nothingness. But within a decade it has been borne LITTLE 

 in upon a vast number of the thinking men of the world JOURNEYS 

 that deliverance from discontent and sorrow was to be 

 had not through ceasing to ask questions, but by ask- 

 ing one question more. The question is this, " What 

 can I do? " 



When man went to work, action removed the doubt 

 that theory could not solve. 



The rushing winds purify the air ; only running water 

 is pure; and the holy man, if there be such, is the one 

 ^vho loses himself in persistent, useful effort. By work- 

 ing for all, we secure the best results for self, and when 

 we truly work for self, we work for all. 

 In that thoughtful essay by Brooks Adams, " The Law 

 of Civilization and Decay," the author says : " Thought 

 is one of the manifestations of human energy, and 

 among the earlier and simpler phases of thought, two 

 stand conspicuous Fear and Greed. Fear, which, by 

 stimulating the imagination, creates a belief in an in- 

 visible world, and ultimately develops a priesthood." 

 <JThe priestly class evolves naturally into being every- 

 where as man awakens and asks questions. Only the 

 unknown is terrible, says Victor Hugo. We can cope 

 with the known, and at the worst -we can overcome the 

 unknown by accepting it. Verestchagin, the great 

 painter who knew the psychology of war as few have 

 known, and went down to his death gloriously, as he 

 should, on a sinking battle-ship, once said: " In mod- 

 ern warfare, when man does not see his enemy, the 

 poetry of the battle is gone, and man is rendered by 



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