Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-14
THE MAN WHO TALKS

l Perhaps nothing but calamity will | teach America what Europe Is thank full to have learned again--that some things are worse than war, and that you can pay too high a price for peace; but that you capnos pay too
 high for the finding and Keeping of
 awakened at last to the consciousness that we have been sufficiently tested along certain lines of interference and wickedness to be aware that our fu- tent. but in recognition of peril and l a knowledge of our own power to support the democracy which we have
 set the stars above us In our flag to symboHze. Our open door for over a
 century has been to the Dersecuted ! and oppressed of all nations; and valiant and true have been the men in the past who not only have en-.
 joyed our governmental protection, but 1 contributed to the glory and greatness l of this free government. We have l found our soul and we are ready and
 willing to pay the price for keeping 1t. l When we stroll in the country we are always surprised by the slnyness and cunning of the birds. Do not think they were always so shy, for l there was time when they did not regard man as an enemy, but were comparatively tame and easily ap- preached and could be studied readily. The birds in the garden are inclined to OC SONAdds anu IuC LODltt SOOIl lOitOW6 close to the digger to collect earth worms, the fly catcffers will sit on the dahlia stakes close to the gardener, as will also the goldfnch, the hum ming birds and sparrowS; and blue birds will hover close in their pur- suit of food: and &he much despised English sparrow and the meouwing catbird will. if nesting near. have the near their nests. Those who feed winter birds know it is not an excep- tional feat to get the confidence of the, pretty little ci1ickadee so that he will Perch upon the hand to collect food.
 But they have learned to distrust in- stead of trust human beings who from their viewpoint have become inhunan The birds have little arts of deception which are not natural, but have been acquired. The old bird feigning a broken wing to help her young to es- cape or to lead one away from her nest. was learned to act that lie in the school of experience.
 Out west they are teaching the young women the art of talking to interest listeners which is evidence that conversation has not become a lost art. There needs be moSe nat tiralness about every day conversa- tions, as about many other things. The falsetto- or assumed voice used for impressive purposes is q blight. | You or I do not like to hear a man read the psalms in an awed tone. say his prayers as though he was a bit tern pleading with an alligator or l talk in ordinary converse ton with a | sweet consciousness of your inferi- | ority and his own ability to make | something of you. Talking is not | preaching; and yet, if some pulpiteers 1 would talk to the Lord as an innocent | and trusting child does to his father | their sermons would be very much l improved we'll as their prayers. has something interesting to | say need not fear failure; but it must | be borne in mind that which is inter- esting to us may not be as interesting to others. It has been said that dis | cretion in speech is moro than e:o- quence. A good listener may soon be- come a good talller-talking agree ably is not the whole thing
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 Every entomologist, kr:ews et the CO., coons of the big fawn n-colored moth.l (Tela Polyphemus. are usually found on the ground rolled in dry leaf not care hanging to the limb of a shrub. only once in a very great while. The past week l found this moth hung up | md beneath it was standing water. To have dropped would have meant ieath, and doubtless the sense of self preservation is as strong in the moth IS in any other of Gods creatures. What warned the moth of peril? He lasn't the power of thought. but is endowed with a keen sense of atmos- 'hericai conditions. It is probable he vas prompted to hang himself up by ome sense of smell or feeling of lampness. The fact that he hung !. himself up as one in a thousand, and IS the conditions give evidence it was necessary, 1t is not wise to consider it | IS an, accidental freak. We'll mo one an tell how 1t is the ant and the bee Ilways turn their heads toward home. { he wasp makes no mistakes in his 'aper- making, the spider never fails I n working out geometrical figures, or n his paralyzing nerve surgery. so ' { is not strange no one can learn how S ne moth came to resort to a new I method for the preservation of his ( lt@. It is apparent he was equal to j he situation. f There is no doubt every man has a ] fight to his own opinion but he has ! 10. right to impose his opinion upon ome one else; for many opinions are etter to nurse than to sacrifice ! Opinions are not always what we hink they are. They may be the] reations of prejudice instead of the 2 roduct of thought, may be false .n- F: tead of true. Carlyle held that pop- a lar opinion was the greatest lie in | V he world. As to our opinion of our ( IS to our opinion of others, how often L oeS it fit. If we do not have a care f re lind the opinions of others sticking Y Q us like burs. Many an opinionated T
 
 nne thought of his own.' We measure 4 eople by our opinions of the them and E his is why there are so many false r It is said an obstin- a te man does not hold opinions-they I imply hold him. 1t is safe to be Q wake to the worlds opinion of usl O hat we may not confirm it. What is s n opinion anyhow? Something we lt ling to as gospel today and ten years V ence may repudiate as foolishness. q
 
 It is a pity that war can be thrust o pon any nation. The men who have b lrnished the truest definitions of war W re those who have been engaged in :. It was Napoleon who said war Is the business of barbarians;" fl Teliington wrote: The next dreadful Q ling to3a battle lost is a battle won;' Il apier was of the opinion that Sue s ess in war, like charity in religion, D overs multitude of sins.'' Franklin h oints out: There was never a good O ar or a bad peace" And Shakes O care saluting War says. Thou son of D