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Show COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS A philosopher has said: "Man can make a garden out of a desert and a desert out of a garden." This means that the struggle to make a garden out of a desert brings out of men the best there is in them. With the result achieved, the serpent of discontent enters the garden, gar-den, and what has been attainedbyso much labor and sacrifice may be lost by a lack of appreciation of what has already been accomplished. It is well that we should give thought to the wrongs and abuses of the social and governmental order, but it is also essential that we should give thought to the advantages and opportunities of our social and governmental gov-ernmental heritage. Perfection in society and government govern-ment is not to be expected so long as the men and women who go to make up a national or social order fall short of perfection. If we will take a good look within ourselves we may be able to discover reasons why we have not yet arrived at the New Jerusalem. When we survey history and look about the world as it is today, we Americans will find many reasons to be thankful that we live in the age and in the land in which we have been born. Things are not perfect, of course, but they are so much better bet-ter for the average man here and now than they have ever been at any time elsewhere, that we ought to count our blessings, thank God and take courage. |