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1. ter m j ©f tkiakliig.2. ter my af aottag.3. Oor v®j t f « n a n L ttliu .

fkl® 1« m&% tte tlm tm m ta . Zt 1® tte tlaa for M ti. lot anah

tbst te§ 1mm pvavavat laag ®g@ tn wmês mm te ê@m taflay t e t m tte m i m i

#p@tftk tf wwd® lat® teüdi la êaaio&» nar teoate out, aaA it la faaatliaaM a

if te » akteM talk at a ll . I f tteva la m j n h w ia m te in t M m t e l tryiag

t» aéy aanatMng, it w at te t te t m M m aaatter n a » «tf gatttng aoiiaa

atarted, cwn «ter tte fMiaw» af auok m »nargaiioy, mA a@t atj#ly by v«te

<v «■havtatiana. 1» vlak to ®@@ @®rtal® a@te t o . Z tkiak m t af m fm l

tte t tte ©Otmtry a®#te a w y laag trial ia m ém t» mM tkia aaw attent

« « tek l» , t te t ia , to ahtit daaa tte autaMfell» faotarlM ia D*troit f« tv©

tentte mé, ©«swrt tkm lat© alvflaa» faetteiaa . IMa i@@i§i@a m m s m M m

•nkarted na • laag w®@o vaatte® vklak mm nvt te ravartlkla. V» ©axmat g@

teak. % tte otter toot m a u M m f« vtotary. ïtera te» tv® thinga «Meh

w» kapt t© a long naca ®Mft, uat a anaaMafal Ski® i m

ttat v® w t tew Mva kap# far tte fa tw a . fterafw a ©vonteiy ia ®tei@aa t©

lfs@k lat®, natter to p»©P tkn®®^, to raai pmêl®t&mma ta wmê. mmy bmM m

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war. Emm m r ®®h@®l b@@ka mm m var, m y@a Iddov. 1 4® not think w®

@aa pr®41@t, end 1 think w® «hould not pr®dist. 1 think it is «inful for

a wm to try to pxwdlot Inna ©wrote b@@aa§® i t tatea aaay lib e r ty / fm -

4ietion j a m planning* «ohaalng. You ©a® only pr@4i@i wten p®epl® tehawa

l i t e o®8§ in a wheel. Ton teny teten fr®@4iw. n®r®for® Z m not going

to pr®4iot anything beoana® I wmdd insult you. It is a funny thing that

nany p@®pl© to not fool lnoultot by pr®4iotion, 4® not roaont It* to not

M m that they ar® onHafoi by ®r®4i@ti@n of any plan, hooaua® th® min

decision of tholr l i f t ia nate for ttea by othora. I will not protlot.

But I think thar® ia another aothot by whioh m @m poop thrsngh a g®@4

teal of tte fates®, a teoont way. V® ®aa a® lit® ©ur live®, w® mb listen

t® liwm that Imm b®®n liw®4 preparing this fates®. That is why I b@li©Y©

in th® suggestion that w® should. te©«t® incalculable with tte p®opl® who

m®mi, to haw® liw®4 f owner ly , but who aotually Mm not liwsd at all aa@®pt

m ym m1m tten liw®. Zt ia a Metals® to think that WiUian Jama, Jonathan

Mwafte and Count te Saint-State haw® liwoA. 1 eaa giw® pp®@f in tte p®rs@n

of Janes in Ms "Moral BfalwaUnt for War" written in 1910* in whi@h hi

pMtiote tte 4®foat of tte laitet State® by Japan, than te says, Klf w®V

wish to do thing about prontatiisg w n m ham* to ter® an «twlralont

war.” Thirty y@@r® ter® gtot by without mjmm doing anything about

i t . they thought it was an . Intem ttlag oooay. Wmj oould do o@MtUng#

and th® oar m b ® notwithstanding our off art to ter® a mmmmt for %b®

acral otaivaloat for war orwr th® vhol® ®arth. Tte thing which hit U fa

ni^ifioi and pointed out at th® and m Mm m ln tte«l® mm m m fo llow d

up, and ao far $m m 1st® liwsd in rain « not a witi®§ of Ms toaoMag

at i n w ä ttiirwrsity m m p t things that mm not is m s , thing® that any

psychologist Bight tew di®oor®r®4 in any $mmm ln M® plae®. Th® par*

•Quality of M m s is a fotoaat into tbs futur® to antiolpato oortain

prOhlow whlsh you ter® to ®©lr® in your oohoolroca and oiassroM to*wren., IV' .:

1® tan prodiot that m rospoot tho r®@@nr@ir of nwmmm<êêê&,n llr®o, not

unsuoMooful; I lib® b®tt®r th® abnormi fora, "unflueooodte" lira®. M m

whioh ®o far ter® teas lirod in tain teoaus® w@ ter® not M lo w d in tteir

: footsteps, ter® not d@n® anything about i t . If m star® a su ffieten t aubter

tel* ®uoh tmmsmeB of th® past and do not aUotr th® Both® ate tte rust to)iV a t ths® w® My road th® fatusr® in tin run®® with vhioh ttes® p@@pl® ter®

a® 8®wry* I think that at this Maant whan w® ter® to j*«g> into

teak mam ate Jo®p® life Ingg^® or person® who otlM ter® not yst sm s to

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l i t e and w%@ viah t® @§a® to l i t e . 1 'te lir a tte t A»rioan® do aot

wlan to l«m tte lr teritagi at tM@ b w s I ky ttei® a@w oQMuniatio,

oolteotlT ioti« fo w of lifa . Itero mm ©aly to® Am rlm M and mm

Wwm&mim t te t ted to 4® v lth tte M m tradltion, o itk vnlty, v ith

®»j Z @ot® f!ro® ftemtay and materiate to iotorprot tk lc . Itero 1®

aaotter oXoaont ®f aaA atrvak ia i t , kmt X tkiak it i® tarrikl® to ®ay

itet ite§fl©a teaaot «ter tte ftsimr® oittemi iM® telteat «t tte #igte®«ik

omtoory parita&lm, tte alnoteanth Mntoory phllMppby* and tte tooatiotli

©oatary aooiallom. Tte®® aro tte tte®@ oXoaoat® ohich ®r@ r®prt®«ted ky

ttea® tlur*® B»a, s i l Mtfily taafmAMMMful ia ttelr tim a® Z tkiak yo® a li

tao® ky a®o f r « roadlag ttelr klograpkia® aafl, ky maftlfilted pr«4®o, if

aot tte prmdm ®f Smml®aj «rteialy ia itearloa ttey ropromt tte @ter-

a@teri®ii@ Aaortoan tr a d it i« , ia tte te® f« a ia wM@k Mtitite i« v ita l,

ptettslate® and lir a s , a® MopmpMo®«

Vte wted k i^ ap k y M® quit® a « n u ter ia t tte I te t teoaty ywr®.

