Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS

ganizatlon, said a fellow citizen the
 other day It is true little can be done
 without organization And how easy
 organization runs into a coercive sys-
 temi And coercive systems are. a
 departure from individual freedom,
 whether they are called autocracy
 capitalism, unionism. commercialism,
 Calvinism, or any other kind of ism
 And when all the organizations have
 become coeFcive the sovereign citi-
 zen has very little individual freedom
 left. Coercion may hold or compel
 you--it binds but does not free any
 one. In effect there Seems to be no
 difference between it and bolshevism
 sovietism, or any other ism which
 ends in violence. Organization should
 have it's limits.
 The stariings are holding their con-
 ventions and talking in the trees. They come to their meetings by dele
 gations, they seem to all talk at once
 like pupils in a Chinese school. and
 they depart in delegations like any human convention. They arrive early and never hold their conventions late:
 but they adjourn them from day to day for several days. The mystery is how they know the hour and the place of meeting. They have no human means of notification but they have messengerless, or wireless, way of fixing day and date. Man is not keen enough to discover this system which so resembles Marconi's wireless. all
 though it is known to all wild life. The fish in the sea. the beasts in the field and the birds in the air all understand this soundless call system.
 We should all the better understand the beauty and power of silence It lends power to the devout, and charm to the life of the woodsnan The chill dren of rhe forest value silence as protective, and only through silence can their confidence be gained and their habits learned. The devout l<nn h3T into a fuller comprehension of the laws of their Creator. and gather to themselves a faith and strength at tained in no other way except by so- ing into the silence. which is called the ecstatic bliss of souls. Silence is said to be the temple of our purest thoughts. and the efoquence of discre- tion. The joy which thrills the soul has no voice. makes no sound: nei- ther does the assurance which blesses the soul redeemed.
 It is well to remember that ''the worst of slaves is he whom passion rules!" The man whom anger rules has lost the power to talk straight, or to see straight. There is nothing which can make a man so blind as can prejudice, except a Hun bullet. A calm person is usually sane person. blus+erer usually finds his best de- fense in his feet. The man who is right finds strength in frmness. not in fists. To become a savage and criminal never advanced any good cause. To command sympathy and support it must always be shown the cause is just Appeals to intolerance, or violence is evidence of weakness.
 During the stress of the world war the battle-cry of our heroes was: Are we down-hearted? No!' This was not the cry or the new recruit, but of the decimated forces back from the front trenches, burning nTr t7 standing the trials and consuming fire of war. This cry represented resolution and faith combined. some thing as commendable in the daily hict of nations. Are we down heart ed? No'' is a winning slogan in all the struggles and trials of life. Do not let anything bear down upon your mind so that 1t cannot repeat to it self: "Cheeriol" This is good medi- cine morning. noon and night for those who have trend toward the gloom which may in the end call up seven devils to haunt one
 Or course everybody m akes mis- takes, although some folks claim they never do; but they buy the lead pencil with the rubber end and this is the material evidence that every body makes 'em. This little patent, as a child of necessity, is constant witness of the need of an eraser It
 
 could be invented to wipe out many of the other mistakes we are guilty of mistakes in thought and conclusions and action. If every minute brings US a duty to perform it isn't surprising that we are not perfect, and do not deserve to be marked up to 100 by the Oversoul. We have not seen the su- perman yet! After him may come the plight should he arrive before his tinei
 There is something in natural an- tagonisr1s which the ablest men can not fathona. Birds will abandon their nests if the eggs have been handled, by men; and wild animals will kill their young if they have been fond1ed by human beings and the scent of man, their enemy. is upon them. Our racial prejudices seem to be the remains of a primitive antagonism which resembles this fierce natural antipathy of the beast From the crea tion we seem to have been designated TO live apart, to keep our place according to Divine decree. There seems to be a thus far and no farther" around every corner of life. Oil and water is only one of thousand things never intended to mix We have to abide by an unwritten law
 There came drifting from a group of the other day on the streets the declaration that the laws are all made in favor of the richi" This is a mistaken notion for in all comunal life most laws are made TOT the pro- tection of the people forming the com and all Jaws compelling or der and protecting business, and pro viding for the educa ton of the young. and for the establishment of banks and public libraries, are as much for the poor as for the rich. The laws of this age do not allow the rich to make slaves of the poor; but through coer- cive systems citizens are sometimes made slaves of by their voluntary acts. l-.l1 terns conditions esta b1ished which are equal to the worst slavery; but they are not of the law. but the result Of a coercing system. We are living in the best days and the best country | the world has ever known.
 Have you ever thought about what some people call "their rights. No l one denies the right of men to demand l higher wages or quit work; but where | does right appear in the interference | with the trade. convenience and com 1 fort by a handful of dissatisfied men, l of the whole population of a city. The |