Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-06
THE MAN WHO TALKS

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 lamp and finds it's own road" but it frequently loses its way for awhile. Genius is not readily defined, and the 1 world does not always recognize a i genius a thinker. The wonderful skill and ability of a genius is not of the schools, but seems to be a baptism 1 by the spirit of power-a natural en- | dowment Of greater value than gold. but such seniuses as Edison and Mar conf seem to have the ability to ad vance in practically beyond the wild est dreams of men. Genius like in | Stinct. seems to be something easily talked about. but not easily compre- l hended It is not surprising that it | has been defined as ''the eye of the in | tellect and the wing of thought" It
 keeps us aware that there is a teach l ing power ablerN than that of man S l institutions of learning.
 Have you thought we are all sub | ject to two imperative commands of l Nature which we must obey to live in | peace or comfort: Thou shalt" and Thou shalt not!" Man cannot in this l life do as he would. hence he has to 1 do as he must. He has no control over i the laws of nature which are fiercer ! than the laws of the Medes and the 1 Persians. Man cannot fully compre- ] bend cause and effect: but he knows 1 his action and his speech are the cause of effects which either plea SC | or annoy him. With all the care he i may exercise he is the caller forth of ! responses which surprise and often ] annoy him. The pendulum of life l swings to and fro like the pendulum ! of a clock. and whether swinging to- ward good or evil. it has it's bounds I it's Thus far and no farther.' If l man does right he reaps the blessings and if he does wrong suffers the con- | sequences.
 l Do not think God created flowers to please the eye of man. for they are haJ l7If fr.lc- ,f1( tn attract to themselves fertilizing in sects: and the greater masses of pret- ty flowers are discovered in wild gar denS beyond the habita tions of men in uTinha bited and often uninha bitable regions of the earth There are bee. flowers and moth flowers and thrip flowers and ant flowers. and bird flow CTS, and each creature knows it's own flowers. The trumpet shaped flowers are moth flowers. and when a flower with a throat IS inches deep was i found in Mada ga scar, Wallace said there must be a moth with a suction tube of that length: and d year two later it was discovered The bees burglarize the moth flowers by cutting
 a hole in the side near the nectar pot
 and taking it.
 It was Mackenzie who said: Man
 kind in the mass is a gaping monster
 that loves to be deceived. and has sel-
 dom been disappointed" Deceit as
 well as orSa niza tion is usually for
 purpose: and through half truths the
 organized masses in all countries have
 been deceived by the worst Of lies.
 Propaganda, to which we are now wide
 awake, is always being employed for
 selfish purposes. and is never absent
 from the walks of men. Fear and
 prejudice are oftener appealed to than
 honor and honesty, and the conse- quences are the condition the world
 has been through the past five years,
 and from which it cannot seem to ex-
 tricate itself "Oh, what q tangled web
 we weave sang Sir Walter Scott
 when. first we practice to deceive"
 Conspiracies ameng men must go to
 make life what it should be
 One cannot travel on the autono-
 bile roads without coming to the con- cluslon that great majority of drivers are sane Where a thousand automo- piles are passing one another an hour T wonder that so few accidents happen instead of so many; and they are go-
 ing all day and half the night. The two mena ces of travel is the drunk if the wheel, or the person who has not confidence in himself. and the last are 1 ten times as numerous as the first mentioned. Out of this higher rate of | speed has grown a broader good fe1- there soon arrives the good fellow wno | helps the unfortunate. The whirI of | life in 1919 would have been considered the devils dance quarter of a century ago.
 Have you ever heard anyone say:
 T can forgive. but I cannot forset,"t Don't We all forget that we should he , readier to forgive our enemies than ourselves: also, that we are seldom biameless in the controversies or fric- tions of life? It has been written that
 We forgive too little and forget too much Our best memory is that i which records the offenses of the other fellow: and our supreme forget-erv is 1 that which loses thought and sight of l. our own coldness and conceits. We do 1 not waste much time with that old ''To err is human. to forgive divine. We fail to cherish the best | thoughts of those who have preceded | us. and we are successful in making more mistakes than they knew how to make.
 How queer it seems to place side bv side the old Puritan abba tn and the present automobile Sunday. In these | days men fly from 2 to 100 miles an was eight miles, The whole world has gained in speed if not in righteousness Go Of q Sunday to church and there are q few fivVers parked near by; but there may be three thousand motor vehicles parked on the beach It is more than probable than ten thousa nd automobiles drive to the beach and ten land every Sunday; and restaurants are doing lively business and the farmers along state highways have fruit and vegetables set out for Sun day sales. This day most buyers come to ones door. Speed makes great changes in the. habits of the people.
 No cause that was right ever gained anything by resorting to intimidati tion Only men and organizations drunk with power ever resort to the crea- ton of fear to promote their cause Justice only requires reason to make things right. Intolerance Is charged i with being the curse of every age and state. An appeal to intimida ton to prevent defeat or disa ster is a sign the intimidators recognize their cause is lost. The attempt to coerce free citizens through fear or force is al- ways mistake whatever orovokes it. lust opinion may --rightfuIIy give rise to force which benefits the people and the state; but force which is crea ted by selfishness and jealousy can never produce good and lasting results
 There can be no check put upon the ,hariots of life, which is always