®te Mogr&pliioal atoly off mm i® caaly paasikl® ky tte lr MMteMM, ky

p®«pZ® wk® tM n t t te t ttey w® liv la g tte lite® «f ttea® p®%l® in B&m

tmm m otter. t e of tte ateter® ®f tte n®4i@ml ®knr@k tept a dlary ®f

ali M® aot® io ttet te ooajft k® after iaatk* tjo y§®r® after ttet

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te m s ©ansnliid, but i t did nm> b§ip him to tew written •© much. Xdvas

@m b@ tarns® after biography b@@@s®®@ tetter and tetter taowu After a

Mraftrte ysar® fhateapaaara io wmk Mr® ®11tb t©4ay tin te was f if ty or

a huaSr®«. yaaw ago. Many Mr® pstssl® low M ® today, and may m w fuote

hi® smteMe. Stographloo ttorofor® wo intam t& ag in t te t ttey #r@t?

cm stm tl^g teat thsy pr@4u@@ asst only fate»®® but dsponA m tte fat«®»

ften you telnk about km m boiap, »tout your tea proiate, you ©oh® to

kate than tetter m& tetter, usually wte® ttey mm daa&j yon fin a lly oosm

to mAmmtmA teat fooling, teat ia atrango. A © M M kaaaa nothing of

Mm paronte, lint tea ©14« te® @ M M grows, tea old«* tea l i f e go®« m

tefir®. Xt ia Just tea opposite with any ptenoanon of mtwm* Item an

oarthfuate happona oyawitMim® an tea only m m who on tell aa. Vs

loan of it after i t la ovw, Xt m y te imparted hy m m raport®, hy alter

padpla, «A tea te ro@@rA@&. 1§ think of mm history, if w® o n ly only

M m teon ocntanpararias, vitliaaaaa to te® ownta, wm would know what i t

waa all about, i f wo ted toon ©ooff® Washington Imp owr tte h a te*®

at CMarlSga. But whan tea Imping took^aoo, m Aid not taos? wtet a

«® ha v ia . 9tet ia absolutely ten®, tea mm who mm i t ted mm 14®a

only « ©sold te mho i t . Wo know moh mmm about Qaorga WaaMagten than

V

tte people in the street® of §sAridg^s who doubted ¥ # £ 7 oooh if te

oould win tte w . B@@au®@ I »appote only %hm® people wh» hat®

followed in Mm footet®ps and who har® d«® @ to® thing t® tte ©@a-

•titu tion aaä ©till intest to do ®»things Irasw Mr# «hout Mm than

hit otetevwtriM» Biographies ®r® Rowing in h m m and tm m h m w

there is l i f e that has not teen lived pvt. Bé ©an go to tte® as a «tenti

roan. Vi ©an supply ourselves eventually with tte®© @t©r«Ä«®i»y tamam«

m w® do wten w@ rm out of gasolene «o te speate. Sium wo am ©nt of gas

X prepot® ttet w© eeuat tte very im teltegings vhioh m M m to täte lato

tte future and ui® ttes® belongings u öw®®®bo®, m algß ?@ats, m oste

wteeh «e might «ov into the fie ld whioh w® ©all future. I f we de thi« ve

mm not @@«p!®teiy in the night. <k tte otter tend we do not doop tte

future as a ll tte prteieior® do, and we tew® to point to ©«tain things and

not eaasaash ©a tte freedom of the future, ate ©an not go without ®@a®

iiga, poeta oa tte road. X do not ®@@ any ©tter m of orienting ourselves.

fte mmSAg of Christianity was jest this one thing! ®m ©an iasreh with

V rientetl BotelaMon, as @w f«@fattero ©alite i t , is «lentati».

mrnwmU m U not planning. Bet «lentati» is the right of tte indited«®!

t@ t r a @@w« in tte 80 X tele up ttes® time mm m ovdtBtetlon.

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' Ori@atati«a 1« tetiraon blhxixmm and la4iff«®ne® e® ca@ iit®* ted

Q lefem ai and plaaalag * tte otter. m ® I ahould aay ©splalatA to yte

nhr I fto l t te t te » n U tm ®r® ite to® p*®®i@a® g lft of M to m b . Ete

*®®t w fiat out m m go altog, @11 tte anrat vhioh w@ kno* m dogcratle

tmmtmrB a£ ®ol®nc®. Ehlak of @11 tte tfaiBgi ttet ter® M m di®ou®®«& &uriag

tte laat jm v — «otooniQO, tte Im ®f taitod tsnd oupply, irin ratito® for

soldior®, prloe ooiling®, and inany, naay otter thlngs. Eter® 1® ao $u*®tlto

ttet ttey «r® teing ito®. W® m to a ®t®a#@rd of liriag that §®SB®t

laqxNwlble ®ix iBtoth® ago. Iter® i® no ®nd to an tte thlagi that m®

teing deno. A oolloagu® of mino vrot® a fcook to te® to run a *ar. I t m®

a test to llo r . A hoy mm frm Boeheft«r4 I.I. to ao® M i to g*t a»®

Jaatifloatito againot teing tr®ft®d# and tlio mm ted forgottan ttet te

tad ®mt « rittm tte hook. Tomod hia oror to m ! 'StrsBg® tMa|p tepp®a.

Eter® ia w ry litti® taonlodg® and rory litti® ®®1«imm a t tkl® a a m t tte t

ii not otellengtd. J@iM,Xdsf®rds ani dt Saiat<&istto otoaoi te etella&gi&

ia thi® m » vay. ftediotito ttar®®tfi liro® ttet ar® vaitlag to te fu lfU lad

ii p®nd§flltl®, — tte tama w | of lir ia g , tte ®ay to «ducat® y®o* ©MIA.

tet a® tura for a mmmnt to tte otemroom, to w @§m osporioae® ia

toaoMag« I ter® a Mu® ho@k far fla a l m teaatito® tero . 1 m gotng t®

wmê 1% tooanst m «obool tssetovs ®m lsv ftl? rospflnsiblo f « tto

routes» that hm boon h u ilt ito d lo i af hm maa® bows to %m A

Wmmh m m ttoaatios. V« pinn i t w*y osrtfaU y, fmm A to 2. 1«

Ium oso&ted oo teaotor® o prtjuii®®, o dapmiio prsjudios. V# «m

tto »öl Aogntio of oll toasters - tto tepn that tto hmmn M b& wtete

1b o pfooooo @f dofolopM t* oo ®&1X@A «volution. (S iiasy VtVb » -

ia sv ita b ilitj «f graduell»««).

fte vavs of ite futuro io o typioal osaaplo of tbi« «p llt ooa&ug

düm for tto aast tootealoal sar®. Silo «pllt undsndning tto fulfUlamt

of fut«® sealsty. Ms« said, ©§ai not drain tto out ef llf«.

