The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-07-27

disease gives the physician his absorbing inter-
est in his work. The saving of the individual
life may be the end sought but the duel that
the doctor fights with disease is the thing that
most interests him.
1t is the lure of the unknown that makes
the discoverer, in whatsoever field, press on.
When the goal is reached there is nothing
more to look forward to. Like the captain in
the story we are all in danger of dying when we
discover the lost island-the island of our
dreams.
There is something arresting about the
thought of lost island-a treasure island if
you please. Somewhere out there in the end
less expanse of the ocean lies this land this
dreamland Our imagination pictures the spark
ing brook, the wooded hillside, the green mead
ows, the wild herds feeding in the valleys and
the feathered choirs sending up their morning
anthems from among the arches that adorn Ma
lures cathedral Here is the end of the rain
bow with all it's gold! Here is countless wealth
coupled with peace and rest forever more!
And so we dream and on about the beau
ties of this island of ours-this island that is
somewhere, this island that we have seen only
in our dreams like the old captain we make
repeated voyages in search of this land of de-
light. Like him we know that somewhere it ex-
breezes have come to us laden with the perfume
of the land of somewhere. To say that is
land does not exist is to challenge some of our
most real experiences
So we go on searching for the land of our
dreams. We scan the horizan, we scrutinize the
sea.
In youth we are anxious to find this island
as soon as possible. We are impatient because
our efforts are fruitless. 1t takes lifetime
to realize that the best thing about this lost is
land is the fact that it is lost.
Our pleasure and our profit is in the search
not in the finding. BY and by we also come
to realize, like the old captain, that should we
find this island we would surely die.
When your life ambition has been realized
there is nothing more to live for. The excite
rnent of the chase the uncertainty of the search,
the unknown possibilities, all combine to keep
US active and interested.
He who has no life interest, has no interest
in life.
Every person is searching for something.
There is "lost island" in every life. 1t is this
search that makes life worth living.
These lost islands not always the same.
One may picture mountain scene, another
may see the rich productive soil with sleek
herds feeding, yet another may visualize for
est with game abundant and SO No two
pictures will be exactly alike.
1t is so in life. Our likes, our ambitions,
our environment, our birth, racial tendencies,
our religious training, education all COM
bne to determine for us our outlook and our
ideals '-- . --'------'
The scientist derives pleasure from his re-
search and his discoveries, the financier from his
ability to cope successfully with the odds that
may be against him in the game of gain, the
singer from the successful rendition of diff
cult musical number, the poet from his poem,
the builder from the structure he has erected.
Thus each derives pleasure and profit according
to his or her individual taste.
The lost island makes its appeal in differ
ent way to different people. But through it
all there is the same principle-the principle
Of the irresistible appeal of the unknown.-Gun-
mar B. Bjornson in Minneota Mascot.