Evening star., 1925-11-08
Dissatisfaction
By Dacid Beldsco.

There is too much discoutent
among the younger generation"
Thus complained noted church
man recently while deprecatinc
changing social conditions in Amer
lea.
To the churchman this spelled
disaster. To me il means that ever
changing mass viewpoint about
which / have written before. In the
restlessness ] see the striving for
the better things, a promise Of
changes.
For, after all. what is ambition but
restlesness-dissat with the
established order of things. II
Lincoln had not been restless. dis
satisfied with his lot in life, would
he ever have been President of the.
United States? Hardly, l am sure
all will admit.
Was Napoleon satisfied with the
political complexion of Europe? Ger
tainly not. Was he criticized as be
ing restless and away from the nor
NAL OF his day. Historians tell US
he was-yet see what the influence
Of this one man was on European
history.
And. so I take issue with my
| churchman friend when ] say that
we should encourage this restlessness
I
out of dissatisfaction comes develop
ment, advancement and human prog
reSs.
Strangely enough, to me, restless
ness indicates a striving after the
! better things: not retrogression. The
! pathway TO Incidence, sin and mora
breakdown is so smooth, so easy II
| access that those seeking to tread
! it's path do not display restlessnesS.
| The way is made all too easy for
| them.
! But when the young of our genera
| ton are accused of restlessness II
seems TO me we should see in the
| condition the stirring OF ambition, and
| that we should take steps TO direct It
| Alright.
Strangely enough, we see all about
us. without realizing it, the same
| spirit Of restlessness in all walks of
| life. Industry is working toward
mass production; the corporations are
| merging, financial interests are forti-
| flying themselves with vastly increas-
! ed resourceS-an in preparation for
| d period of achievement, which hu-
manity is preparing itself to accept
with understanding.
Pick up the magazines of the day
and everywhere one sees within their
| pages the urge to restleSsnesS-in the
! form of advertisements of special
| training courses calculated to better
| the earning capacity of the indlvid-
| ual, TO improve his life-station and
| to uplift his living conditions.
| Everywhere is the urge to dissatis
| faction with things as they are, and
| il is a good urge, for 1t means that
, we are to be dragged out of our rut
/ Of self-satisfaction and that we are
| TO be driven into new exertions for
| advancement of the Nation as
| whole.
! Yes, a bit of dissatisfaction is i
! good thing, not an evil. Before all
/ great crises in history there was
| growing dissatisfaction, and we Of
American birth and residence may
well congratulate ourselves that the
| dissatisfaction here is individual
] rather than political
All activity may be directed alorc
! the best lines. Why not take advan-
| tage of the dissatisfaction among the
young. my churchman fried complains
! of. and see to it that it Is directed
! inward. to the end that the better
| ment which grows from it may be
exhibited first from within the In.
F, dividuaI and then by the mass?
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