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THE UNITED AMERICAN
NOVEMBER, 1924
the power of the Universal Mind of Spirit, there­
fore, it is infinite and illimitable; the only limit
there can be is the limitation we, place upon it by
our lack of faith. Therefore, in all your difficul-
ties and battles remember that the Power within
you is infinite. You are one with the infinite if
you will only believe it, if you can only realize it.
ESSAY ON BRAINS
dence the barbarian gives of a wish to be civilized.
To adorn ourselves seems to be a part of our nature,
and this desire seems to be everywhere and in every­
thing. I, have sometimes thought that the desire
for beauty covers the earth with flowers, paints the
wings of moths, tints the chamber of the shell and
gives the bird its plumage and its song. O daughters
and wives, if you would be loved, adorn yourselves
— if you would be adored, be beautiful.
By Thomas L. Masson.
DRAINS ARE common to all parts.of the country,
and traces of them have even been discovered
in summer at Lenox, Bar Harbor and Newport.
They are originally used to obtain money, but
when money is obtained by them it usually takes
their place.
The quality of brains varies in different localities.
Mixed with ginger, they become very valuable. With
a spine, they are a necessity in every household.
At one time they influenced literature, but the
discovery was made that literature could do with­
out them. Since then they have been almost ex­
clusively devoted to advertising.
Brains are employed in various enterprises. They
make bridges, railroads and other systems for trans­
portation. They also create capital, and are used
extensively in evading the law. They mix with
water and gasoline, but are absorbed by alcohol.
Brains are bought and sold in the open market.
They may be traded in on the exchange in Washing­
ton and Albany or in other political centers. The
best quality, however, are not traded in. Indeed,
oftentimes they are not even heard of until long
after they have passed away.
IDEALS CENTURIES AGO
(Socrates’ Appology)
THIS MUCH, however, I beg. Punish my sons when
1 they grow up. O judges, paining them as I have
pained you, if they appear to you to care for riches
or anything else before virtue, and if they think
themselves to be something when they are nothing,
reproach them as I have reproached you, for not
attending to what they ought, and for conceiving
themselves to be something when they are nothing.
If ye do this, both I and my sons shall have met with
just treatment at your hands.
THE TEST OF A MAN.
Detroit Free Press
Do you have to be driven, young man, and watched,
Ere your daily task you’ll do ?
Must some one stand at your back to get
An honest day’s toil from you ?
Are you one of those who must feel the whip
Ere you’ll carry your proper share ?
Is it safe for your foreman to go away ?
Do you work when he isn’t there ?
For this is the test of a man’s true worth.
It isn’t the skill he shows;
It isn’t that he can do better work;
It isn’t how much he knows.
For the skilled man often bemoans his lot’,
And whines that they never raise him,
While the poorer workman is favored more
If he’s square with the man who pays him.
Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfill
The entire and holiest end of woman’s being.
— Frances Anne Kemble, “Woman’s Heart.”
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BEAUTY AND FASHION
Robert G. Ingersoll
T AM A BELIEVER in fashion. It is the duty of
every woman to make herself as beautiful and at­
tractive as she posibly can. Handsome is as hand­
some does, but she is much handsomer if well diessed.
Every man should look his very best. I am a believer
in good clothes. The time never ought to come in
this country when you can tell a farmer’s daughter
simply by the garments she wears. I say to every
girl and woman, no matter what the material of
your dress may be, no matter how cheap and coarse
it is, cut it and make it in the fashion. I believe in
jewelry. Some people look upon it as barbaric, but
in my judgement wearing jewelry is the first evi-
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