Show TAfT WRITES RITES I VIEWS ON I OPTIMISM f Man Must Hope Dope for Better Things In Order to Bring Them About Now New No YOlk Feb Feu 27 2 Tafts faCts views on optimism are ex expressed expressed expressed pressed in a letter written by him U tJ Rev Re Thomas R who is prominent neat nent In tho the Optimist club of America Tho Tine letter loiter from Mr r Taft was made mad public today and anti follows Cincinnati Feb 18 IS lOaD 1000 My Jr Dent Dear Mr h I have your letter elter of or Feh Feb 11 and am glad to ox ex express Iress press my sympathy with time the J of ii tho the club and the Optimist Publishing company towards time the pros cut cat conditions The rite man who does doc tint not hope for bettor better timings things and does docs sot not believe that better belter things can be he hi brouGht ought about is not tho the tuna man meol likely to bring better things timings about The Tho uncompromising attitude which will whit not accept Some progress is better than none time tho Insistence upon the full foil realization of o the highest Ideals and the rejection of any an compromise which accomplishes good are arc all like lIlee likely likely ly Iy to retard progress Constant crill criticism cism and constant pessimism are pro pio of paralysis and stagnation No one who wishes to do anything and bring about real reforms should allow himself to lo read from froni day daj to day dEl edi edl editorials and amid other othor printed articles tho time tone of which Is pessimistic and an hyper hypercritical critical for nothing will vill tako take out ot him tho enthusiasm necessary to sue suc successful effort as all tho the reading of or such lIuch matter r Very sincerely yours Signed WM H TAFT |