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Out of the multitude of things one onehears onehears onehears hears in his rambling about the coun coun- country country country - try , and listening l1stening in 111 to all the street streetcorner streetcorner streetcorner corner gossip , , and the hotel lobby talkof talkof talk | of men of all a11 abilities abiUUes , iclative lelaUve relative to the thenew thenew thenew new presldert presidert of the United Umted States , , itwould it itwould itwould would seem that thlt they all have an abid abId- abIding abiding abiding - ing faith in what .hat hat vthat , . he is doing domg , , and at- at attempting attempting at attempting - tempting to do foi for our country , and md its itsI itsp itspeople itspeople I p people ople Never haie hme hare , I heard henrd an unkind unkindI unkindnote unkindnote unkindnote I note as to what he has hns dor dore foi us up upto upto upto to date A country v vide Ide optImIsm optImIsmpen optimismpert optimismpen pen pert ides "tdes tdes odes " the very air . , , and all seemingly seem seem- seemmgly seemingly - ingly mgly rejoice that we have a man v.ho vho Rho v.hois Rhois . whois is not afraid to do things , even in in-the in the intheface in'theface intheface ' - the theface face of the money power of the landSome land landSome landSome Some of them may be thankful that thatthey thatthey thatthey they do not go behind the bars , wh11e while whilea/ whilea wh11eG whileafew G a / few of them may take the route of ofrogues ofrogues ofrogues rogues before the play is over . . Some of the grea great t and mighty seem seemto seemto seemto to have lost all character , honesty andeven and andeven andeven even their good name in their greed greedto greedto greedto to make money They even try to toevade toevade ! evade the payment of their 111come income 111comeI 111cometax incometax incometax I tax , , as did Mitchell of the powerful powerfulN N Y bank of which he " was "as as in m mgh high mghI mghoffice highoffice highoffice I office Such is the hypocncy hypocrlCY hypocricy of the theI thegreat thegreat thegreat I great and mighty In the financial financialworld financialworld financialworld world If my memory serves me right rightI , I believe beheve I once made mention of the thehypocl1cy thehypocncy thehypocncy hypocl1cy hypocncy in man m these days , in my myJottmgs myjottings myjottings Jottmgs jottings Well whether I did or not notI , I II I still say that men of all stations m in inlife inlife i ilife life are full fuIl of it If they can make makepeople makepeople makepeople people believe that they are angeIic,1 angeIic1 angelic angelicwell , well ' \ ( > 11 and , good , but m 111 in the final analy analy- analyI analysis analysis analysis - I sis It is generally general1y found out , and even evenif evenif I Iif if all do not know it there is 15 a good goodsprlnUmg goodsprinkling goodsprinkling sprlnUmg sprinkling of humanity humamty who do have havethe havethe I Ithe the knowledge E\ E \ E\en E en Een Eten \ en in the da days dais s of ofChnst ofChrist ofChrist Chnst Christ the earth was full of it Some Someof Someof Someof of them found it in m the course of heal- heal hear- hear healmg hearing heal healing - : ing mg Him make the comment that they theyv theywere theywere were v . ere full of hypocncy hypocricy . . It seems that thatI thatwe thatwe thatwe I we have not changed much during all allthe allthe allthe the years that have come and goneYears gone goneYears I Years have passed pa'Ssed ' , and many of ofI ofthem ofthem ofthem I them , since I went to school in the thelittle thelittle thelittle -little little - old log school house , but I well wellremember wellremember I Iremember remember that I had some splendId splendIdI splendIdteachers splendidteachers splendidteachers I teachers even in 111 the days of long Ibtig Ion ? ago agoI agoThey agoThey agoThey They impressed unpressed upon mer-the mer the m me & - 'the the ' the neces neces- necessity necessity necessity - - I sity of building bullding a good character , a agood agood agood good name along with honesty and andintegnty andintegrity andIntegrity integnty integrity In fact I was told that a agood agood agood good name Is synonymous with good goodcharacter goodcharacter goodcharacter character To Impress it more forcIbly forcIblyupon forciblyupon forciblyupon upon my mind , one of my teachers teachershad teachershad teachershad had me memorize a short stanza of ofpoetry ofpoetry ofpoetry poetry , and told me to never forget it itI itI ItI I ha\e ha e hate \ it yet , stored away among the thegems thegems thegems gems in my memory book , and I am ampassmg ampassing ampassing passmg passing it on to the young and nsing nsng nsnggeneration nsinggeneration risinggeneration generation ' ' " When "When 'When ' wealth is lost , Nothing is 13 lost lostWhen lostWhen lostWhen When health is lost , Something Somethmg is lost lostWhen , When character is 15 lost , All is 15 lost " There you have it It Its s as true to- to today today to today - day as it ever was even from the be- be begmnmg beginning be beginning - ginning gmnmg Solomon sa says s , "A A " good name nameIs nameis nameis Is rather to be chosen than great greatliches greatinches greatnches liches inches lichesII II " IIHe He made tha that t remark a amighty amighty amighty mighty long time ago , and I guess the theold theold theold old boy knew what he was talking talkingabout talkingabout talkingabout about They had the same disease ill m illhis mhis inhis his day and generation I fear \ we e will willnever \ willnever \ III IIInever never outgicw outgIOW outgrow itMoab itMoab it itMoab Moab must be ' an extremely busy busyburg busyburg busyburg burg these days I never run rim across acrossany acrossany acrossany any of the boys in any of the towns I I.am Isin Iam .am am sin . occasionally occaslOnally squeezed Into in my myrambling myi ambling rambling 1 from place to place I try tryto tryto tryto to keep my eyes open , but they seem to be locked up completely I hope hopethe hopethe hopethe the : ; sheriff herHf has not got everybody lock lock- locked locked locked - ed up down In tliat that neck of the woods woodsIf woodsIf woodsIf If so , I Im m going . to t.o ask the Justice of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Peace to declare a moratorium for forsix forsix forsix six months and get a few fev felt . of the old oldboys oldboys . boys out in the open for a few days days.YOU daysYOU . . 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