Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-16 | Page 4 | Dr. Vance's Daily Article

DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE B1 i: JAMCS 1 VANOl Mr Knocker where do ou come in? You have great knocking powers but can ou pull'' You are strong at Ihe brakes, but dirt you ever stretch the traces'.' You can raise objections, jliut did you for put on anything that Inn-ant progress? You Can defame and I discourage the men v. ho are trying to I do something, but what single thing have you ever done to help your town up and on ? You arc wise, wonderfully wise. You know exactly how everything .should be done. You have a mind that takes hold not to speck of a tongue that bites. You have a wisdom that Is Seldom Sel-dom matched, never missed. 'ne wonders why '"u have been overlooked. overlook-ed. -uch a boon rcconstructor and regulator of human affairs should be elected by acclamation It is a sight for gods and men when you ret Into action. Socrates and Methusaleh, from their caves In the land of shades, look on with envy as you dispense wisdom, but you never get beyond erial pyhotechnlca Why don't you take hohl and do something Mreak Into sweat. Bend your back to some burden. Stretch your muscles over tome task Empty your poekctbook to .some good cause. I r at least Join the crowd and help cheer .some fellow who Is doing all this. 1 Not you Not on your life' You were built for repose and advice There sou sit on your perch of self-esteem, dispensing criticism It Is an easy role to play. No one conducts so large a business on so smU a capital as the critic. Brains thin by nature and exhausted ex-hausted by cultivation ma- still gain great notoriety by 4.ffenng criticism But you are not really needed A little of you goes a long ways. The people would be willing to vote for a vacation. They would let vou go off on full pay, and, should you forgt ! to come back, there would be no crape ! There Ih a verse which says: ' If a man thlnketh himself to be something w hen he is nothing, he decelseth him - j self ' There Is food for thought In ithat scripture Quite knocking, dear patriot. Abate I J our critical Instincts. It is not negations ne-gations but positions that we need. I Throw away your hammer and get a 'hoe!