The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-08
You Can't Make a Hard Tooth
of Pure Gold
Here Is Comfort for Some Who Have Falled-and an
Explanation.

That which absolutely pure lacks strength AND tna
~hh ir strong to resist friction lacks absolute purify
In DENTISTRY this made clear by experience and prac
tice. ~, s,o~uo. 4ho4
A wise dentist and doctor talking
Mature limits her gifts to matter as to men !.
The best and most valuable of metals gold But we can
use it PURE only when surroundings protect IT,
If dentist builds TOOTH he cannot make it OF pure gold
For pure gold will not stand the friction the biting the
struggles that go among teeth tooth all o. pure goo
ipervious to acid always bright would be an interesting
institution. But that cannot be made
Fortunately pure gold IN filings Wnen ename
hard as bony structure OF the tooth form pro-
tecting coat the gold as filler ana de1y
in that filling all Of natures action t,#~ -
We can mix the gold baser inferior metal and build
tooth that viii crack and last long me-but it will
grow black and show the base mixture m IT,
ought be moral in this fact that LIE 1r1con IS
too much for the noblest and purest Of metals
There rs an excellent lesson this doctors talk For man.
IN contact with the world and its struggle e1acy the gOi0
Many good has gone to the wal-because ne was
pure gold snd oG&d no. ana gOo rod
had there been more alloy In his nature
dition and like the pure gold filling TOOTH he lasts in
spite Of his good qualities
alloy incapable Of compromise with conscience destroyed
aside at the beginning as unfit Tor hard work
Of men w We . say Us ys
moral hardness Then he can stand the frlconbut ne
turns black
gold tooth with much base alloy Of gold he could
have done this work The British owe modern India
speech this human tooth of gold alloy
you examine closely the private life Of Washington or
Lincoln YOU FIND THE ALLOY Under the test Of
hstorys acid these great turn black But it the
alloy that enabled them to do the hard work IN spite Of
friction and fighting.
Less wise and farseeing the scientific dentist cviza
ton forever putting human pure gold IN places Of struggle
where survive History is full hangngs quarter
ings bonres beheadings that tell Of the of
pure gold used in the wrong place.
Poor of Arc burned alive when her work done
lasted long she could-but she COULD NOT LAST.
Pere Marquette another Of the pure gold being worn
away because they too good for the worlds conditions
Ciordano Bruno another The who really invented
up his idea and forego all profit when his wife pointed out
him that his discovery starvation for thousands of
poor sewing womenhe pure too soft for this
world.
Some man. perhaps, will find way of hardening gold
that its absolute purity and atomic integrity will be able to
fight against the baser and harder metals
That is guesswork.
But THIS is and guesswork
Humanity in time WILL devise such protection for its mem
for of pure golden character TO survive and
succeed against the material conditions Of life When that
day shall have real leaders and teachers
We shall longer look always tragic failure
Socrates drank his poison the streets where Savonaro
hooted by the he died for that remind Of few
made of pure gold.
Some day like the pure gold filling the solid back tooth
with its walls of enamel the golden viii find conditions
that protect them. Speed the day.
And meanwhile-have kindly feeling and kind word
Tor the who has failed at side Perhaps he has been
because his character than yours
Many failure with sad and hopeless look would have
been among the worlds had his metal less
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