The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-02
TRAIN YOUR EARS, TOO

lows little knows much.
That sounds like Chinese proverb. or
paragraph from the Book of Proverbs in
e Bible, or it might have been flung by
ncho Pancho at Don Quixote in an effort
prick that knight-errant'S ego. but, in
cad. L originated in The Citizens office
I'd is original so far as it is possible for any
ought To be original
With two billion brains in the world.
hieh are an exceedingly small percentage
the countless billion of brains that have
iSsed on, some psychologists assert that
lere 5 no such thing as an original thought
hat appears to be original is merely ar
yed thought logged out in modern garb.
The equivalent of the thought proba-
may be found in ConfuciuS' writings o.
400 years ago, and Bacon probably has
lmething TO the same effect somewhere in
; thousands of epigramS or proverbs writ
n 400 years ago.
An apt companion prOverb Is He who
inks he knows ALL knows little.
Both truths occurred TO the writer
lille he was considering what you and you
I'd you, an5 hundreds of others in Key
Vest like You. have said about some radio
.ews comment tors. You have wondered.
nd 80 ave expressed yourselves. how some
m,ntators succeed in obtaining spon-
5rS
We think KalteEbOrn is goodies
ops with the BoSs-and so are John Van
dercooX. Upton Close and few others. The
losS likes Gabriel Heater. too, but ne re-
.aindS he writer of an exhorter az a revival
rleeting. with sinners hitting the sawdust
'ai But you've got to give to him what IS
.tue-he can talk well. even though he uses
20 many words frequently to express hi
loughts.
While the four men. whose names We
we given. are asSertive, an admirabie
Ialitv IN a commentator. they belong TO tn
Ass who know enough to know they know
tile. and are. therefore. modest
Then comes Mr. BUNDLE, a. we cal
i'm at home and in the office, on the Dor
crime between the know-it-alls and the
lodesl folks. followed by. let Us say. MI
;latant" the foremost know-it-all of them
IL.
This is the boy who magnfieS every
title reverse in the war and presents IT -
manner TO try TO strike terror into his list
ners. This hoy is clairvoyant. pretidi-
ritator he digs deeply into the future to tel
GU about the things to come. He's smart.
nd if YOU don't believe it. ask him.
As big majority of people remember
\ hat they hear longer than what they read.
hey ,hould ever bear in mind that nobody
an peer any deeper into the future than
= hat they can, apd when sensational stuff
barked at them. they should weigh the
acts calmly and reach their own conclu-
lions and. confident there are no facts L.
weigh. should brush the incident from then
minds
Readers weigh editorials. and agree OF
lisagree with them, and hearers should
weigh 'ha editorializing or propagandizina
nat comes TO them over the radio.
TIE thoughts in this editorial GERM
lated from story of a Key West woman
Who was uneasy for several days 'ove.
ometh-ng Mr. Know-it-all had said. Had
he same thing been said in the printeo
word. she would have weighed it and reach
"a her own conclusion. but she let her ear
mn away vi n her mind.
Train yeur ears a YOU have trained
-our eyes. AID you Will be able TO laugh
.vay ridiculous blcating> that come in over
? he air