The Gavelyte, November 1907

The Gavelyte. VOL. II N(>VEMBER, 1907. NO. 9. Essay on Life. BY E. G. 8PAHR. Lin'" nf g rPa,t mPn o ft r<> mincl u s I heard of. Why? Because they did \l"p e,tn nrnk f' our li1•p,; s u h linlf', I t · f (' d' 'ft • 1 no misuse any o JO s g1 s. ln what way? Morally, rntellect- Do we mean to become degenerate ually or physically? We look upon physically? Let us develdo our bod– the distant ages for what our n.inds ies while our mind8 are in the forma– naturally seek.. Do we look upon / tive period. Cultivate a more ath– Hercules or D1~mede~, Cato or De- 1letic race, if need be, so that each rnost~enes, Paul or Chnst a~ our mod- I ma_v have a sounder body to carry els for living? Doubtless each would I great wisdom. say the latter; yet each would have in ! The one great mistake of nations his own heart, a knowledge of a wish : is that of putting men into active to be like one of the others. I life too young. A I oy graduates 'fo make life a pleasant occurence from high school at fifteen. In t!:'n one must ceposit more than he draws years he is an old man; in twenty, of the many thing,; necessary. 1 dead or . insane. He has neglect– Health, strength and intellect, wear j ed the body to c u I t i v a t e the one away faster than he i:-; aware. , intt:'llect. Great intellects are born, Look at the men of antiquity. Ro- not made. Archimedes did not know buRt they lived to an agP now un- he had discovere<i a gre:.i.t law in