Evening star., 1933-10-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| He attempts to build up the students
enthusiasm, his ardor for investigation,
for learning something worth while In
personal sense, as well as In the
worlds ordinary sense. For did any
one suppose that chemistry, per Sc, IS
all that one gets out Of the study Of
chemistry? There is more In law than
law. more in writing than writing.
Every one who tries to find out some
adventure, although he may never look
upon it in exactly that light. He faces
the unknown, and he faces 1t stand
ing. That Is worth while In any life.
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Personal enthusiasm and a spirit of
investigation are not the same thing,
although they go hand In hand.
| A fine enthusiasm Is q gift, an en-
dowment something or other which
is part OF what is commonly called q
temperament
In some aspects it seems to be the
very finest flower Of personality.
| The greatest danger Of enthusiasm
Is that 1t may narrow life to one thing
and keep it there. Every one knows
some bright young fellow-or it may be
old fellow-to whom life is reduced to
an automobile, or an airplane, and to
nothing else whatever.
Every one who meets him talks auto
mobiles, or airplanes, as the case may
be. He talks, eats and sleeps airplanes,
as the expression has 1t. A fine en-
thusiasm, which might have been as
deep as the human spirit, and as wide
as the universe. has been narrowed
sadly to small contraption which runs
on wheels.
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| There Is no contradiction here. Great
things have come out Of narrowing
ones enthusiasm. but even greater
would arise could such creators keep
their enthusiasm as wide as possible
| NarrowneSS is cheaper than Wilderness,
in likes as well as in street construc-
tion. in spirit as well as in material
1t takes eternal struggle to remain broad
and tolerant, to resist the pressure Of
the various pressures which arise as
one goes along in the journey of life.
This Is one Of the good fights which
every one can engage in, and which he
must take part in, If he is to retain
in any degree the good enthusiasm
which kindles the eyes Of the boy tell
Ing about his first chemistry expert
ments.
1t would be q splendid thing for
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carried out on this plane, in a grand
mass attack on the detrimental tenden-
cies Of the race.
There would be no narrowing there,
1t would be widening 1t would be a
restoration to first principles in morals
and ethics, those fine standards held
universally by men Of all races in their
better moments.
Now that time appears to be at
hand In the world when attacks are
made on the validity Of those stand
ards. 1t might be q good thing for some
student to throw himself with real en-
thusiasn into the job Of collating the
best aspects OF humanity in its better
moments
II hundred Of the finest minds of
the races Of mankind were put on this
task independently. there would be an
amazing agreement among them, one
may believe. What is really good in
humanity they would know but how to
keep 1t and foster it, they would be
! unable to agree upon. 1t may be felt.
| however. that many of them would rec
ognize the necessity for building up in
all men everywhere the primary de-
sire to learn something interesting
Could this be co-ordinated with man.
kinds most glorious dream. justice, q
new heaven, a new world would be at
hand. And new enthusiasm for
jaGed race.