The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-20
Think for Yourself
ont Be Servile Taking Other Mems and Other Peoples
Ideas at False Valuation.

The brain in your result of hundreds of thou
sands of wears of evolution education this earth
That BRAIN rs given you that you may DECIDE FOR
YOURSELF what true what is false what important ana
what is unmportant 49,.
About one man in thousand actually uses, in forming
op;nons the thinking power the power of discrimination that
is given to him
The other nine hundred and ninety-nne simply along
old beaten paths Where others bow low THEY bow low
Where others look scornful, THEY look scornfuL
of think and act like sheep than ike men,
sheep the head his pretty feeble brain and the
others do what he does
AS result we ready for new ideas when they
come We are ready recognize real genius when
appears.
today it when Emerson wrote, that
every bringing to the world message worth while Is
because Of stupid reverence Tor the past
and dizziness to truths.
Pvthagoras was misunderstood and Socrates and Jesus
and Copencus and Calico and Newton and every
pure and wise spirit flesh TO be great to be
misunderstood.
Naturally human beings profit by the discoveries of
that preceded them We don't throw the law Of
gravtaon aoms geometry the multiplication table
because they used by men before u.s.
The trouble with that hang to prejudices
foolish for vacui desperately than to
the most important truths given us by science.
The thing for you do, young menwe mean men up to
seventy for all ought be young until then and even 1ater
to KNOW WHY YOU THINK AS YOU DO THINK.
For instance admire only things THAT YOU KNOW
ABOUT Look up to those Of whom you KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE REALLY DONE SOMETHING WORTHY OF AD-
MIRATIoN
other people form your opinions for YOU Don't
accept your opinions ready made like pair of rubber boots
Make up you mind to know WHY you believe thing,
WHY you look up individual WHY you accept the
opinions going round
This important not merely to your seRrespect and
manhood, BUT TO YOUR POSSIBILITIES OF GROWTH,
your possibilities of doing something worth while
Men that have succeeded their to the fact that
they refused take difficulties for granted take opinions
for granted take CONDITIONS for granted. They
decide things for themselves They found
ways they found possibilities they added their to
the list that have done something
Keep DOUBT in your mind always. We give you below
quotation paste up It supplied by Bolngbroke man
Of wonderful ability almost great manthe individual who
supplied philosophical thought with which Pope seasoned
his poetry.
He knew enough to appreciate the value Of original thought
and research he knew that doubt essential to knowledge
and he put it well. This is what he said:
Doubt is the key of knowledge. He who doubts
examines He who examines discovers nothing
He who discovers nothing is blind and will remain So
AS long you live DOUBT. Question, deny, verify Be
able to say, II think So BECAUSE HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT IT. I admire him. BECAUSE I HAVE STUDIED
HIS LIFE"
Seek and ye shall find Knock and it shall be opened
unto YOU
PROVE all things. Hold fast that which is good"
These two texts for those that may desire Biblical
sanction for mans chief intellectual quality. DOUBT.