The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-08
DAILY THOUGHTS
By R. L. II.
Dreams and Deeds.
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Dreams and Deeds.
The land of ought to be is place o
dreams, the land of what is, a reality
Yet there are many people who persis
in living in the former despite the fac
they get everything they possess il
the latter.
More was not the only one to con
coct the utopian country wherein ev
rything is just as one would wish, re
CARELESS of the diversity in the wish
es of the persons who look to utOpian
ism. There always were and always
will be individuals who long for the
land of their dreams.
1t is only natural that people should
build air castles about a place where
all is in harmony with their ideals
and aspirations. 1t is an inherent ten
tency of mankind to picture in the
mind the eldoreado where all is just
as the individual would consider il
perfect. That is perhaps the element
that makes him more than beast
Were he unable to comprehend some
thing better than has existed at times
during the history of the race, he
should have had no incentive for re-
search that has resulted SO benefici-
ally for the progress of human beings.
| 1t is the desire for something better
| that has prompted every discovery,
every invention an& every advance.
| The man who invented matches need
not have done so if he had been con-
tent to build his fire by the old method
of rubbing sticks together or igniting
with flint But he was dissatisfied
with the method and discovered an
other, the modern match. The effect
was to reletse a portion of his time
hitherto used in making fire or hus-
banding the one he already had for 9TH
err purposes. AS he increased his leis-
ure at one place and another he had
more time to devote to other forms of
research Moreover, every advance
stimulated him for better things.
The gradual progress achieved by
means of scientific research and dis
coveries led inevitably to a better
state of living conditions. And since
mans aspirations for the beneficial
things of life grew with his gain
ing of knowledge of life and living he
began to expand his horizon and to
dream of even more to be desired con-
ditions, and does yet.
But there is one point in connection
with the glamour Of the land of ought
to be that must never be lost sight Of
That is, every step in that direction
has been taken only through the utf-
lization of the materials of the world
of reality. And those who have ad
vanced the civilization of man have
done so by scientific discovery and in
ventions, and learning.
The maker of the first match, to go
back to our proposition, did not make
that match by simply dreaming ABOUT
what a beneficial thing it would be
that if instead of igniting fuel from
flint or by friction it could be done
much more simply. No doubt he did
dream of it first, but it did not ma
until he acted.
When he took up the scientific study |
of the quality of different properties in |
regard to their combustibility and ap-
piled that knowledge in the construc-
ton of the match did he in any way
meet with success.
We say that Columbus discovered
America. By that we do not mean
hat he was the first or only person
@ believe that somewhere there might
3xist other countries that would man
ifoIdly increase the wealth and pros
,erity of the world. He was just the
irst person who undertook it methodi-
ally.
Columbus gained his knowledge by
esearch and study. He disagreed
With the popular belief that the world
vas flat And he built up hypothe
lis. But that hypothesis was never
made a fact until he really set out
With ships, men and provision to
eek the new world. He was more
han a dreamer, he was a worker.
Flying through the air was consid-
red to be quite novelty not so
lany yea1s ago. Slightly before that
me it was almost considered the !
eighth of folly. Some men dreamed :
it, true. However, the first man j.
} realize this vision was the MAI WHO
tudied natural law of displacement of
latter that enabled even the birds to
emain in the air, that was responsible
)r ships riding the seas, and that
lade it possible for man to swim
espite his tendencies to sink.
When this law was applied to air
raft by some ingenious individual
e had the airplane which mounts i'll
lie air by means Of displacing enough
If to more than make up for its
eight. 1t was purely scientific and
ame because of the works Of the man
no not only dreamed but who work
in harmony with the laws Of ma
re.
Everywhere it is the same. Those
no would accomplish things, those
no would see their dreams come true,
ose who would realize the utopian
ate of affairs are those people who
1t only picture such condition but
no are also able to work toward
at end in a scientific manner
A dream precedes every accomplish
ent Just as true as anything. But
at dream can only be made tang1-
e asset to the human race by means
practical application. Dreamers