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worth while these days. when almost
everybody In accused 81 Sinking. To |
n recent interviewer DIR. Eliot declared |
he had no health rules or formula, and |
added that he was able to sleep sound
~ from the moment he goes to bed |
until he awakcns In the morning.
fully rested and rejuvenated. DIR. |
Eliot always has been able to eat and
any food he preferred. and
admits that. up until the Prohibition |
law became effective, he drank alco-
holic liquors moderately and occa-
sionally enjoyed" a good cigar.
One may properly emphasize the
word enjoyed" in considering this re-
and educator. for it will be found that
enjoy" is the keynote of DR.. Eliot's
longevity and achievements. and ac-
counts for the fact that as years go by
he is In possession of his full facul-
ties: perhaps his mind Is not less virile
today than In the past.
Whatever DR.. Eliot has accom-
plishod, or whatever he undertook,
was made possible by the fact that he
had found exactly his right work and
took delight and enjoyment in doing
IL and doing II well. We cannot re-
call another incident in which a man
and his work SO fully and completely
synchronizcd. az did DR.. Eliot and the
tasks he set for himself. II is never
the doing Of things that one is best
fitted 10 undertake and does earnestly
and cnthusia stically. largely because
he likes II, and again because 1t is'up-
/ lifting or hcncfiting TO his fellow-mon,
/ that tires muscles or brings telltale
crows feet to the face, lack of energy
or weakened faculties at eighty.
one cannot contemplate the
achievements VI this Harvard sage
without reaching the conclusion that
he must have gathered immense sat
isfaCtion. pleasure and contentment
out of life. through his works. DR.
Eliot has long stood almost alone. IN
a class Ivy himself, as the foremost
American scholar and publicist, and
all will recall how. when the war with
Germany came. he readily clarified III,
situation. defined the issues. and un.
tangled the kinks that B-slin propa
sanda sproutcd in the minds of un
thinking and unreasoning Ameri
can masses. His. perhaps. was tn
surest. safest advice TO follow Of al
that came from the civil ranks Of GU
leaders during the war. and his noble
helpful work then was but n continue
tion 81 his lifelong task ~ illuminat
ipg dark ways for those whose visior
was less clear and certain.
II was. indeed. doing the things h
. liked. the things that helped his Eel
lows that has cushrined him in III
love and vcIpration Of every Amcri
can. and that makes him still one {
the outstanding figures in the nation
in the world-and he is still workin
at prodigious tasks twelve out of III
k ,weuiy,four hours. and sleeping liz
e the hearticst youth when he ends h
- days labor.
: There is a splendid sermon in h
\ work. in his precept Of enjoying everl
3, thing no does or has done. 1t is II
5 handspring Of all action that is real
5 worth while and all who seek a Iii
II ~ great usefulness. or hope to ri:
Il head above the crowd. must not 10:
j. sight Of the fact that without Il
: love OF our fellows. without enjo,
ing our work and loving il. and witt
n out turning 10 the Infinite for pow
p and guidance, we can do nothing tn
: will last. or that is worth while amor
d the larger things OF lne-the achiev
N ments that really matter. that nal