The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-12
Your Brain Is a Baby's Left Leg

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great many men, very good very unselfish very well
meaning look upon the world and say: a@1 1
WHITTIER are we drifting7 What is become Of us?
only greed poverty misery sadness horror vote this
word failure" ~
man speaking thus-whether he be pessmist Of
the Schopenhauer type or meaning little
agitated Socialist type-makes one great mistake.
He his little bit Of thinking and reasoning He
his few pitifuI Of gray matterp his little, half
monkey against the problems Of the universe and failing
make cheerful for the throws his hands
and says: 'sAn over "
The mistake which such sour one makes is this: He
forgets that wisdom and foresight exhausted
there still remains the Wisdom that conducts the universe
which gives mothers love and devotion the smallest
baby South America and safely leads through
the starry ntricacs Of visible universe the wandering
that is flying through corner Of some
mysterious errand.
anything proved in lives it is this That definite
plan guides u.s. follow mapped long before
we came here which bound TO goal
possible conceive that the Being the Of laws
responsible the beauties Of the world has other than
harmonious for Can it conceived that
the horrors present existence different
in than the dscomors that attend all
construction in the creative be the appearing
81 thinking the construction Of palace or
staue-hideous in state beautiful in com
peton7
We mistake the unpleasantness d the building stage for
permanent ugliness.
Look al . young baby-helpless useless half-formed
foolish gapng-not worth keeping but for the future that
Is IN it believe the baby IS worth keeping because you
know that develops definite plan, which WILL
make worth while You believe this because You seen
other babies out Of their useless and deplorab
helpless condition.
Cant you believe that Nature plans and provides the
final development Of entire carefully
for an individuala Don't you know that human creature
ii the embryonic stage would say if it could speak and
converse: Let out Of this; Mdeous monstrosit
living in eternal darkness am horrible life Is worse than
You would rebule such embryonic being saying Hold
bit; wait until you are born 8
You ought talk just that way your dissatisfied
SELF intellectually yOu embryonic The human isl
near the stage Of manhood Of full development But it
going to get there and when It does win be something worth
seeing
Believe that race to which you belong going be
something far beyond your dreams Gould pulling babe
dream Of Napoleon Copernicus? No. And
cannot dream Of the destiny in store for when wei
reach maturity.
Just hope for the best and do your duty
And do not be guilty Of saying No taking trouble
everything is planned out might well do nothing, just
my comes and centuries bring perfec
ton that is promised. can do nothing. =
Serious and criminal mistake. CAN something.
What makes the baby grow up' Would he ever be man
No. he keeps wggng his legs and stretching his arms He
wag his head constantly ne clutches his fist million times
Is restless than he from the time he emerges into
daylight And that restessness develops his muscles
gives him ultimately the strength and the manhood that
his destiny
In the evolution Of the your mental efforts equva
lent to that babys physical suggngs The best that your
brain do important to the whole than
is single kick Of the babys left leg his entire But
It is the left legs duty to give that kick when the prompting
and it duty do your little share of thinking
wondering and striving pitully Intellectual must be-
Do what fight injustice yell shout denounce CRATE
wigge-do your duty mental baby and the plans Of
Nature will cake Of the final result.
That is the basis which live here Make up your
mind to it.
Once-Overs