U fo 1« IM» Zf it io dsnlod, <M nuot to Asaisd.” V« oust figh t and

rooiot. "Bondar to Qmsm? tto thing® ttet ®r® to §@d tto thing«,

that art §04*«.”

Ito lOtotertool ma mm looted fpwn up» by apss vho insisted m.

•teylng in iroos toi teoapabio of trying te tote * stiok f to tto flitet

%tm mê, ü»fs t® uto Ms h»te. 1§ got sioited @r®r tto steflo üsoèowy

ttot prtoth, U fo , @toi by spurte and tod not by ite in oriti^ iU ty

grodmlnoto. Bote you ®r®r mm & fomtein ©r spring? fter® 1«. ii@ «ad

®t tto hêgïnz&sïgf at too sprin®. Vto Otarlos livor I® st tto <§n& tint is '

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why y®a oan not mm mxoh moro ant. It i« rogulaa?. Whm y@st go up to

tto sprlag it io vory differant« The nearar you eom to the aouroe of

I lie , the a « teagulas? tte ^ eo tia , tte BRt rliky evevy wmmmt, Tte

soure® m y tey up and It io that coartant itat tte® m -tm como

aptin * a trioki« ia vda. You expect a»y m#w§»i it v i l i not oout teek.

tot m look into tte ©Ia®«*®®». Vhm asm yto ouoooMftol in a claaaT

Ita you teve t®n@tei e ehild vten you v m c u m In tte tegiiming tta t jm

iw M not. Wsm jm mm% m®v an inpoMlble oltu atltoj vhm jm and tte

•W * » to tte f t e l mttmrt to ip t teytot wtoi va® yoor ®ptnl@» tefom tte

tegteaiisg of ite htorj vhm 1a tte tetor you taov m e ahout you ani tte ehlU

ita» you to v in tte® teglnaing» icnttUng o lio to . Flato guotod hy A rlstetlo

®al&,”Mtooonoo, notalng lqptotoat ttat X ® m dld oan Ts® fonsd in ny w it ia t ,

it ©te toly to found in tte b@m wten w h®7@ teoa' togsttes* ln d lio m ia iii,

to@®u®o tte spark kmMmilj flam d ap ari fas m m .* «tat io a goat l i f o ,

•nd »attas« oloo ®m proftuo® ttat. Hi® wark® couli not to us®4 to «xnpUfy

M« toaoMng. lou n o w tear thi®. (hia wort vim to «n ®i#ttj y§#r@ ©10, -

to ®aiA itet i t ©toM aot to vrittoa dotm. 1# w M to t tto toteri« and

positi to of a tmotev« Ba io aot taaohing yoally , ®c®»thing teppfe® totw i«i

Ma ani. pupii* wMote to w m tt pomifely toto toffM tea i. Xf jm w lll

tell a teacher at the beginning of the class what he la going to ®ny,

and If at the ©ad of the clase h© tails you he said everything that

ha planned to say, and said nothing that he did not plan, you ©an ham

that he 1« a had teacher. You absolutely tot»? I t . A Is a machine.

H© slight Just as well have a dish and a phonograph turned on. Why ax®

you her© whan can b@ heard in the nm lecture Mill We think w®

©an teach by broadcasting. Of course m can n o t, because the only

Important sonant In this whole hour if that you do not knew how to go m ,

and when you ar© her® listening, and do not lm©w what I an driving a t, and

in this very moment we have a ©haacedto get together when we are flabbergasted

and do not know what It Is a l l about. It nay or may not have any value.

Beal teaching wan® to risk failure, you cannot have a good teacher being

equally successful In every lecture, but you oon have poor teachers who

are always good. It is only a question of eu^hasi®. The teachers in this

country lave been taught to believe that teaching 1b a ©raft, a trade,

and ©an be learned la Teach©« College and we are poisoned with the id»

that the department of education ©an teach people to teach outside thsri

fubjeet matter, outside their lows for their subject matter. Eh»® are

people in all the school® and ©oUtgss in the departments ©f education

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who talk about teaching ant who do not kaosr anything shout education. Vo

tow hr okon up tho ©ne process; the on© hour when people are together

into too elenente, the naterial and f oraal elonent of how to do i t , sad

people try to persuad® you that m» cm give you the answer® and

deliver the goods hotr to teaeh suooeotfally; that Is to oay m tovo

eaptoolaed the p o ssib ilitlee of hew ttfbs a suooestful teaoher.

She eubjeot of ay lecture la ^Soldier® of the Impossible". 1

vlsh therefor® for a good reason to stros® the tlmamt of the «nprsAlstauts

and seemingly impossible aohlevenent whleh la proaont in evory hour in

which huwan beings are toethor. Any good aeter has a tag» fright and

should have, fh® mn who go®® to any performance without a a aMmt of

trembling oertainly w ill not he at hi© host when i t eeane to aohiotonant.

I f people are completely indifferent when they oom to an Important action,

1 do not believe thoy art people who 4© extraordinary things. the» wm t ho

©no moment when you hollow® that the thing before you easmoi ho dine, or

the thing you are going to do ie not worthwhile doing. In toy olmwr®«

you must tovo amouent when you toy, KfMs child will a m go m , should

not tovo erne to Shady Sill School." Only tton is the» hep® that you mj\

he suaaoMftal. S s » la no guaranty in the teaching eotxraoa, «ad that i®

vby teaching ia exciting, that i® why it should not he technical, why

there flora no department® of education except far ruined education, and why

teaching mat he done h©cause X assure you, Qaly those th ia^ must b® doae

wMoh sees to he In^osslhle. Otherwise the human reuse would die out, would

hav® spring fever and die out. Everything ia ortant in the world oust §00»

impossible he®fr@ It is done aid when we have classified i t m possible

It begins to he done hadly and finally i t is not done at all* That le

the danger of birth ©ontrol. I f people see only thd posoibility of having

Children, can figure i t all out, the danger is no childred w ill he horn;

but when i t seems to be Impossible to have five or six, then they dealde

to have a large family, a nice family.

