Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Do not regret that you were not born a genius2 Just remember 1t is debata'ble question whether genduses genius is faith in ones self and the attention to small details which help one to do all things well. Where one juvenile prodigy makes good the prom ise of his precocity there are a thous- enter the lists of practical life. These few last because they become con- scious that skill in no direction Is gift but an attainment. They did not attempt to rest upon their juvenile laurels, but kept on striving for fuller development. Keep a-goingi" Is the slogan of genius. Genius never suo- ceeds by relying on dreams. Genius Is and extraordinary requirements. Gen. jus never sits in the stern of boat whistling up the wind, but 1t creates the mechanical energy that makes a boat go 35 miles an hour regardless Of the wind.
 l What do you suppose the goodness | is worth that is self-conScious and | | just sits down and admires itself and | dreams? There is lots of this inert goodness-this conceit of the imagina- tton which is a deceiver of fools. | There is nothing in Scripture that ad- | monisheS us to be self-conscious Of how good we areI Nothing whatever I think you be has a more direct bear 1 ing. What practically represents l goodness? Clean thought and kindly and merciful action. Acceptance of the truth helps if you are capable of recognizing the truth when you hear
 it. Profession and pretence always need visible support if they are the real thing, not of hypocrisy. If the soul ever said anything flatter to it.
 self than T am good" it would be
 well to get it into print. I find it be-
 yond me to imagine anything more
 inane. If you are good you are sure
 to be good for something more than
 repeating precepts and singing songs
 to delight your soul.
 What are you going to do with that feeling of resentment you are carry ing round with you? It makes you feel mighty uncomfortable every time
 it can attract your attention, doesn't : it? Do you ever stop to think 1t is not stinging the other party-it just stings you. It never stirs up in your 3 mind a good resolution, but just l prompts you to do something mean.
 All your chronic spirit of resentment f can possobly do is to demean you. Re- sentiment only has a few words in it's 2 vocabulary, and they are retaliation, . spite, hate, revenge. Its pet phrase is: "I'll get even with him!" A spirit s of forgiveness has the same effect up = on resentment that the sun has upon t a thin fog--it disperses it. Whats the t use of nourishing pain when it T doesn't tax one half as much to be | free. Resentment Is not good bed-fel- T low. It just cheats one out of good ] nature and robs one of sleep. It ought n to be an unwelcome guest. Why do l you not refuse to keep such bad com
 pany?
 Do you realize that doctor to be
 successful should not only know when = not to give a patient drugs, but when n not to laugh at him and when to e laugh with him. He must recognize It the force of suggestion and the elation s of spirits which result from a laugh if of the right character. There are toe - many fool doctors as well as too many , fool editors and fool lawyers. The IT world is full of misfits, and when you IS have misit and a hypOchondriac UT
 against one another you have a pail a which beats any pair in any other a known game. It has been pointed out II that the doctor who laughs at his pa ,+ tient before he has his confidence has l usually lost his case. The doctor who
 laughs with his patient over the fears $ he has dispelled laughs to win; and n, the doctor who never laughs until the -e estate is settled is usually a quac1 " The doctors know that an every day e stomach trouble may have a score o, Is complications that are serious whicl ,+ the stomach does not cause, while tho
 
 21 remedying such a slight irregularity 70 He hasn't a soft snap.
 's Be open to sunshine and do not bt II too sensitive to incidental remark! )e even if you recognize that they are e- little tart. It is not so unusual for at grabbed remark at the breakfast tabl ,s to destroy the peace of the family fo n the whole day. Why should il? / Ie nettling remark cannot sting you l. 11As B. --s- tn rupting power at all? A caustic re ts mark burns the one who made it wors f. if the one who 1t was made to decline :" to let it sink into his mind and doesn' D. appear to be conscious of its burdel o+ or intent. The suitability which zoe
 down before a bit of hot-air is not ol pc a good foundation. It Is better t rt smile at fool than to go insane be ne cause his presence is obnoxious. Tn Id partner who throws an egg at hi es wife's head at the breakfast table be Id cause it is not cooked to suit him ha
 a hard time trying to tell the LOT
 what miserable fool he is at the tim
 for prayer. Half the fusses in thi
 world are the result of senseless ac in tion Temper-tossed phrases are bes k. forgotten.
 It requires more than ordinar judgement to know how much to con on f1de even in a life partner. There al ns a great many things 1t is better t 's- let those close to us find out rathe
 than to tell them. For instance,
 western woman who was engaged 1 1i- be married had not told her to-be Ike husband that she had false teeth. in worried her so that she wrote to. tt
 Question and Answer department
 her favorite newspaper, to inquil - whether 1t was best to tell her futuI
 husband she wore false teeth before IT. after she was married. The leve DOT headed editor replied: Get marie
 and keep your mouth shut" Wh,
 business is 1t really to the other par cal whether we have natural teeth or sto om teeth? The store teeth are most us, ray full and least painful, and can be
 conveniently cleaned. What lit
 things weigh heavily upon son ,. minds! It isn't necessary to give ou selves away completely in wedlock, f not 1t Is much more interesting to u 1ey other party to find us out for himself
 What habit Verbosity is! We a oe- all more or less guilty of wastil +o words. Some people have a habit saving a ho oP