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Volume 10 March 8, 1912. Number 10 
Symmetry of Character 
Symmetry is an approach to per- 
fection whether it be in nature, art 
or character. True symmetry in art 
is not so rare as symmetry in the 
character of men. For perfectly 
symmetrical men and women are 
rare in society. The attractiveness 
of the perfect world beyond this one 
in which we dwell has been des- 
cribed by the transcendentalist in 
these very terms, those of sym- 
metry. The height, breadth and 
length of their. celestral city are 
equal. Symmetry is a heavenly vir- 
tue. “Symmetry is as rare in nature 
as in human life. The pebbles of 
the beach are lop-sided and irregu- 
lar, perfectly smooth but not per- 
fectly round. The sands of the sea- 
side, the very hairs of the head, the 
features of men, the leaves of the 
trees are alike in form but each dif- 
fering from the other. It is called 
the variation of types but it is in 
reality variation from symmetry. 
The flowers of the field vary in their 
opportunities and advantages. One 
tree gets a good start but another 
is handicapped by environment. A 
puff of wind, only marks the early 
difference of the seed of the trees. 
If a zephyr had but carried the 
winged seed ten feet onward it 
would have fallen on virgin soil but 
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it fell in the seam of a rock and de- 
veloped gnarled, impoverished and 
unsymmetrical. But even in an ap- 
parently perfect tree the leaves are 
unsymmetrical—there is the ubiqui- 
tous variation. How rare is symme- 
try in nature. It is still more rare 
in human nature. Who can find a 
well rounded man of poise, and well 
balanced judgments and _ action. 
The ancient philosopher turned out 
of his tub with an insignificant light 
to find an honest man. His search 
in our world would be but for a 
short period of time. Honesty is so 
common that the dishonest man once 
detected finds his name written on 
the shell. He is ostracized. But 
who can find the symmetrical man. 
The man who holds the faculties 
and talents and endowments of his 
physical body, of his material 
power, of his intellect and of his 
spirit in checque and in proportion? 
Caricatures are picturesque rep- 
resentations of the pronounced qual- 
ities of men. The penman draws 
one man ali head, another all heart, 
another all gold with hands on the 
chests, another all sympathy, para- 
lyzed into inaction, another all labor 
and no recreation, another all ree- 
reation and no labor and so through 
gamut of the foibles and failings of 
human nature. There are few men 
who could stand the test of the 
earicaturist’s pen. All have fall- 
en short of the perfect man. One of 
the greatest eurses of human life is 
the lack of symmetry and balance 
in life. It is a rare man who can 
take an account of his personal 
stock and find his personal capital 
wisely invested and carefully used. 
Fear 
Fear is the greatest enemy of 
mankind. From the ravages of this 
monster no one is free. Fear ham- 
pers all men in every walk of life 
and hours which could otherwise be 
spent in happiness are ruined for- 
ever. In every human _ enterprise 
prudence is valuable, but not over 
prudence; paralizing the will into 
inaction, is fatal. The farmer, as 
the seasons come, must plant the 
seed and take his chance. He ecan- 
not wait for perfect climatic condi- 
tions. They will never come. They 
never come in any human relation. 
The outcome of business enterprises 
cannot be discerned. There is al- 
ways an clement of daring and the 
breaking of the bonds which fear 
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would bind upon the individual. 
That element of fear must be over- 
come. Chaplain Crawford narrates 
an incident which occurred while 
he was a chaplain on one of our 
battleships. ‘‘During the cannon- 
ading no one could tell through the 
smoke if any damage was being 
done the other side. There was 
nothing left to do but to pound 
away—nothing fearing.’’ From 
time to time, as he was a free lance 
he would go aloft and return to tell 
the gunners the result of their exe- 
cution. Much of life is gained by 
conquering fear and pounding away 
even if one must wait to know the 
results of action. The waiting and 
fearing destroys happiness. It is al- 
ways the worry and not the “work 
which kills. It is too true that fear 
is man’s worst enemy but ‘‘ man 
must pound away nothing fearing’’ 
and win the battle of life. Work is 
being done and impressions being 
made even in the face of fear but 
the heart can never find happiness 
until fear is conquered. And this is 
a problem for the individual to 
solve with himself. No one else can 
solve it for him. 
‘Standing the Test’’ 
The goldsmith put the vessel 
courageously into the hands of the 
expert saying ‘‘it will stand the 
test.’’ Will the Republican party 
and the Republican President stand 
the test of public opinion? The 
President has held out the mailed 
glove to the railroads in an injune- 
tion preventing the raising of 
freight rates. A Postal Savings” 
Bank System has been inaugur- 
ated. 
changed a big deficit to an ample 
surplus. A bureau of mines has_ 
been established and ‘‘enaectments 
affecting liability of employers.” 
Then there are the income tax reso-— 
lutions, the prosecution of the Stan-_ 
dard Oil Company and the Ameri- 
can Tobacco trust case. Not least 
of all the President’s pacific tem- 
The Payne-Aldrich tariff law 
perament has maintained peace in ~ 
the land and peace with the nations 
of the world. The Japanese treaty 
was 
Surely the trust committed to the 
President has been well adminis- — 
tered. He has stood the test. 
All of the explosions in Manches-— 
ter, Monday, were not on the creek. — 
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