“I do not see them or hear them,” she said, “and yet I want to very much.”
“No,” said I; “you only want to want to see and hear them.”
You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. (Text.)—John Burroughs, “Leaf and Tendril.”
(2851)
SEEKING AND FINDING
Tho the inventors have busied their brains for almost a century in an effort to find a substitute for wood pulp in the production of paper, their efforts hitherto met with failure. Recently an industrial concern has issued its prospectus, printed upon paper manufactured from cornstalks in its experimental plant. The paper is of good quality and proves the availability of cornstalks for this purpose.
An earnest search for that which will benefit humanity will sooner or later be rewarded with success. (Text.)
(2852)
SEEKING SERVICE
I have a wealthy friend in Paris who is spending his money not very wisely, but not very wickedly. Some of his acquaintances suggested to him that it would help him socially and give him more prestige, if he could go to America and induce President Roosevelt to appoint him as a member of our American embassy in Paris. So he came to Washington and went to see the President, who very kindly granted him an audience. He spoke the little speech that he had prepared to give, beginning by saying, “I think that I could serve my country, perhaps, if I should have this appointment in Paris.” President Roosevelt spoke right up, as he is apt to do and said: “My young friend, a man desiring to serve his country does not begin by saying where he is going to serve.”—Charles R. Erdman, “Student Volunteer Movement,” 1906.