White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-05-11
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By.,ED HOWE

mary OF the philosophy OF the Greeks,
wisest of the ancients.
This philosophy is poor stuff, 1t
seems to me, compared with what men
know today.
Are we moderns really doing very
well? So far as common sense goes,
we surely have more than the Greeks.
They knew nothing we do not know,
and believed lot Of nonsense we do
not believe.
Aristotle had some beliefs that
and knew nothing the men of today
do not know.
The greatest failure of the moderns
is that they have not improved in
morals. They are no worse than the
Greeks, but no better.
If there is profit in good conduct, as
has been claimed from the beginning
OF time, can see no reason why the
later races of men should not i'm
prove it.
Why not frankly make success the
goal of life? That is what all men
and women are working for.
Why not rate men by sort of
Bradstreet?
Why continue the old foolish GUS
tom of deriding the successful?
By success / do not mean accumula-
ton of property alone, but certainly
include it. Every man is a success
who takes reasonably good care Of
himself and family, and able to pay
the undertaken who finally attends
him.
The great annoyances of life come
from the shiftless, idle, unsuccessful:
those who in one way and another are
of no use to their communities.
The man who is a community bur-
den should not be permitted to vote.
Certainly he should not be permitted
to marry, and given opportunity to
neglect family Of children.
The present age is becoming more
practical, and this new spirit should
be reflected in the laws.
We should publicly express the con-
tempt we really entertain for the
worthless man.
There is only one way to improve
the world, and that is to increase the
average responsibility, which is becom-
ing alarmingly low.
The worthless now number so great
an army that they have combined to
boycott the useful and respectable,
and are doing fairly we'll.
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do not like man who is too
is crazy about the women, he should
keep it to himself as much as pos
sible. Men demand that other men
treat their women folks with respect
The women themselves demand it; the
law demands it. How tremendously
the law demands it!
Jazz is a wicked thing because it is
fighting music
History is collection of magic
tales, and denial of them.
When man is gross feeder, it Is
said he is an epicure, in memory q
Epicurus an ancient who lived upor
bread and water, and upon the simple
fruits and vegetables that grew in hi
own garden. Cicero says, "Ah! Witt
how little was Epicurus contented.'
Watercress, radish, fig, made I
substantial meal for the greatest O
the epicures, Epicurus himself. Nov
and then he called for a portion o
milk or little cheese, saying:
II must occasionally make merry
Stories of his dissipation come iron
being habitual drunkard. Timocrate
says Epicurus had so debauched him
self that for years he was unable =
rise from his couch, in which he ha,
served him daily the most SUMPTION
banquets.
Cicero says one thing; Epictetus an
other.
And the world has chosen to believ
the worse story.
Still, Athens reared statues o
bronze to the memory of Epicurus
Seneca paid tribute to him, becaus
he was the first man who taught tina
virtue is easier than viciousness, an,
pays better. Epicurus believed II
pleasure, but taught that the way t.
attain 1t was by temperance, Industry
fairness. He was the first man win
coined the phrase now quoted every
where with derision: "Be virtuous
and you will be happy"
Although every story in history
denied, one may always pick out tn
more probable one, and the probabl
one is that Epicurus lived life s
temperate and useful that it mad
him famous and hated.
Many a man misses information II
his inordinate desire to talk all TIN
time himself.
Everywhere the better specimens o
men are approaching the importanc
of behaving better. Hollywood, Calf
is said to be wicked place, but evel
there "Sanity in Diet club" has beel
organized. Everyone who does goo
work of any kind must have stom
ach that works well, and all tn
money in the world cannot buy suc
an organ. Every man who has sens
should prove it by being healthy. II
nine cases out of ten, illness is evi
dence of dissipation, carelessness
lack of intelligence.
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The other day man Who had beer