, 1923-03-25

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avid-eager of novelty and mys
OF bearing or interpreting the STILL
email voice OF divine significance
which breathes from the simple ana
familiar elements OF life
This then expresses tho differences
between youth and age, and it IS one
resson WIN age so little patience.
or is apt so to have unless age
realizes tho view point OF youth.
The following lines might well have
been written this morning, but they
v-ere written probably about l1t0 BY
samuel johnson in the aftleth num-
Der Of the Rambler
Every old man complains Of the
growing ~depravity Of tho world OF
he petulance and insolenco OF tho
-ivinr generation. He recounts h
deeency and regularity Of former
times. and celebrates the discipline
and sobriety Of the age in which his
youth was passed, q happy age
which is now no more 70 be expected
since confusion has broken IN upon
ne world and thrown down all h
boundaries of ciyllity and reverence.
II may. therefore, very reasonably be
,,,.per+ed tiSt the old draw upon
themselves the greatest part Of those
4rrtiItz which they so much lament
and that age is rarely despised but
when 81 is contemplate. He that
wand mass the latter part OF his IKE
with honor and decsucy, lust When
bs 5u Young, consider that he ehaA
ore dav be old; and remember, when
no lie old that he has once been young
In vn1th he must lay up knowledge
,o- his lpport when his powers OF
sctlon shall forsake him. n in age
forebear TO a~uimadvert with rlgor on
ssults which experience only can
we must then If We ever perchance
-ov- old get the point Of view OF h
how and study the talent OF he boy
ard develop it. You all recall 4
b OF the mountain n me
squirrel. .s
The mountain n the squirrel ~
.nd the tIl' former called the latter
Little Prig
Bun replied
you are doubtless very big
But ell sorts o Things n WeatheE'
Must be taken in together
To make up a year
And q sphere;
And ] think Il no dssTaS
To occupy my place.
II I'm not as large as you
You are not small as l.
And not half so spry.
III not deny you a
a very pretty squirrel track
Talents differ all is well
And wisely put
II I cannot arr forests on my D1SN'
Neither can you crack n nut
Animals and birds are all spee'ats'z
by nature, and some men are 70,
instance. some birds live on lnsee~
in the air. and are equipped for isst
dying. Some get their food from n
ground and are slow in the ar nv
fhe hawk family. Others i've ehtIe
" off Of the worms in trees ana naNe
powerful bills like tho woodpecksr
otbers extract their food from the
leaves Of trees and stil others rom
me ground. Now someone mas sue
-r+ed that mankind would DC '"1
same as the birds and animals II, az
q, tr,,e of the acrobats Of she circus
VII never intermarry INTO Us
s,muies except those possessing me
zane talents, all men did
1,,+ as man does not 50 build up tne
-Issses OF activity into specialists u
-.nains for man to help the boy 10
ASCERTAIN his talents ana TO oeVetog
them. Hence the "ohue'Iu
function Of Rotary. .,
We will have failed with youth II
re 40 not teach him self reliance u
We do not give him the weapons
wnich will enable him 70 work ouV
hi. own functions in life. There Is d
tor OF the Christmas tree with us
electric lights, and up-to-date Toys
oncrated by electric power. uhelS
"a Tho family sent the child upstairs
-hus they prepared b tree anu
aoarIy hen all the work was dome
,br run for him all gon-he was
,,louyed to return. They pointed GUY
M mat had been done for him n
7 az dome for him" advisedly. fol
,bortly thereafter when they wanteu
20 no{ut out to Jimmie something
hat had been one for him-they
,o,nd he had gone, lie was hnalls
Ioeated in the garage playing win
tbe servant who had been a soloier'
with pieces Of coal for soldiers ~
Two were re-hghtlng a battle IN "hlen
no soldier had taken part
The boy is father to h man. ana
Nc must place in the hands OF the
nv such rude implements, or sueh
toolr. a. viii enable him TO work OUT
~ plan for which nature has ntteo
him st.
nlayed his greatness as a giant kller
sor- as we recall. It was while he was
berdinF sheep one night, he killed a
bsar and later "a lion, with rocks,
-rhus the beasts We're carrying OFT
part OF the flock
socratea, the grand old man OF
Greece. was urged by his father to
carve statues. but the boy was trying
10 ASCERTAIN the reason for everything
and thereafter founded his great
school % PHILOSOPHY.
Caesars ambition az % boy was 10
be 4 great writer and speaker and he
became both
Youne Alexander, the Great, f!ghed
when ho learned his father had won
another battle. with the thought that
there would be no worlds left for him
10 conquer.
Wlllc 10 oxford. young william
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