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Show Timely Topics MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE. A general lummlnf up nf life by phlloaohra. pot. prearhrra or even rynlca. uau.illy rontalna th proposition proposi-tion that radi age hun lt 'cinipen"ation and th:t the mental attitude changeii aa experience accumtilutr ;ind tnan'a physical f acuities undergo the gradual disint'-pr.t-tion that lead to dlaoHitlnn. Thla may be true, for it seem a to rcet on the actual trlnl of lire oxer a long stjcreoslon nf generation, and Is In accord with the Inevitable In-evitable rycla, which requires that each man's arm berln where h bevan, not where he left off. It does not take Into consideration, however, that at each atng of x:t-ene x:t-ene man misses) much that be mirht enjoy, simply be. rattwe he goes In pursuit of mythical thing., rather than holding to safe and aolid Inheritances. No Intention la here contained of laying down a hard and fast rule for guidance; It Is both difficult and dangerous dan-gerous to undertake to eet up aiandarda. for man ha.i ever been Intractable and of mind to wander n way fmm well defined paths. It Is the tendency to diverge that has baffled and at the same time delighted biologists, biolo-gists, who have found nature careful of the type, while careless nf the single 1'fe, yet charitable and hospitable to the slngl life when It once up business fur it- j self and establishes Ita Hgbt to exist. In fact, the good ; old lady then adopts the divergent as a new type, and j propagates It with utmost care until another Individualistic Individualis-tic member of the group set a off on a new tangent. Were this not o, the plthecamhropua might never have attained his distinctive title of erect us, nor. In fact, would animated creation have Journeyed fur beyond the amoebae. amoe-bae. Type breed true, but the everlasting ferment con- tlnualty tnepire the effort to get away rrom type, and Into a newer and perhaps a better state. When thla lesson from nature's oren hook ! conned and understood, mankind will come nearer to the pea It -matlon of what life really contains. From the beginning I nf responsible days to the end. It Is a continual sue- I cession of opportunities Kach day provides Ha chances aa well mn Ita dutlee. Only tho who are submerged In the morass of routine lose the glorious prospects that come with each rising of the sun. IK the drudgery, for It must be done; that phase of life Is Inexorable, but do not let the press) of routine close In on you to the end that the real vista of I Iff la narrowed and vision disappears In a echedule of things that are to be attended at-tended to each day, and which becomes In time a monotonous repetition nf little acts. pome of the greatest things ever dona fr humanity have been done by thoee who spent the greater part of their Uvea in the treadmill only they lid not think of It as that. They were at the taak appointed for them to do, but they did not let It ao completely absorb them aa to destroy de-stroy the tendency to diverge. t maha lee. |