The sin ha® been committed in our classroom. I am tuit® eonviaoed that

the acid, the mildew, the cancer which has f m m & the entry of ear so called

civ ilisation into war, - the lopotency has to do with the idea that education

> is a great business in the United States, the seventh greatest business

including trusts, monopolies, everything. So let us do @®m trust busting1i\ n education. We must restore the feeling to ourselves that the mental

presets that goes m between one person and another borders on the ImpossibleV

It is miraculous that X m n speak to you a t a l l . It Is w y possible that

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99 per cent of what I say to you 1© q.uit© useless, "but perhaps 1 per cent

goes over - tha t would he miraculous. That is not an overstatement, hat

an Invitation to consider for an© moment that human coasasonloation 1®

l^ o esih le . Tou know how i t is among grown up«. I know how i t is in

the college where 1 teach - with my ©on. ©sere are bbb graduating hoys

and out of them 200 have no ffct©nde. They are very nice hoys, very well

adapted and adjusted - Know a l l these devilish educational terns. They

sound well, hut they are a l l impotent of any communication - they G&naOt

conmunicate about their real problem», their real l i f e . I t is at an

u tte r lew today because i t Is considered perfectly easy. The poetry and

short sto ries put out ar® terrible because they are taught they can learn

how to communicate, and never consider i t inposslble to say important

things. They are told i t is possible, easy, to say what you have to say.

I ass choked. I am inarticulate. I t ju s t can not be done. I t cannot be

4one. Life is a venture with the Impossible. You w ill never know hot?

to do i t i f you think i t is easy. I f you do not teach children to do i t ,

X do not think you are successful teachers. I f you have certain guarantees

tress Miss Taylor when sh® te lls you that you can do i t , ' then i t is she who

4©t§ the teaching, not yen. Tou carry out tor plans as long as . Tea

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are practically under her inapJofation. She is the inspired teacher.

She ie the Instrument. It is not enou^i to have one laapired person

you Bust not he tray yourselves. You must have the courage to think that

the Impossible can he don®. The technical part of our education depend®

completely on this split which they have done, and everybody knows th is.

In every good institution there ie such a sp ilt that carries the dead weight

of most of the members. Thor® is always only a sprlnkMng;in nil our

institutions. But at this moment inspiration is denied. At this moment

we say everybody can teach, everybody can write, everybody, everybody!

And the answer as a result is that nobody can. Suddenly we realise that

nobody in this country can write or apeak with authority, nobody who hoe

real authority, so that people are inspired to do what they eay. . We have

thought that to commmioate Is possible, and have discovered that the whole

world of poealbility la only a technical world. It is true. Ve think

that when we know the answer, or when we think i t easy, know the formula,

then we can produce. But we cannot possibly n&los anything grow in any ©than*

hu»n being, you can produce cars by technical method», or plane® by teolaieA

knowledge, but cannot possibly defend San ITanclseo er Hew York except fey

people who have courage, to give th is courage, to inspire the nation with

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winingpess to serve in the &rw, or mvy, m a i r fam e. leu have to

inspire them and they have to do e «» th ing will eh five month® W » seemed

absolute impossible to them. Ton would net s i t bore i f th is wore not oo.

If there were not this ismt In America vhloh did th is very thing, tbs

impossible, which a normal ram fittin g at breakfast table thinks, then X

certainly w ill not do i t . Vo have of ®wmm to go a long way to attosgpt

these things and they tab» doable bookkeeping. We have s l t t i i M method*

and teohnioal equipment for teaching, w riting, statesmanship, and to to ll

politicians how to run a ward, and to put plan S through tbs City of Qamhrldgt.

That is a ll possible, but for tho awy and navy and air e«p® wo suh» an

allowance and say Impossible. This war w ill not bo won i f you do not.

Thor© is no difference between the oXassrooo and a battlesh ip . Ton Mm to

sate a decision yourself. Ton have to hav® tbs M » oopmgs wbstbsr in

Teachers College or vy young friend in Sgypt. Vo have that s p l i t personality

a l l of us. We say w® know what m mm doing m i tor tbs roo t of l i f e m

acoopt perhaps in certain ways the challenge that wo have to do extraordinary

things, wags, war, e te . I do not think th is w ill work . X think wo haw

to throw out a considerable amount of poison fm® our system whloh ha©

tried to blind us to the rea l foots of M r own ogperiomoe. The Only reason

IStan too that X should ta lk to you to to onoeuraft yam to look a t youvsoltos

and to face these experts vho te l l you that you have "been s p l i t or mentally

disturbed, that your philosophy has not been In any m y w tf ie d by y@w

esn actions, that your past actions, a ll the action« that amount to anything

la your li f e have never been in tune with the foolieh philosophy off the

Inevitability of gradualness, that you have lied to yourself, and have been

■ade to l ie to yourselves through the years. It 1« afbeHutely trot. When

you wlah to se ll a car you have to sum up the items and fin a lly arrive at

the price, - le t us say $300. But for a man who wants to present a oar to

Ms gir l in order that she might marry him - i t makes no different)# whether

he steals i t or not, he has to get a oar, and only gets i t because the g ir l

thinks i t is impossible. Mb finally drive« up in a ear and she is caught

because he has done the impossible. That is the story off his prloe for the

®arj the price which the salesv&n gets is not the prloe the hey pays for

the oar. The price he l>aya for the oar in order to oatoh the bride la

tha t he has done something impossible. That is the only reason why the

g ir l is interested in the man. What does she ear® for diamond® or gold!

»he’i not such a s i l ly ass! The Only important thing is that i t steaed

impossible and th a t m tes him important.

16.

I t is an h is to rica l event when eo® thing happens in a family vM©h free

never happened before. It is celebrated because it did not seem to be

probable that the President of the TJnited States would quote th is man'sn

act in Ms last speech. 1© happened to hear and there was great celebration

because i t seemed impossible five months before that the President should

Single him out. That was a declaration that was better than .

Even those things which seem to have a price in l i f e , which seem to be

commercial are not commercial for the man who by buying thie oar created a

precedent in his own environment, which was unheard of. Take any movement,

fhe f ir s t g ir l that went around in charts playing tennis did the impossible;

today everybody wears them. That seemed impossible.

Let us come back to the classroom. There is one objection against

everything I say because I w ill t e l l you that eaoh of you listening . . . . .

