The Washington times., 1918-09-12

To know ourselves is old and wise advice. 1t was
written above the door of the great Greek temple is
written above the of every successful
Know yourself, and you may know what you can do,
HOW you do it, and especially WHAT THINGS IN
TERFERE AND THREATEN YOU.
The most important thing is knowledge OF our DE-
FECTS of those strong tendencies natural in them
selves that threaten destroy balance and usefulness
when they develop abnormally
million or more this earth have recently
bought automobiles Their first thought is to know the
They want to learn its WEAKNESSES which parts
get out of order most easily, which break down. winch
need careful oling and cleaning. We think little OF
chauffeur unless he knows something about his machine
" Is it not important that each of should know some
thing about the machine which he calls MYSELF"
And how many of strive for real knowledge Of the
machine that is YOURSELVES" with which all OF our
work is to be done?
The beginning of wisdom is to know that we know little
The basis Of wisdom is knowledge OF our limitations and
weaknesses
MANN his youth-plans out his future and the
last thing he takes into consideration is his shortcomings
and moral mental deficiencies It is usually the most
td boy that dreams of being pirate Indian tighter
Many has had just such dreams as those that
made young Bonapartes eyes FASH many have them
nOw-and they win end by selling ribbon and laboriously
paying for home the instament pan-thy We got the
wrong kind of ancestry back of them You cannot get out OF
machine energy than you put in ltthats an axiom
of mechanical construction you doubt this ask the
who invented Garabed And you can't get out of man
anything than his ancestry has put in hnn-thats an
Opportunity, environment, and EDUCATION EsPE-
OIALLY work wonders But the material MUST be there
The character of man is a blending OF ALL THE
CHARACTERS OF ANIMALS, plus the attribute OF
humanity.
Perhaps you never thought of YOURSELF as being
made up Of all kinds of animal qualities
But how often have you thought of others In that way?
Have you noticed one mans likeness to fox with Its
cunning? Another seems like wolf another lire hog
another brave hon, another determined as EuIdog
and In fact scarcely think of describing mans
salient characteristics without calling In the animal kingdom
for use in comparisons.
If you get the idea in your mind that YOUR personality
composite Of the animal qualities you can study yourself
The qualities all needed, IN THE PROPER PRO
PORTIONS the material elements in the body needed
The body have in lime and chalk and albumen But
get much lime and cha-rheumasm and govt torment
you Develop too much abumen and the undertaken closes
the chapter The doctor knows that he must regulate your
material composition and get rid of the surplus make up
the deficit
In one home he is Kidding the old grandfather of too
much lime and another he Is giving iron to the delicate
/ Be your own MENTAL doctor and BIOLOGIST
Regulate the animal kingdom that is bound up in YOU
Find out which animal instinct is in chargand that you
subdue it. To succeed you should be proper blending of
the whole kingdom with mdness and balance dominating
The fox in you keeps you from being victmized Too
much fox makes you properly depsed and
Charming women must have a LITTLE of the peacock
But TOO MUCH peacock makes her unpleasant and
not worth bothering about
we al neeQ OF norSe-DuL not enough
to make bang our heads against stone walls like
away race horse.
We imperfect without the dogs quality of friend
shp-but must not have much to us to en-
dure useless kicking and neglect.
The sleeps caution keeps out of trouble, but we
need little of the lion also to make fight have to-
fighting times being still with
we recognize these qualities and regulate them we
can do great deal for ourselves We ought to take
ourselves for granted and accept the foolish theory that
TEMPERAMENT CANNOT BE CHANGED
he of IN
get the wolf in him rbdued if he wants to- The drunkard
can put down the overdeveloped swine The cheat can
conquer the cunning, thievsh fox
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