest at
work has the right sort OF content
ment
The one who builds castles in the
ar IL a winner all the time until he
fails. which he does part OF the time.
The pessimist IL loser all the time
unless he wins, which Is part OF the
time
\ sense II humor Is like the broad
elastic rubber tire NJ an automobile
which crosses railroad tracks and runs
over stones without making any i'm
preston excepting upon the shock alb
,orhers. In the days when steel tires
we're used We had to he very careful
about crossing railroad tracks al acute
angles and we were careful about ruts
The hard narrow steel tire of an in
dvldual without sense of humor must
gve him many an upset during the
dav
II always seems to me that people
with no imagination or sense OF humor
must suffer from cnawing within Of
some terrible unlberated force.
made mp two Greek words for use in
an essay and sent them to very
serious professor for approval. but he
replied by return mail that no such
words existed in the Greek one could
fairly read Indignation between the
lines 4 his letter.
think it was in June. 1876. that I
became angry for whole day. I,
made me very uncomfortable. and |
decided never to become angry again
because of the personal discomfort
which Il caused. The one who excited
this emotion would have been pleased
10 know how much distress he had led
me TO suffer.
Anger, Ike other intense emotions
irhibits ordinary physiological proc.
esses for the time being, and inhibl-
M
numerous bacteria to develop rapidly
The toxins from these bacteria in turr
cont. nue. the irritation OF nerve cen.
tres. | never see man who is thor.
oushly angry without thinking how
much his capsulated bacilli are en-.
towing their opportunity.
Excess of emotion of any sort cause.
undue liberation OF acid in cell meta
morphos;s. The tissues become sour
actually because OF retention OF carbon
doXlde.
Vanity leads us TO take pride in on,
great inventions. but the locomotive
transforming coal into movement OF
wheels is n crude thing when com
pared to lightning bug. Think %
the bugs elaborate gears and bear,
!ngs, automatic feeders, waste disposa
factory. repair shops and facilities fol
turning out more bugs. and then com
rara 1t with that crude thing of ouI
manufacture, the locomotive.
As a lightning bug transforms en-
crgy directly into light without meas
urahle heat. so the body transform,
energy into mind without notable lib
Grafton Of heat A bright thought let u
say, is nothing but a potato express,
IN another form Of energy just as thu
whistle of the locomotive Is piece o
coal expressed in another form of en-
ergy. A lightning bug transform,
ensrgy directly into light without
heat, and we transform the potat,
nto mind without special heat. whil'
The engine. the work Of man. has I,
make great deal of special heat first
Thought on the part of man Is
higher function than whistle on tn
part Of a locomotive, but both ar,
alike in representing liberation of en-
ergv watch has been stored up previ
ously from the sun according to ma
lures plan. This m turn represent
form Of energy which Is derived
from radiant ether assembled in SUI
form.
Those Of us with vanity would FIRE
quently he in misery were il not 70
the conceit which nature gives us 70
our comfort.
Sensitive people often remind m
A" basketful Of crabs. If on
crab moves a little for purposes o
comfort. another crab pinches him
y finger is pointed at them in ad
miration OF their pretty colors, the
raise their claws and strike at III
nnger. Put your sensitive people a
INTO basket and cover them wit
seaweed, where they can jab ava
AZ each other az cruelty AZ they pleas
but out of sight of the rest of us.
Who s rich and who is poor? Need
increase in proportion as one increase
his wealth. The man OF wide eXpe
Fence has no difficulty in distinguish
ing between the rich and the poo
lie does I by noting that the rte
nan Is the one who lives within hi
Hoomc, no matter what II may III
ana tho poor man is the one VIII
N"S beyond his income, no matte
"Aai Z may be-
\ mechanic in need OF money
impatient bccaus' his work does no
hr'nr him moro than thousan
'o''ar- wear, while hc secs larg
N's'ds into which he could enter ha