How long are your classesf

WLsa A. Forty minutes.

Prof, luessy. You may say that In forty minutes nothing unusual

happens except once or twice. The reason why is that the people In Teachers

College of Columbia and the rest have talked us into the unreasonable, not

to stick to our own method, <mr own b eliefs , in their desire to make routinesV

®f our liv e s . They think they are able to give you a routine to carry you through

the year. Out of forty Kii.autob only 1 minute in completely 'blank and

thirty-nine relatively easy, or the thirty-nine minutes matter, and th® o u

minute doe® not matter, They think this warfare, technical time®, mechanical

time®» You teach forty minutes, and the majority vote thirty-nine mlnwtaa

against on®» on® do#® not count. It ia the game in history. You hay® the

fteolaration of Independence, July 1776» and several year® of war» ant than

six years of ratification and then the Bill of Bights and other interesting

times. John Mams wan president. You look hack and say, "The constitution

was signed in on® minute cn July bt 1776, hut the real history deals with

years.” Ho» you know that George Washington was the greatest leader In the

United States and the statement was only written around the money hacks of

the country ~ the longer time seemed to he so much acre important then this

one morning of July 1. Ho normal person in hi® senses has ever judged his

own l i f e in this way. fle has always kni&ra that once married everything

tehee place . Jace a decision is made that you are to go to Shady

Ull School, and you go. The important thing is th is one decision, and then

you go for ten years. I t is not true y friends. That is why I have to mum

you that history is made by length of time, by time,* studies by thirty-nine

Mwit®«

agaisst ®m8 Mstmr b j U® Maat® agsdm t |« m .

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, is &U§®®> 11 ala§. f te t ia logiaal fteaak. tto t la tnljr

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i paikl®; tte t gr»« bad mlo® - aad ia ©at alimt® oroatod tte wkAt

aotoa©® of gpmsm» Imt t te t mi aiamt® o m graai laafiraiioa #©r ya».

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r i ^ i i to taaak tkl® te@a»n l t ohm ®@t»d i^pooaiklo. lm tere t t e

friirULtgo to lir e ia tb» ©e®®saj of m a l poopl® te© adaato ©at ©f forty.

In t te o tte r th lrty aio# aim toa jon mm faraaitioalX y llv la g * t te

ao k lrriH n ti of o tte r t. X au m iag t te la # ia k langoog®. M A itlM -

m m j verft X te# l t amok a e m t i i i of t te goala® »ka faund ©at akoisi t te

Mm t t e t jf» o ta @©*w»i@at® a31 tkiaga» «o t t e i ©n® rea t te flrtgin of

t te o tte r. X a® talklsig ia « i i lo a i t e n k at b at to

w rtta iM§t»i@ md to X tea tüo tte te akoai f lr e tkooaaad yiami A t.

Bat X mmt tere X ore tte» to g raat wm wk# ia 4mpÊiat - t te t e t e f t n n

m Wmssm of t t e l r t l » - diaoorerod tte » . A # is k ia Jaa i aaok a «reatlan

o m j w d ia a §®% a ja m ! f ©usi a m la t t e ê ta a r t «f to a p d r aaft A i

klaok of ooH M iM tlte . X oaa «O ? @p»k t e « w fooplo a l l t te t l »

oovB leftt« irtet m m tm @ A with t@teys the Ueak «»U ef a@% toia®

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fm* X sow i t te » éeeperate am m t of a mo who §®it i t la tto êeifaiw

that to mo #e@®4> with.

letMaffioM* a»«iiteaee - ttot le tto olsple fom al* X pr^oo©

too lk it. Xt la MMSiolmifc la on© Hiant©* @a4 la tto thirty ~siia® Htoxtm

m oust to«wot «tor people fe tlotwioo «ewe nf»«omUst®it tofsve us*

sM eae Miaut© tof«®* ee w® haw© to ®«fuor tto ©f oto-

M a l o o t i t o ohmmI v w . V to t d o t« th is m a t n o t to you t o t e y h u m

«ly torti to to opetoa to««® It m o h oA lapoMtM© to Imoir ®a4 M a i

üftooiM® to toll ftoyfeoly th is . lothing totwooa touwt toingi steilA to*

mlm§ - ft (different oe lu tiobo - @toni«l ooaotlto«) - Xt «teilt

aot tern Iqpoeeltle. «tot w® «11 ®4u«tito then in tto bringing together

«11 tto eolutlono whioti to« «@@»4 iapoeoihlo, mA i M M is mmj h u m

tola§ to put lat® tto trusteeship of ttooo forswr oolutitoo of tto

00 ttot tto topooeitoo Might to i t e l by tto t o m being. Xlotery is tto

sofMaoo of thingi ttot sra§& ii©©8®ibl® tot«® ttoy owe Aene* mA @nly

moot thing® Sosora to to êmm ia may goto oafceol which still toft tto

flower of soooiag toptoolMe ia tto togteaiuii aaA easy ©at notwsml ia the

1st &o y@® toaob in «©boAf

tÜM B. Fflwtb @mêM9 «itbssti©# spolllag, ©t@®

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iatrodaso a ©blM t® tbo vholo bütery ©f tH§ Mmgmm« & so ©swy

it tbr©®# tte 9 tb#” ®p@lli®g lato ”0®#® Immvm m ao

liragw attsimiflita v ltb all tb® M®b®ry «ff tb» Sn#t®ii laagiMg» tfcr«n0i b

bmisods of i m », la spoiling you do «flmtMng f®it® tanmndgsB' fa®

Motors It not la It# p ran n tiatisii of tin Imgnmß^ only ia Itf «polllag,

üto saai pwpo«® la toaoltisig p©®pl® bot? to spoil It to ml# tbsa into

b lttorloal boiagi. To m tb@r« it a# diffcnam batman spoiling and

spoaldag. 1 tMal spoiling o n samt ttea pfOaoaaoimMoa. 10@pl® do

not tarn I t la tb it eMtPjri tal am m tb» m tga a t terming I t all

«vwfeteNL la tb it pottloal apoUiag, Vfey to teop a otarnot« tm m m j

t M , m m j iraogularity, tbo so-oallad oxsopiiskks ia spoiling* «blob tbo w m tim

taa®bflt* bnto built is® as «©optinas m ®aly m attoopt to teop tb® eins*»

aster of tbs vmd» %m is@®p it at an Erglüh rant ia tte blftteqr «ff A#

mind of aanblnd fir«'day to day. ft» w«t "althoa*" is loafed v ltb

Mstmy. 1 do mot test vbotbor ymi ifinter tbo frn^m otory ®ff

tt,

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bjï in tte Bene® of Z«4® M i n U , ”AXtfeieiq0i Öomtei ateap» lm& boon

