Evening star., 1933-06-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

J Just blind threshings around in the
dark, as it were, no matter how much
sound and fury" is produced by the
action, is scarcely intelligent
Here. in the aquarium is another fish
which is extremely nervous. The slight
est movement near its tank, no mat
ter how long it has been an inmate
of it. causes it to dash headlong into
the eel grass. to remain quivering wher
no danger threatens.
Surely, it is not very intelligent fish
Much the same can be said OF
many of the mad maneuvers which
take place in the world Of air. lane
and water.
We have to know what they are al
about, and where they are headed, be-
fore We will admit there is any par
ticular brains demonstrated, let alone
| plenty.
The apology for the noisy man, in
this world. is that he Is starting some
thing" Maybe he is starting something
but the question still must be asked
Was it worth starting?
The fish, in its tank, or in the sea
begins movement principally to fur
| ther its own ends
man, in this world, must do some
| thing of the same, no matter how
theoretical his approach to the prob
! lem of living. Wherefore men con-
! tinually start something" either with
a great noise, or with little, primarily
to bring into their own pockets a GER
! tain amount, the larger the better, OF
the strange medium of exchange which
worries the world vastly at this time.
/
SO far, so good; there is not much
/ dlfference between a tiger and a man
after all, except that the beast gets his
dinner with its claws, and the man with
| his mind.
We have right to expect more OF
a man, however, than of a tiger, or ol
/ fish.
Hence the intelligent world has in
sisted, and probably will continue to
/ insist, that the actions of a man OF
/ brains be purposeful to some end al
least seemingly larger than himself.
This Is not new theory, but a very
| old one, one which a certain numbe,
OF human beings. grown to mans es-
tate, or closely thereto, commonly think
every year that they can overlook.
| Many of them do what the world
calls succeed" despite the fact that
| they pay no attentlop TO this hne
theory of living. The older books of
our Bible are filed with lamentations
over the worldly success of the un-
godly.
PLENTY of brains" indeed, and for
! sooth, as they used to say.
/ To be mans brains. not a man
| animals brains, they must keep in
view, at all times, or at least most OF
! the time. the best discoveries of the
human mind and heart.
! The sentiments, precious through
centuries of painful climbing away
| from the brute still in us, are to be
| kept faithfully; show us an intelligent
act which yet knows nothing of SYM
! pathy, or kindliness, and we will show
you a man more to be feared than
any tiger.
Because if you see the tiger coming
maybe you can run, or you perhaps
can catch him and put him in a zoo
/ but the man without heart, no matter
/ who he is, or where, creeps up unaware
under the guise of doing something ~
| alas. He must be doing something to
the purpose of man, and especially
of mankind, before We will accept him
| let him force himself upon us never
so much. We may be forced to ac-
cept, because might is nearer right
| sometimes, than the world would like
to believe, but, like Calico of old, we
will continue to wink the other eye.