Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-02-09
THE HUNGERS OF LIFE.
BY Charles .Scanlon.

Cone unSymmetrically developed, or ir
common phrase "lopsided."
These five cravings are: I, Physica
hunger; 2, Social hunger; 3, Menta
hunger; 4, the hunger OF Ambition; :
Spiritual hunger.
1. Some people not only eat 30 liv,
but some in large measure live to eat
They find so much pleasure in crafty
ing the palate that they become CORN
anuizers, and in so doing not only vS
late the laws Of health and prcpriety
but interfere with accomplishing wha
they might otherwise achieve. Few
tkpgs So distinctly differentiate a mar
Eulture from ere who 10 uncultured
afyd selfish as the manner in which
he cats. The kind of food, the guam.
titE. and the manner in which he takes
1t are indications Of the degree OF cul-
fure and self-restraint which he is &C
cusfomed to exercise. However hum
CRY, a person OF refinement eats In
moderation both as 10 quantity and
raPidity.
(. When one says he is lonesome he
simply means that he is socially hun
cry. 1t is conceivable that one be in
the enjoyment OF good health, able 10
oommand great riches, have access to
vast Libraries, exercise large authority
ana be devout in spirit and still lone
y beyond expression. We are social
oeings and crave fellowship with eIr
KIND. The heart must be satisfied as
wei as the stomach. 1t is thus instinct
which draws people into groups and
cities and holds them there in spite Of
ADVERSE circumstances from which thev
could escape if they were willing 70
sacphce social companionship. In mi.
rs in other things extremes are 70 he
avoided.
p rnysical hunger affects different
people in different ways. Som. n.
come weak, others grow bitter and
violent some becomes nervous, others
despair. Likewise mental hunger =,
'ects different individuals in dityere,.
ways. Some people exist witbout
much mental stimulus or food OH
CTS prefer to sacrifice almost anv
ming else rather than to denv ,ber,
Se.Ves books which they enjoy. The
scientists becomes absorbed in his srh
l.e, inc historian in his quest for
ruth, the artist, the musician the 49,.
e''"nic' the sculptor, the inventor the
mathematician, all crave mental food 80
a particular kind.
T. There are people who bav. 81,
tnat heart and mind can des;,e :; a..
foregoing respects and are obsessed
win an ambition for position. nower
ana authority. To he, to haze -
DO are the dominant desire, y, ,,o:D
nVeS' A few months ago stro,Ied
through some of the ancient and e,a
CANT palaces of Europe wher, kin,.
'"u eHperors reigned in splcndor and
power. They had houses. lands ,,rs;o
ana Statuary, gold and Jewels sueicient
70 dazzle the eye and bewilder ,he
m'na. No whim of appetite. no luxury
OF learning, no coterie of companion
snip was denied them, but thew were
unhappy and in mad effor, to rr,tifv
'heir ambition for power or authority
despolled whole countries, formulated
vast cemeteries and laid waste the
achievement of centuries. A stroll,
through the ancient and modern pal
aces OF Potsdam, a visit to any OF =
hundred battlehelds of Rurope will
convince one that food for BODY and
mnd, the cravings of the social nature
and all that wealth and position can dc
will not satisfy all the desires of man
5. Dotted over many continents. boil
in the heart of the city and far in the
country, on the mountain and in the
va ley, are retreats or monaStcrics
where men have retired from the world
in order to satisfy the hunger Of their
souls. On the Appian Way from the
city of Rome to the Catacombs is a
monastery inhabited by monks who
never speak even to each other. Thev
can talk and no doubt have the natural
desire to communicate with each 9TH
err They receive instruction in the
morning either by signs or in writing
from the head of the house and busy
themselves all day in carrying out their
instructions ard in meditation and
prayer. The normal person wonders
that any one should conceive this to
be necessary in order to cultivate his
spiritual nature, but they have con-
ceived this 10 be true and are willing
to sacrifice everything else In nrdnr