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Dryden tells you in four lines what the actual man would amount
to if he had his way.
"My next desire is, void of care and strife,
To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life.
A country cottage near a crystal flood,
A winding valley and a lofty wood."
Every man who could afford it would live for himself, to indulge
some useless little tenth-rate part of his brain activity. ----
The world progresses because the wisdom of the universe compels
every man to work directly or indirectly for every other man.
If we had our way, if hard necessity did not compel us to do the
disagreeable work for which we are fitted, we should all live for
ourselves; we should all be mere human sponges, absorbing
personal gratification--the progress of the human race would
stop.
Let this fact console you when you contemplate with bitterness
the few who accumulate great fortunes.
You are a disappointed drop in a great ocean of useful human
beings. The interest of the whole ocean demands that you and the
vast majority of all other drops should fail to get what you
crave--
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE USELESS.
600 TEACHERS NOW, 600,000 GOOD AMERICANS IN THE FUTURE
On one single day 600 teachers, representing and devoted to the
American public school system, sailed for the Philippine Islands.
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