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v lp t mmé t® na® Mi. no etter« Zt te®« not f® Ilm m i ‘wuhês m $m

Mm» Timm sm no ®p&®ny». Ten ma n o w hm any « M fev m®

etter* i f gr@ts m epaM ng in y@nr emt Xüiftiigi* Tem teen t te t wwary

p r t «t tte ZMgtMgi te® o @®rtai® fclrtM ajf i t oom in to te ia g at ao-

oortaia M M l, ©temeer* ®»te®p©®«i* W itte hmA opoeinl ««4®. fei*g

w® te?® v ltan las and ealori®®. Tin eaa n et me®'ealeri®® f i r hunts jon

oan te in teat* ta t n et la mXmtm» fter® tm no ip s te p » » in m ti^ l® ■

M oterieai lio a i B U t*? ia mé® ent ef w M tm t®* mA m m y voed

i t e m a w M tm tls« Zot m tä te t te B ta lm a tita ef M « p ^ m .

ü te t AM iniopiiienoo M n te f er® tlsa tt fte y ar® m g » mmêm t t e t teen®

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I t «ü atedlatol/ iJ#osoikl§ far tten to find t te m §m ©terte «tot

®«t o ®1 of tte tf m m Xw in tUM oonatei’, and

wilted to 1® indopondant. feat «m tte Iü s m of 1776. Xa tte

S M ü m tltti of Xadipateono® ttegr nood tte fteKM float tte/ did to

Muter an to "Umaxiit/. ttegr ted to atiok in tte phraao,

**f o l l Ntektnd". V tet i s i t t « ta t tad t te t to do v itk tteMf Wmj

ptomaoA i t to do rigtot. f t e / ranted to taop t te @i m Iw aad a l l

t te m m ® in tk is o o n tr j m m dooidod ky t te e o w » Inr in Ä^Haai

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• f täte itelwation af integesdoas». fea t io not «bat wo ©all ia ä s p ^ O M . 1t

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anything, fto BaelM ation of %ii§p®Jii»w@ » m s I m to s U

toMalty«- » i® 1» to t o ll you that ttom as* m in Iftagwet*

X tod atlm i» it not i®i®p@®ita@#. Ztoilatiaalm mi tnAmpmaAmm look

w*y ®le®o to t ttoy asw Jwt v o r liw iia apart. Out Matoritol w®»4

used when I t m o w s ls©©»slHl@ to to^t iiifi®pis§§a»i without spilling

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it Just atoitm vy - involw a no rtap ootifc llity , no rlakj Aom not n a A »

nocount to aaytoiy. Xnfiopooftmioo it Just tto opposito« Tow @ M U loans

this® word® ant it ioM, t® look than up - that thaws me® synonymi« Sb»«

are a m . worts mo w ith w g m of ii esgiteit sotuttcm of

Mntinde At that i n w t tilt v o r ti "t s s ln n t t t f f»ii, a

waning anjtosro in Sm mtm that ttoy tow a@sten§ In fugiant« tosy ®m

tiff «rat 'totam m tow a A&ffaroot Mstofy fr€» tto HsgXishj tosauo§

tto worts tow tow toon m a te d by poopl® to say a t tto »amt sOMthtng

ttat »itant ani toi to to noli, or ttor® wowlA to no o w m lo tt ia a .

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tto pootcy of liwiag* a orsatiw liw iag , ant t h m it no otter ib | of

m

U visg tton an srfcieulat® liy la g v lth « to i toata t« to aaid ®sä tont*

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sem nulm lm , not a r titto ry . Bär® la a @MM, jo« t o l l Mm aossrfeStiiig

iaportant, aonatMag ««rtlwM le to to M id. ftore ia a oonpulaife to da

•o* Sata la tto m m la tto olaaaraon aa in eaa iisita ia l ooagvaaa. ftoro

i i ao dlffavonoo tototoa oduoatioa aad p o lit i oa. Tto n a qnaatioa wi%k to t

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antol nkm hm anid a«ntM ng ao tim t tto othor pooplo «Gold tat»

«to t ttoy wir© dotag. Vtaat m ttoy ittLngt « r ltla g la ttam « ith tto

n # i apolllag and y©a fern to , t to t ia mate an o ffa r t to aay

« to i you ar@ doiag irn&or tto oa^ ala len «Mob ®a!m®trl®ig§a « to t tofam

i t to i laartdoulato. Xt ia d ilf ic u lt to aay i t . ?o fttflno aom tkiag ia

aelaaa« V# 4o not Ina* ttot to aan do it, tot a roopoot to tto

flpinitoa of atoMnl. vafHima i t . f e a n tw poopl« apaak, ttoy ®p@»k ia

too fiaoa «f ®21 and tto r o fo » «to® jm ta lk to yaom alf to t aay, * a to llV

X ia ta tto looturoa ar aafe - X hara a eoOA,” jm ®m argniiig all t to tim»

SS,

inopit® ot youavoif # tut y@a ®w argaing in tko 4m o @£ aanldn&i

you aw irgriLag in y@« im gm §§ß hat tt® wovt® «*§ put in y®ur a « ü

fton ©la, fbo goot t ta t jou « tj- ®a tli@ oanvaaBotlon i§ aa attoopt

to ©©»uiioat« with & im m ut zvopoot t© tt® ®pi®l©M® «tf makloA. lo a

tary t© arg»® i t ©at v&tfc youvstif, ©w»ai®*t© v i t t t® find,

tt® m m O. m o en - t© M® whottor y@u ar# ®®qp®32©4 t© 4© tti® ©r not«

U l tt&t v ittia , yoursoif 1* nothing hat ©©wmiootlon* tt© pväblotB aff

@Mmi@®ting vitt teMnt m&$mt t© ttao ©£ atutiditil as t© wlftt

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knowiait. loa ta©v t ta t yoa m n vm A in yoar fm® - &f y@a hav© tfeMgjfct

f« ttirty ys»w ©wytoty @@n Mat ycw tm®ß ®nt «© X 4o not kaw vhot

you ttin k . Ul tim U w y@n m?gm vittin yoswoif. Xt ii * ooUlotngr«

X §®@n to ß$mk 1qisälcti’ tut yoa thlnk you ®m not m lm p* loa mm Jait

M mmh ln ttii ©MmiontiM m X osu X h®U®v® all jm » ®mA$ ©w®

Uteatiag# Jagt as i n s piano tt® ®kmä® hur® to vltomtg to protooo itos»

