The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-02-07

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knowledge. To OBJ
tain this we must apply ourselves to
the events which most seriously af-
feet us. We should not lose sight of
the fact that we have children who
we expect to fill our places. And by
our example should make them well
fitted for their chosen calling in life.
Progress along educational lines will
do this, and it is up to us to see that
the proper remedies are applied to
broaden out their advantages and
see to it that they improve their op-.
portunities. We can do it, but will
we?
fear we too often lose sight of
progress, of its Importance and what
it means to us; the extension and
improvement of education, the in
creasing influence of science, art,
poetry and music has "a direct effect
On progress and should be encour-e
aged. Then we may reasonably
hope to deyel6p proer6as aad this
will raise man aud make him
better master Of himself, more able
to appreciate and enjoy his advan-
tages and to realize the truth of
that. Wherever there is light there
is joy. Progress has been retarded
in the past by a floating. idea that
there was some sort of ingratitude
or even impiety in attempting to inn
prove on what divine providence has
arranged for us. Now this is surely
an error of conception, as God has
given us the full five talents, He ex-
poets us to render an account and
deliver ten'talents. This is progress.
Progress is a God given accomplish
ment for which he expects a tam
gible evidence of our application to
his will and example.
Every new invention is the fruit
of progress. Compare the civil war
with the great conflict of today.
Were it not for progress, we would
be weak nation. Progress is not
collective achievement, it is purely
an individual accomplishment. Each
man doing his part and then uniting
the whole. Then progress is in evil
dence. Take the electric light for in
stance; it had been known for years
that if a carbon rod be placed in an
exhausted glass receiver and cur
rent of electricity be passed through
it the carbon gloWed with an intense
light, but on the other hand it. be-
came so hot that the glass burnt.
The light therefrom was useless be-
cause the lamp burnt as soon as. il
was lighted. Edison saw the posi-
bilities and progress and DOT busy.He
hit upon the idea that if you made
tie carbon fiIament fine enough you
could get rid of the heat and yet
have abundant light. EdiSOn's right
to the very same patent has been
contested on this ground. It has
been said that the mere introduction
of so small a difference as the re-
placement of thin rod by a fine
filament was so slight an item that
il could not be protected. And the
spirit of progress prompted il all
And it is well to remember that the
progress made by Swan, Lane, Fox
and others of more recent years
Whitney, Howe, Whiteley, Hoe and
a host of others were all made step
by step and simply means progress.
And from this point of view the
possibilities of progress seem to be
almost unlimited.
So far as the actual condition of
man is concerned the fact that there
has been progress cannot, / think,
be questioned. Printing is generally
said to have been discovered insthe
18th century and so it was, as for
all practical purposes. but as mat
ter of fact printing was known long
before. The Romans used stamps
on the monuments of the Assyrian
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