Show the old settler written fr from am salt lake city 0 my dear san juners some travelers fin s sh bleir journey aci across osa this terrestrial stags stage and make maka their exit still happy in the ile belief that men are what they pretend to be that virtue is immaculate that wisdom is infallible and that saints are men who are and have always been without aitho at a sin or a weakness but there are th tace e who are prying and observing and very thoughtful to reach some unusual conclusions ond nd they perceive that pretensions are generally but I 1 a thin veneer that is sure to buckle and peel after a shower 1 they discover 1 that virtue virtu ir is generally just a sincere effort to wash away the stain of folly that wisdom is honeycombed with f folly 01 I 1 and that saints are only humble I 1 pl edgers who have succeeded I 1 in over ove borning oi ning some of their fail ure ind are cherishing the fond hope of reaching leaching a consistent standard 1 the people who make this discovery fall fall into two classes iha one class sees only the folly the stain the human frailties which the tha toilie is trying to overcome and because cf f theme thee things they become sour and full of accusation a and blame condemning mankind in general and becoming i very much out of tune with the dispirit spirit and hope of progress the other class is able to see the real potency of goodness turn to page sixteen the old settler 0 continued from rage 1 fighting its way up from th the e lark depths and the sight of i it t the gam chivalry of it ia inspiring inspire ng th s second class looks and gets an intensified sympathy for cor human hopes and purpose and requires of its own self sef to do better than ever before I 1 maintain that if there thera is 13 anything commendable commend comm endab abe e in the he achieve nent of man getting hi eyes pen ipen the degree of that com is to be measured by the way his increased vi in un impels ea him to do beitter batter bC itter if I 1 cannot ot discover what seems to be b tha iha inwardness of things and the hidden motives in mens hearte wi vi hout being apet end nd d s rat ra t ed to go into a fit of rags rage and condemn mankind in general let mer me go on in the belief that everybody is just j st what he pret nde t be and make my exit from the aage never knowing that mankind are whit what they are ALBERT R LYMAN |