X m opt&Ung lOut9 »©natinii not ItnsA. m m 0 ,ß hat X gugpaao *11. tM®

tiw X ®» Ortung« SU® i© o oonoort ta t 1 «o not ®1>1® to bring it out

^o y®% tt® fatm o ■! bring i t oat i w oloarXy in t » v® ©Ul ttoonmite»

t a u felatcrjr oonoiot® of mm m in wMoh p©opl» in

in mmrgßmjt dtapaiv , blind apota, vton ttoy fall int® an ab|M or

trap, @ry mit and try to b® artienlst® about «tot bas t® b@ doao. ftay

try t@ articulate «tot ©fctor poople ahöuld tMnk wlth ttora, «tot ©ttor

§@§M ^ ia U taotr of ttoao tbingv. Wt alwmdy to®« «bat m teaok. Wo

toplopa p®@pl® to voad itotoapmr®, ®T#n ikou^i Stop««ptas>® le daad,

mu d® i» raaft ttotospwwrin aokool? Storni» §tateap©®r® ®an not dl«,

W® » e t i m A 1t . 1t 1« » c h usor® important t to t Stoteapeara llvad tton

ton ittor p®®pl® wo llr ln g , X euppoa®, ftemfwa wo mäm tha® rmA

fltoteapoasra tim t Im night not dl«. You oan not pay ten cesto to buy

itotegpoiir©. Xt mm®% b® bought. Xt aast b® taa^t. You try to nato

thla ohlld m rm tto great« purpMaa ©f huoaa hiatary. You do not

toaoh to«au®@ b is pawnte m n pay tuitieraj fto caly right a ntn to« to

taotr of tto great iklng® in lif® 1® ttot ko to® tto priTiloga to ©npperfe

tto®. ftob 1® tto only rotooa, Ytoy mit llv o , W« try to tato pari*,

to oduoatiöa and nste ottor poople_ tato pari in tto hiaiwioal «olution®

off k u n s e m m m im ttm of In an boinga. Bvnvy ward sali batwan tu®iI

ia « i ®ot of «dw wtaiiding and poaoo » k la g , of fellow ehip. 2te

Ä«X®*®blta of indaptnten®® is a btfflsr ©n@ tooaui© tto populatlon gfm t\

f* m two and a t o lf nlXlion to cm btmfirod and tbürfey adU iaii. gut ©twy

*«ri spoisn Is a word that fa rm an arch like Qeorg® Washington »ridge

between tw® teal» of a river. I f you. wish to tato taw a t e is ^ , I f y#ia

with to educate hwmn beings you hat* t© lead th m over and mlm th m

support ttea* « to item stand under then and eay, "I an w illing to f e n

th is arch*. tf# m at repeat th is word "and", tM.® Uniting with and, amt,

Any mother can break my ep ell of an unreasonable child. fto child my

b® etetinat® hut turn Ma attention away f r m the thing ha la doing and

he suddenly becomes reasonable, ant l i f e 1« not so unreasonable as 1m

though^. T®u can ad m "and”, and get a new roaotlfe from th is ehlld ok

» other natter.

William Jam® is a m® in this country who experienced the®« facte

for the flr e t tine in hie mind, never articulated them, hut lived them,

to is a victim of hie wrong philosophy. The fir o t man who wae forood

•gainst his will for a decent respect to the opinions o f mankind, vhieh

; impelled him to separate from this Teachers College of Columbia business

to was the mu who found out that thlrty-ninesdnutss are less Importantj

^shto one. As a young man he said to other men* Ho only know it fro®

the other man's diary that the apex of human l i f e ted to he derived fromV

W ® historic «went® of this l i f e , and life ted to b® explained out of

m t e m m s u m , high w m m % m 9 and not out of tto lutoeams, M441@

thJLagj not the th irty ~nine minutes, but th is to® precious w a m m t in

wM@h yes di®@or®i*®d ssto th ia f with tto© sMl&. Sh*t « u y w divine

wmms&$ and tto ©fetor th irty nine minutes m m ©f no i^wfeaniie»

Ail tto b u tterflies «f your teaehissg suddenly f ly up anatn m rea l

b u tter flie s. Vhwe h m «e butterfly- this rea l moment of yew

sea direetitti in tto of your »a utoerstaadiai. Janes sa id ,

"Life ©an ©aly to «splaliwd out of high Mttsntsj tto other n a m ti

are «plained autom atically." fto @ttor m m d m a p o s itiv is t ,

ra tio n a list, and said, "Life must to eiplaiaed by tto tojerlty r u le .”

But tin s r e s is ts all denooraoy. Tins is not ruled by m ajority ro ts .

Life is not ruled by majority rot®, by tto treaty-three hours in tto

day's work but by the ©to hour in which you mto an l^orfeant decision ,

and you knew i t but you do not toller# i t . And more and tor® ®ia@@

people hare been to ld that ttore tin® tobies and soto&nies are all that

totter they look a t tow and find only to® minute of lsp ortsat a c tiv ityi

itt restless and try to fin tto tin® tor® mad tore, and here ot*m

tto swrioan Coll®®®® with all tto tradition® of J^ttogwas, Arehiaisdes

and Thales and so forth that take away all the

from a ll the people who have tin» for Important decisions. They take

away this because they have a wrong attitude toward time* toward history,

toward the lapcw^^A®. They think It la-possible to study for twelve

months - you have not yet raada this mistake at Cambridge - abolishing

the meaning of time. The empty moment la the moment which in the

routine momenta are unimportant relatively speaking. It is probably the

mental sins of our fathers that are visited on us. This is the mafgpfal

outcome of th is complete belief In teohnooology of the mental process,

the ease in oossBunioatloii. Them people think that sine® we know how

to speak, we can speak for twelve months; but in faot X had to wait

nine years before l was allowed to speak here one evening. I t seemed

impossible. That ie much more natural, and that is why i t is important,

that ie why J like to be here. I t is a routine that you can speak twelve

months. I t is very impossible that you can teach. I wish you could enter

your classroom pur® that you can not teach because than you are right,

that I do not go in with a higher pulse, and I have been teaching for

is marly impossible. I can tell you that that there is no time

thirty yearn. I go in with trepidation, or fear, otherwise I can sot

sate a good opoaeh. It i® lopoaoible. It is not ooanBunioation,

Xmmm® It is to evmiate without bomb eousobloa.

tt® eaoROtisa mmt emm f r m te§ tim t ym whm

ym m y , WI m u not m y l t / M I t is always that m y wtoa you tew

to my ©«©thing Tory important® If you my ««©thing wlhHvtaat

ym. w&mr th ink of i t . than you my smithing iipsrtsiïfe ym un

ooaooleus that 1* is d iffio u lt to m y, sod than i t oaa to m id .

