1 6 Outlook to Nature 



It is not the doings or the ways of the great 

 bulk of the people those who quietly earn a 

 modest living by ordinary industry that fur- 

 nish much material either for news or for com- 

 ment. We take all that for granted, and when 

 we think of the tendencies of the time, we almost 

 forget its existence. When a touch of nature 

 happens to bring into unaccustomed relief the 

 existence of the homely but sturdy and sterling 

 virtues of the great American people, their right- 

 mindedness and true-heartedness, it is well to 

 draw from the event the lesson that manhood 

 and merit are after all the things which create 

 the very best character for our country and 

 government." 



Real progress moves quietly. 



We gather from this extract the opinion 

 that what we call the " slow " and " dull " may, 

 after all, be the saving strength of a people. In 

 the hamlets and villages and small country cities, 

 great problems are working themselves out just 

 as effectively as in the mighty cities; and although 

 slowly, or even because slowly, they may be 



