Part 26 (2/2)

Accept the Present--you have to--here it is.

Concentrate on the Future--still yours to make--and get busy!

A CENTRAL SUN

A Song

Given a central sun--and a rolling world; Into the light we whirl--and call it day; Into the dark we turn--and call it night; Glow of the dawn--glory of midday light-- Shadow of eve--rest of the fragrant night And the dawn again!

Given a constant Power--and a pa.s.sing frame; Into the light we grow--and call it life; Into the dark we go--and call It death; Glory of youth--beauty and pride and power-- Shadow of age--rest of the final hour-- And are born again!

REASONABLE RESOLUTIONS

The trouble with our ”New Year Resolutions” is that they are too personal. We are always fussing about our little individual tempers and weaknesses and bad habits.

While we, Socially, behave as badly as we do, we individually can accomplish little.

Says the wiseacre--”Ah! but if each of us was individually perfect Society would be perfect!”

Not at all! You can ama.s.s any number of perfect parts of a mechanism--or organism--but if they do not _work together right_ the thing is no good.

And you can't learn to work together by trying to be perfect separately.

Can you?

We need collective aims, collective efforts, collective attainments.

Let us collectively resolve:

That we will stop wasting our soil and our forests and our labor!

That we will stop poisoning and clogging our rivers and harbors.

That we will stop building combustible houses.

That we will _now_--_this year_--begin in good earnest to prevent all preventable diseases.

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