Thing! og about oar ora l if o is fnlt® dlffovsn t tr m tea toagt boste.

fUateag m sot b@ dm© in routlao fashlte. VOu oaa m ly think

vhoa f@r a Mmmt you am o w e e a i by tho fast that you do a®t

test?* that you @m sa@t think fw a sonant. lom mm mmwlmlmé

by te© fa et teat you m b sot ipafe Ä . . and the war oado . • .

mo and te@ ma© thing. I t is Just m mmh vhon yap »yvletef

®ad vhon you say/>X manot m y it ." Item is no diffamas®.

Miss i X m ©oufusod about «bat tappons your

f®@©piliia% y@w fooling teat a thing i s i^ w siM o and its

ftHNMag. I mm whoa you my, "this is tepm ibloj 1 mm not

do it,* 1 and yot oom tim o i t ia dom . X do not tu lto ooo «bat

3%

Mppens In batwron that filing and it® happ®nlng <sf the so-called

thing» Wtet imprest»« you, in other word®?

Prof. H~X. I 4® not katw whsthsr it i® righ t to braseh out to

a wid® range of question®. But that 1® an important question. X

think «bat hapjmm 1® s e lf discovery, and some thing i®pr®®g®a you -

jm bt@®»§ larger. X ©an explain I t In the sim plest w ^m T thli » | e

Berhaps son® memories of ii^ortant event«, and j m look ha®k to

th®«o objective® with meet deeply f e l t emotion which they brought out

in you, ««nothing you did not think you wore ablo to do. Or you took

a journey wh ore you boarded a train for the first btm§ or did eosasthlng

unusual. When you look back then wa® ««nothing that happened b»btroen

1® moment of aoendiig Im possibility tod when you discovered that the

« 1 1 wa® largtr. You suddenly experience a mush wider radius of

your l l f o . People who did not earo suddenly oare. Sudden lntoreet®

devoid wM@li you never had. taton in to account a® existing, and X

would therefor® ®ay in your glain®®® lean f «ward through l i f e

m long a® you wpage yausMlwsa and keep the earing wheel, ~ and tbm

©owe the »©neat of impossibility ant wo break dona tod eay, "X ©to not

do it ." ft»® we lean* possibilities whleh m would, sot e e m iie f before,

Üm% nteo&y knew o f, and therefore i t i« lik® tb® lif t in g of a

r a il b®for® ear Mo @y®@ Md w§ eudftenly »ora in a wit«? world, the

ditaetor of bhia earth suddenly bas boon enlarged. I t lo an explesIra

®l®msm% vhieh p u lls jm b@jmA i t .

MUM . Xf l t ie tra t that 700 only e#t tteo® people m&

th eir lira e after they ar® dead la l t «p eeted that any en® with authority

wa® in tb® oem try a t th ia tin e . B© you think i t la exjseoted that m

should retego ist anybody.'

fr o f. 1-5. Insanity la w great m ss in ny mind» tea graat atom

for thtursaiide of yi«i and w® try to m te this atom grow and march.

I f you do not experience p artia l authority In th® l i t t l e fellowahlp of

your own life you will not bara any analogy by whloh to fe e l your way

in to history. Th® great legende are 00 far away fron ua. fftae life of

Ja»« - Äerofero it la importent that you mbs th® discovery in your

ten l i f t to a oert&ia «teat then you swat l ir a , »ut th® present generation

under whioh you bora ®?®tm up hu denied that they hara anything elf® but

m m protest!», m s m produoti» la devoid of thia m m element of high

wmwmt beoanee i t is'ta a h n iea l. ?@u thettM have plenty of export©no® in

thi® field yourself but you do not try to tees# m them. Z inrit© you to

36lM k e t fm t 11f e , net e t t te BBjcritj veta, taft telieir® ys® «m

O teei^tieng of tk®@® m u l i tta t ® tte? and net t te Sev t ta t salsa

ttea la to naisieM, @e reatia® im iiiiM i, §r M ile ti* , teeaui® tte ®n®

B tt s t em net @iw y@m a eelery . M m fa jlc r m ® net M » y@a taestes

yea w ® M ia far e Msrnsi, to t ete «epeete yoa te tfertatfi reatto®\

vapk. Tee tav» JjibsTlted ©ne e le a n t in y@*ir teeeltfag *y ««n& ieaU a».

Stat i® m y tertius®» tae Mnmt wMOti ean net te taNtfft. 2t le •tt»tMsig

iBpwtent te vm M te m a m t pny a eetary it i« ealy tte retstine « A yea

w@ rUfixt ttat yeu. @®a net »® ignis® p$%l© eho as»® a llv» In tteir f o l l mm©*

Xt ie lepoMlble. i m @m isaly Asm! witli eBleolaW® imlwee «e to epeak.

Tte anet tvuat youreelf ttat y@» tat® tta mn§ epsark in yewtelf Bt mm

ment uni wtt fee@9ii!# ttaijif y@n 4® net, y@si mm notktn«. Wmn t te

JtealAeat aif tte ta lta 4 Statae ie eleoted and mtee ® ep@eeli te anet mk&

tte «peetih. Xt ie iqpoeem e for *®mmm ®1§® to m iU t te epMeh teeam®

it ie hi® epeeek. S® mys» wXt ie tmmlw layeMlbl* te mw it" - and to

leta §mm§m erita i t . fhfte n a @m net te ®s « rtien la te m tte «an wk® hm

m m t eleepleee nlggite ahent i t , nstny ni tta« C to eh lU oeuld not le t

iM ttae u r ite kla Mp®mh* Xt le tap«Ml%le, teem M tte S u n t aod pulte mm%

\

*• l® t te epteeh, e tte te ie e i t le no ge®4. S§ anet tat® f e i t tta Asy te fte e

that he could not say it. If you read the speech again it eeened

impossible that he could have said it. Think of the great speech

h© made, - "I have nothing to offer hut blood, sweat and tear®."

Do you think that two days before anyone In England would have

thought it possible that he would ».fee such a speech. 1® did not

know It. It is obvious, because two day® before the low oountriee

had hot been invaded.