Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-18
THE. MAN WHO TALKS

Die character than the acquirers of a
great fortune. Where others of high
ambitions and great attairments bow
ed down to style how Roosevelt
courted simplicity. He could meet
the great without being fiattered. and
ne could meet the common people in
the spirit of true democracy. He was
an egotist ana could not disguise it:
but his rugged Americanism was
right On the level. As an cXemnlar of
Americanism. as a good sport ard
and it is men of this true type Amer
lea needs. We need no more blue
ribhorers, but we need white ones.
enemies the place to begin is right at
home. 1t is well to sense that our
likes and dislikes. our woa't and can'ts
and don't-want to's make more trouble
for us than any human icing can.
These are az the bottom Of most of our
prejudlces, and nothing T3&rs man
hood more. Prejudice has been called
the reason of a fool; but if is readily
recognized rs the biemish of most
folks. Some people who link they
have no preiudices are perfect slaves
to them. A good definition of a
prejudiced person is one who is not
master of his opinions hut whose
opinions master him. A great many
of our conclusions which are wrong
may be traced direct 70 prejudice:
and what can hamper q person more
1t is because truth sweeps away
prejudice that it makes is free.
It is queer how many people attrib-
ute lack of energy to nerves. There
are scores Of things nervous per-
CO 10Th In ioI, Lp hf
not. Half the chronic invalids in
the world could be brought back to
health and usefulness by industry
by having their minds concentrated
upon work instead of upo.i themselves.
Work is a wonderful tonic when prop
erly applied The stTa ;gilt route to
incapacity and inefficiency is idleness.
The people who are always doing
something are the ones who have a
good appetite and dreamlcss nights
Lack of energy has as mScb, if not
more TO do with dyspepsia, than poor
cooks do. The man who earns his
living by the sweat of MS brow is the
one who eats we'll and Sleeps we'll
the rich and idle are the cres who
have poor appetite and wIi5eful nights
Nerves are kept in good order like
the muscles. by proper exercise.
In this month of vigorous resolutions
| it should be remembered that broken
! promise can never be made to look like
a promise kept If there is anything
people are slack about il is doing as
! they agree to-. Some people make
promises as if they were of no conse-
| Qucnce. and think that a weak apology
or poor excuse for not meeting theil
! obligations sufficient They do no
! seem to realize that keeping promises
! strengthens character and violating
/ them destroys credit In politics. o.
! course, they never have promise!
| enough to 20 round: and they neveI
! expect to keep half of them. In many
| other fieldG of exploiting for self max
! ing promises is one way of winning
! and keeping them of little account
| Who would think a promise was equa
| valent to . note of hand falling du
at a bank? The easy maker of prom
ises comes near being a villain.
It looks as if what Swift said o
great men at court was specially tru
of diplomats in the paSt-"they shoul,
always keep their countenance Blu
never keep their word" Diplomac
and deception have come to be know
as synonyms il they cannot yet b
found side by side in any publishe
thesaurus. The game of life high u
and low down is to do the other fel
low. 1t is the ranking of dissatisfac
ton which breeds all kinds of conten
tons and discussions and Ultimatel
ends in war The world is hoping tina
diplomacy viii now take on the colo
of snow instead of the color of 500
It's ambiguity and deception has bee
+hc dlmnation of governments and c
men. Wilson would have it stand 70
honor and honesty, and unless it come
upon a higher plane it is useless I
talk of preparing a basis for a per
manent peace. Honor and honest
among men is what the world need
more than militarists. armaments an
heroism. The reign of truth is tn
only preservative for the nations.
He who is afraid of an open mind
, to be pitied. 1t is not what is set be
{ fore us, but what we absorb in tn
, life which plays the deuce with Il
Evil counsel will not corrupt US unles
we let it. Our own motives are MOI
dangerous to US than the wrong cor
illusions and arguments of the one wi
b., would corrupt US There is no book
| bad, we have been told, but some GOO
, may be found in it. This may as tru
be said of the human character, as s.
. forth in every living form by SteveI
SON. There is so much bad in the be
of US, and so much good in the wor
: Of us, it hardly becomes any of US.
E speak illsof the rest of u.s." 1t has b,
, come a maxim that 'the worst deIudt
;. are self deluded.' 1t is the delusiol
a of youth which make of manhood
failure. We should not let fear harra
US if we would develop courage
= fhe evils Jx-Ii
1t was Izaak Walton who sa
Every misery I miss is a divi
blessing This may be an eye ope
e er to those who do not know
. blessing when they see it. There
with US an ever present blessing f
matters always might be wor.
e Sunshine is a blessing whether it
= direct from the heavens, or just su
5. shine in the heart. There is no SO
: so poor it does not receive a blessi
= every day. The divine bounty
abundant and never ending: but the
are people who are not conscious of
even when a misery has been mis-
ed. The blindest person on earth
le he who has eyes to see, but will n
q Some people live all their lives in t
dense shadow of their own conc
l. and delusions. Being lost in selfis
k ness and blinded by the deceit
,e vanity makes one dead to the il1ul
mating thoughts which make us be
great and blessed.
j. It was Emerson who wrote OF,
" find themselves before they di
d In other words they do not d
cover the force of thought, or tn,
full capacity. Many men and won
can turn their hands to many kin
N of work, and become known as wo
$ derful all FOUNDERS. They are
d more wonderful than you. They OF
say IT cam when you say IT can
IS Thought is a force to promote or
ar hinder the interests of the think