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Show MEMORY'S PART IN THE RECORDS OF EVERYDAY LIFE TTiiplensant things may be pleasantly pleas-antly remembered and, in a se:ise, gloried In. Among these are hardships hard-ships overcome, dangers survived and sacrifices that bear fruit. So it w as held by Aeiveas, who assured his comrades that in days to come they would rejoice to recall their trials and tribulations. One can readily enough understand this. It is only the treasons that it Is unpleasant to recall. There can be nothing painful in the recollection of difficulties mastered. mas-tered. An old philosopher was convinced con-vinced that the gods rejoiced to see a good man in difficulties, for that Involved a conflict In which It Is possible pos-sible for a strong character to triumph. tri-umph. What Is pleasant to remember Is loyalty to truth and right, drowning drown-ing makes this very clear in one of his poems. The thing that stings Is the recollection of failure and cowardice, cow-ardice, falseness and pettiness. Shakespeare's counsel "to thine own self be true" cannot be improved on. A man's future, the point from which he looks back on his journey through life, is determined by what he does and thinks every day. If he would have happy recollections, he can have them, but only by filling his lifo with things which he would rejoice and be proud to remember. Memory may be one of life's blessings bless-ings or one of its greatest curses. To return to the gloomy phase of the subject, Lady Macbeth suffered from and because of things "rooted In the memory," which is a very solemn sol-emn thought. If evil Is rooted In the memory it Is very difficult to get rid of. Indianapolis News. |