Show GETTING AWAY FROM ONES PAST c pis IS grievous an old english T writer wr iter says though I 1 am not at all 1 I S ure sure that he Is correct in this tant that with all amplification ot of travel both by sea and land a man can never separate himself from his past history we are accustomed ordinarily in making such guch reflections to apply the principle only to those things in our post past that are unwholesome or questionable tio and to emphasize the permanent influence of 0 evil things but it 16 I 1 equally true of our contact with healthy or noble or beautiful things no erper experience lence of life when it Is past leaves a dan quite the same as he WM was before one man has climbed longs peak or crossed the ocean or heard a great musician or seen a beautiful picture or been under the influence even for a brief time of a fine alne char abar acter comes away from the exper leDes with a little different view of lift broader outlook a higher conception of duty ne lie can never sink sinic quite to the level he occupied before before isaiah harding one of our neighbors when I 1 was a child had never dever been outside of the state lie he had ploughed sloughed hed and sown and reaped LIS liis and had known no other outlook than the broad prairies that stretched endlessly before him then he visited the centennial exposition in philadelphia the trip rip cost him one hundred and fifty dollars lie he confessed after lie come came back it seemed a small fortune in 1876 but it was worth it all ile he was a newman new man for the experience he had seen a new world he had had an unexpected vision and he never tired of telling of it he never got away from it it was a trifling experience which sent me to college an irritating stimulating criticism of my appearance anil and my ignorance which I 1 could not quite forget or ignore the young fellow who was responsible for the remark had no thought of the effect of hla his words I 1 imagine but his words bored into my consciousness and I 1 could never get away from them ultimately they changed the whole current of my life and thought it Is true of all of us every emotion we feel every noble generous word we utter or thought we have every experience that Is ours good or bad leaves a permanent impression apon our lives and characters no ko one oae can an ever get away from hla his past |