Show HAVE PAVE confidence IN FUTURE present generation la Is optimistic as to the doings of those who are to follow if these is any one thing which more than another distinguishes this generation from all those generations of which we have record it Is that the people of this day are vastly moro more interested in the future of mankind than they are in the past and they are excessively optimistic about it where once a lot of fuss was made about the achievements and the high character of the ancient i 4 the talk now Is of the wonderful folk still unborn and end of the marvels it Is taken for granted they will perform there Is less tendency on the part of mature persons to presume that their great grandchildren will bo be without sense and a greater tendency to avoid tying the future up with e constitutional re rc strict ions statutory custom arid legacies of responsibility an ali admirable illustration of this state of if mind Is indicated toy by tho the words of the now york clergyman who informed his congregation tho the other day that human exis existence so far has been the night of life and that dawn was just breaking for the I 1 I 1 real morning of kingdom the gentleman may be wrong or he may bo be right there la Is no sel antille instrument ment so far devised which will foretell or etell the days to come but emch talk we believe is to of incalculable value it helps a great deal in the work of throwing oft such traditions 1 and habits as bind us rather than aid us toledo blade |