Show C v i by elbert hubbard f t 4 W V 0 all or ONLY are babies objections object iona nor nis ble in flats but the actual fact is they are more or less im possible people who live in flats are I 1 ke animals in captivity they do not reproduce man is a land animal he ile belongs on the ground and he is only safe sane sensible sen sibl well and happy when halt half of h a time is spent close to mother strong men can well afford to be gentle those who know can well cul cut sivate a lence the cities may have their little mobs and riots but the farmers will plow and sow and reap and feed their stock and go forth to their labors until the evening the farm ers have ever and always been the hope of the world health i 13 a gift but you have to work to keep it the age of enlightenment will not be e here until every church has evol ved into a school house and every preacher is both a teacher and a pupil it is a greater disgrace to be s ck ek thata to be in the penitentiary if you are in the pen it is a sign that aou have broken some man made statute but it you are sick it is a sign that you have broken some god made law troubles are not really troubles lesun un less you quit work and incubate incubi te them otherwise they are only incidental diversions they whom god has ha put asunder no man can jo n together the wise man contains in himself every quality ot of the foolish person plus the attributes and charac tens teris ties tics of the wise one his foolishness is held in check by discretion and instead of energy being blown about by caprice it is controlled by judg ment self reliance is all right but in dependence is out of the question no man gets along in life without the operation cooperation and support of other men the hammer and tongs are all ail r tut but do not misuse them on the question of marriage and divorce the clergy are making their last clutch disuse is misuse be yourself and you 11 be distin disgrace consists in mentally ac knowledg ng disgrace spinsterhood is not a misfortune its it s an achievement I 1 your neighbor is the man who needs you there are people who are in trou brou ble but their woe is nothing to that of those who a trouble produce great pumpkins the p es follow the more I 1 see men the better I 1 like my horse bring me cheerful messages or none when what you have done in the past looks large to you you haven t done much today no one who loves misunderstands the difference between goodard good and bad people is this the bad people have the bad on the outside and the good in while good people have the good outside and the bad in do not go up against another man mans s game get a game of your own and it to the limit and by the a game where both parties do not win is immoral |