The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-01

In apologiznG for Il friend. Charles
| Lamb once said "Rcmcmhcr that every
man IS crazy al least one" a year" IT.
| which his companion answered. Il Ir'-
! fer to say that every man has n sane
| interval once Il year. An EDITORS "Np"-
! rloLCC ut the stat" Insan" asylum car
; ried this thought one step farther. Tho
! nohl" physician who has charg" Of tn"
| institution believes that the path back
| t. health and sanity IS tn" path Of sun
| shine. exercise, hot water inSid" and out.
and plenty Of games and amuscmcniS.
| After luncheon. th"rcfor". the physician
said 10 his visitor. Il am going out for
n walk with about forty Of my patients.
! Come along with me-" When they
started across the field the editor asked
| N" doctor II he had revolver or any
weapon by which he could pr"l"ct hint
! h"lf 7" which he answered NO. ]
! have nothing Whatsoever" Tut" sad
| the visitor. "SppposlnE these forty crazy
men unite forces, appoint a leader "a
! tack us and then escape" 'Aict together
! Appoint a leader" exclaimed the r$yr'-
cian. Why. man. you must yourself
! belong among IN" crazy ones. y m"a
! - crazy because he cannot F,t together
with anybody. Il these men could or
! canizc and appoint 4 leader. they would
all hc turned loose as being perfectly
sane If you persist in your Tear. shall
/ lock you up as an lnCurahI" patient"
! The fishes go in ShnatS, birds IN
/ flocks, cattle in herds. soldiers IN rcg,-
ments workmcn in Industrial companies.
| families in cities. There cannot be more
! than ono Thorcau in any generation.
| The hermit is erratiC. and not quite nor
! NAL. Any man of III" twentieth cen
! fury who loves a cellar. or wants to lock
| himself up in closet. has suffered
some form Of injury. Tn" man is al
ready doomed 10 faiur" who insists upon
going his own way. TIL" corporation law
: enables many men Ia unHr their Wis
dom: their money and their strength TO
promote a single plan. /, i unity th1;
turns n mob and nrultitud" into "A vir-
! torinus regiment. Men ar" strong IN
proportion as they can work smoothly
! with their fellows. One Of tn" many
| signs Of insanity is suspicion. Crazy
| men will not trust each other. Sar"
mon. mon OF broad mind and hE ambt-
tons. work without friction or fever
| with their fellows. They know how 10
give and how to take. They are fully
conscious that the day each man IL
sclf-sufficing has gone by forever and
that the time has fully come when mon
must keep step. walk IN regiments. and
meet the new emergencies with now CO.
operative methods. 1t is the "G"t-t"-
| gcther spirit" that created our national
wealth. developed our un"qual"d pros
pcrity and lent the republic It's unrl-
vailed position and influence.
Long ago, John RuskIn sad that tnd"-
pendcnce is a d"lusioN. TIL" fish ;Iion"
Is absolutely independent, Tho fish goes
whithcrSocvcr II will. II seems u NOV"
freely in tho depths Of tho Atlantic. and
6gh n
r.e,s Of rock, against short and ship. ami
80 far from being independent III" hsh =
absolutely dependent upon other AM
mails for its food and its life. y" man
Is sclf-suffiCinC. No country can liz"
10 itself, and any city that tries to d"
so will soon fall upon death. Tn" boy
in the city looks To tho farmer for his
flour and vegetables. He looks 10 the
sailors for his sugar and his coffee. H."
looks toward the printers for his paper
and his books. He looks toward his
state capitol and to congress for n"
laws that govern his life. In every
gricyous emergency. when tho earth
trembles beneath his feet. and tho dcat h
fog chokcs him. he looks beyond the
stars to one who is his r. HEc and his
strength, q very present help IN tim" -:
trouble. Robinson cruSoc could 1.-Two
alone and dcpcnd entirely upon himself.
SO long as he lived in Il book. and WAS n
creature Of the imagination, But mon
Of flesh and blood. who live in an
everyday world. arc dependent upon
their fellows. II ia Of capital import
ance. therefore. that the youth easily
masters the science Of getting along
smoothly. Justly and charitably with hi
fellow men In the interest OF his own
peace and prosperity. happiness and in
| flucnce.
Copyright. 1919. for the Constitu,ionD