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Show BY ELBERT HUBBARD Every tyrant who ever lived has believed In freedom for himself. Somotlmes ho has beon gonorouB and has been willing to glvo freedom to a fow others whom he deemed fairly fair-ly Intelligent. But freedom for all nonsense thoy would cut themselves them-selves with It. I bollovo more In tho goodnesa ot bad people than in tho badness ot good peoplo. Joyous are tho busy, dissatisfied aro tho ldlo, Tho blaming ot woman for all tho Ills ot tbo world Is tho crowning blunder ot certain creeds. It is better to bo lied about than to He. Tho old woman who wants her photo to look llko a coy maiden has forgotten that death Is as natural as I llfn llfo. Hell Is a separation and Heaven is only going homo to our friends. God looked upon His work and saw that It was good.. That Is whoro tho clergy tako issue with Hlra, Ignornnco Is not so bad as deception. decep-tion. I bolong to tho happy Elect Fow who havo succeeded in ridding themselves them-selves of tho friendship of many, Peoplo who alt back and prldo themselves on their culturo haven't any to speaK of. Riches used to take to themselves wings; now they simply go away In an automobile. It Is a good policy to leavo n fow things unsaid. Tno Ideas that benefit a man aro seldom welcomed by him on first presentation. It Is perfectly safo to say that ninety-nine men out of every hundred in civilized countries aro opposed to war. We recognize that llfo Is short and the night comcth. Leave us alone. Horatlus still stands at tho bridge, spear In hand, because n poet placed him there; Paul Revere rides n-down the night, giving his warning cry at overy Middlesex village and farm, becauso Longfellow set tho meters In a gallop; across the wasto of waters wa-ters tho enemy calls upon Paul Jones to surrender and the volco of Paul echoes back, "Damn your souls to hell we have not yot begun to flght." Tho modest woman Is tho ono who cries her wares In nn artistic and effective manner. Wo help ourselves only as we olp others. Do not asplro to bo king of tho Bclllakcrs thero's too much compo-tctlon compo-tctlon for the placo. A college degrco Is a social certificate certi-ficate not u proof of competence. When trouble comes, wlso men tako to their work weak men tako to. tho woods. |