He cannot see the hopeless construction of their foreheads, nor can he read in their eyes the sad absence of "speculation."
Let us be thankful for that. The future depends on the good care awarded to almost worthless specimens now. ——
FOR THE UNIVERSAL INSTINCT OF THANKFULNESS, LET BE DEEPLY THANKFUL.
The thick-lipped negro on the Congo finds a dead hippopotamus, half eaten by wild beasts, and in his woolly brain a dim, misty feeling of THANKFULNESS is born.
The Tartar bandit surprises mild Chinese conducting a tea caravan across the stony desert. He murders the mild Celestials and feels THANKFUL as he contemplates the booty.
A great Trust manager finds ways to add some millions to those which he already has and does not need. In THANKFUL mood he gives two millions or three to education.
As inborn, as instinctive as the beating of the heart in the human being is THANKFULNESS.
Thankfulness is the unconscious acknowledgment of a Higher Power.
It is the indestructible evidence of man's permanent belief in just government of the universe.
It is the most hopeful, the most promising feature of man's character.