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Show Put Limit on Optimism If JOHN a. HOWllRD. There ia a type nf ninn ami fnllar a in I, it ii uh fur hia anna, who niiijht lie dV cult to ii li. I. rut niul were it tint Hint a at i'!' nf the cnlivelltilllial ill life llinkl llil f f-r tintl raay. (h(iiiti(iliiily, tliroii;li correapntiiUiiit I come in tniii Ii with thia iiiiin, who ir rciivil nt thu idea that any form of ipiiatintieil Inic or linrilheailiil conilil. of fact ahoulil lie ripn'Kard in aliarp not liaioii with hia iileula, which hare only (hi rnnvenliniial to back them tip. Ho ia atta1 to fuco tho fiu-li of life He rvfuai-a to rent the lawa which hare been iiili r! 1 ' iIuJui lion aa Kovcrmiig tTio cani-ra of men. " ' . "Why ihould not my torn aaiire to anvlliin?" lie imiala. "Tha world ia full of opportunitlca. 'I'licro ia no limit to human aorompliih-im-ut in human affairt." I'caaniiiam King haa bren regnriliil by the alicniat aa a tliiwaac. In any riaKKTrnliil form, without the mnlerial and pniiaing ronditiona which might breed it, the fiprcaainn of H'aaimiam ia only an effect, pointing back to ita cauae in an alierrattil brain and iiitvoiii ayitrm. In cont mat to thia victim of lieuraalhenia ia that other typical mac, , in which vvcrything under the aim wenra the glory of imagination. Slrep. 1 ing on a cot in a detention hoapitul for the inaiitic, the cell ia a palace. Then uianifcitly brtwren thcao extrcmea mint lie thn narrow line i of aunity and ecnae of proportion, willumt which a urine existence cannot Ih ai'tiacd; without which a aano riiateuce cannot lie livisl. Op'1iiiatn haa grown to be a conventionality to it rung in influence that it often ia an affectation, pure and iitnplv. We have licen dealing in entreinea let ua take an eiample of the extreme in the Hivotnpliahmetit of the buy. l'.verv American tiorn bny of am i nd phyaiitio ia a potential president of the Vnited Stntca. He muat Ik' a better preaident 'if he ahatl bo trained to diplomacy and itatitman-ahip. itatitman-ahip. lie ahould have the environment of atntcamen and of diplomata. "Why not train your eon all your anna to diplomacy and atateaman-alnp';" atateaman-alnp';" I nl. of thia (Mnveutionnl father. I Hut a ruiuliiliite fur the prcaidcntiiil offico ia not eligihlo until he it i ;'.'i )eam old ; prnhnbly at li.'i ycara old age apiin would make him imligi- Hi'. Hut nt mint in thia W year of age eligibility, with one term to each executive, the olliie would Ihi Mini only "even time. Tl chance it too grent," i thia anticipated auawer. j Which bring u back auiti to the disturbing l- of averagea aiinat I which hia convciitiiimil optimiam haa ri-rn in iirma. A I'iiiIcI Sltci riiiutor a abort time ago ilivhired that !'. nu ll ruled the I'mniicinl destiny of tint nation. A mini urlntcr might mlvnuce the utiiti tm-iit Hint 1(H) fiiiinliea lend the ii:itinu' aneiety. Sciintilic, literary, nrt, an. I profi.iiional ; cierl might group the m'vci al leaders in at ill amallcr iiiiinlicra. What i the uae? O, wluit i the uae nf hnlding up to the young man hi. gn.il Ihese H-uk nf nllninmetit uhen ni inii.h that ia auivt aii.l lading i in life lie uiitaatcil ami uiitninhcil at the feet nf the yniing in.iti, ia. . guided and Mruiiiing hia eyea with looking upward? |
