Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-19
THE MAN WHO TALKS


find how MANY would have this inscrip- |
tlon He took chance" And evident
fly it wasn't an even chance, and it went
| against him OF course, no reference ia
here made to gambling where the game
was losing one, for that rarely results
IN the loss Of life only incidentally.
| Where one takes chance the chance is
usually against MIN because his judgment
does not act nationally. He takes is for
granted that he will succeed. otherwise
/ ne would not take the chance How
many times does this happen: A man is
driving his automobile just behind an
other one going in the same direction.
Just ahead is one coming towards him.
He thinks there is room to pass, but the
cars collide and great damage is done.
II he mad succeeded, what would he have
gained? A single paltry moment! There
are big things for which one is justified
in taking chance, but why risk life and
limb for trivial objects?
i The writer one day overheard two boys
on the street having a heated argument.
One was trying hard to explain some
thing to the other which he did not
: readily understand Losing his patience,
j. ne exclaimed, 90 you bonehead!" Evil
IDENTIFY it was intended to express the last
stages of Stupidity. But why do we
make ''bonehead" a synonym for stu
, "
tic, strong and durable; which are not
bad qualities for any human caput A
head that is hard, having wide range
{ OF versatility that originates thought
strong and lasting, is as fine a gift as the
: Creator can stick on any imam Shout
: derSA Unconsciously this angry boy was
! payMg his mate compliment when he
: called him "bonehead" But for some
reason the other boy didn seem to view
it in that light. judging from the way he
doubled up his fist and the strong English
he used. Now there is a moral to all
r this. When we are tempted to call an
e other a 'bonehead" let US think for a mo-
lnent what sort of a head he would have
I with the bone left out.
r Among the things we learned from
. natural philosophy was that nature
9 "abhors vacuum" and also that she
6 riots in inequality" So diversified are
all natural productions that there are no
' straight lines, no level surfaces, no SIM
liar things in all her broad domain If
" this is so, why should we be so disturbed
over inequalities in the field of human
e activity? What a stupid old world It
d would be with absolute liken sss every
where and in everything! Yet we are so
idiotic-that is, some of us are-because
we are not like others, that we are made
q positively miserable. Mr.. Smith. who
1ANOS ia Tic StltSy d SIIldll Louise, 6nVleS
= Mr.. Newrich, who 1ives on the boulevard
: in mansion, and Mr.. Plain IAN wonders
h why he can't have Hudson six as well
e as Mr.. Wealthman. They do not stop to
n realize that possibly they have blessings
i that possibly these well-to-do have not
: They blame society for this inequality
and would make such a readjustment OF
:. society that ther could get Mr.. Wealth.
It mans Hudson six. When shall we learr
n fhof fharo xxrilJ oIr ho
If the whole human order?
II President Dwight of Yale one very COLI
~ morning met Prof. Loomis. the great
. mathematician and remarked how COLI
ID it was. Immediately Prof LOOMS re
It piled: Its only one-ten, h of one degre,
l. below the average Of the last ten win
l. ters." Here was accuracy boiled down t.
n its lowest terms. But does it not brin,
- out fact that we often lose sight of il
~ regard to the weather? The laws of tenn
perature are not so variable as the popu
lar mind supposes. One mild winter ma,
r follow one Of unusual severity, but wha
e is the average, just as a wet season ma,
Of be succeeded by a prolonged drought
is This is the way nature takes to preserv
t. her own balance. Have there been man
be winters even in this latitude when ic
- was not harvested? Has there ever bee
- season when all our crops failed? LIE
% US remember this: while the earth re
OF maineth, seedtine and harvest, and colo
and heat, and summer and winter sha
a. not cease"
TN Human beings are richly endowed wit
he equipment for acquiring knowledge, mai
no urally more so than any Of the lowe
rs animals. There are some senses, howeve
MT in which we are inferior to them Fo
a. instance, the dog far surpasses US in tn
oP D,,G
~ power to educate his faculties to d
'i- things which put him in sphere all b
IS himself. We are dependent on thes
to sense faculties for much of our know
on ledge. Take the eye y which things al
II visualized; it can be carried to an IL
at credible degree of perfection by traine
I'D observation. That is why modern educ:
ton is made to appeal so strongly to IL
eye. Those of US who were privilege
to see the school children of Norwic
tpresent their instructive pageant, Ligh
rat had concrete illustration of what II
he eye can teach. In no other way cou
the value Of sight education have been
wildly given. Suppose the children h.
~ learned the same facts through dry soho
lne reports, no lasting impression would ha-
me been made. AS twas they were both i
structed and entertained. Present met
DDS Of education are along the rig
ida track.
go There is an old saying that there
a time for all things" If that is tru
there is time for trimming and eetti,
an trimmed, although it is not easy to rec
hut ize this latter fact unless it is the 9th
fellow who is getting trimmed. Impa
tally considered, they are equally impc
ono tant During some of these mild whit
wv days since the Sword has been beat
ooo into the plowshare' it is we'll to g
out the pruning hook or scissors a,
make havoc. with the grapevine.
ets merciless with it and rnrnember that v
ing can't raise grapes and a woodlot on t
sr. same area Be little more careful wi
that fruitful apple tree and beautit
ere shade tree. Don't spoil heir symer
for with hasty and bungling work. The b.
~ results come from wise trimming TT
is why it is good for man to trim a
for a tree to get trimmed. But m
himself needs to get trimmed to keep h
10 in shape. Human society is improv
lew every time some sms It Alec gets spar
of ed, whether it is the kaiser or scho
boy Let the work Of grace continue.
Dickens began one of his stories W
ting this sentence: "Old Marley was dead
got begin with; dead as door nail" :
han my say the same in regard to the salo
ave Whatever temporary violations there n
be to liquor selling, the saloon, as
menacing public institution, is as dead
a door nail, and the constitution of
1ec- United States will probably see to
sn't that it remains dead But there is a 4
the position on the part of the far-see
lade public to preserve the social features