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THINKING
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The necessity of thought, as discipline
Of the mind, is too obvious TO require proof.
Yet how little do people think for them
selves, though heaven knows they think
enough Of themselves. They have all their
thinking done, paying high price for the
same. s.h s,s.e $50 fil$ngsafg


In the reading of books, they give no
thought to the subject, but read and read
merely lor, the Purposedof reading what
they read is Of no consequence Books
are waded through with a, rapidly that is
perfectly astonishing but il is in reality
wading, as they get into it only shin deep.
IL it's novel, they shed tears over il,
sob, and wonder that such things could hap
pen. Their heart is thrown into the ro-
nance, but their heads is not suffered to
enter the conflict, as an umpire between
the right and wrong, the discreet and indis-
Greet not suffered to weigh The absurd
tiles and reject the positive errors inculca-
ted. A novel would hurt no one, if the
reader would properly exercise the head,
and think ell the time that ID is novel, and
nothing else. But alas too many novel
readers have weaker heads than hearts, and
consequently think themselves on the high
way OF reality, when they are only wander
ing in the barren fields Of Imagination. At
the same time, il is true that better books
could occupy the attention than these same
novels. fr 9Rf


Want Of thought is manifested in many
of the business transactions Of life and no
answer is more frequent to the questions,
."Why did you so ~ or ssWhy did you not
so !" than, 81 did not think ~ That's gen.
errally most evident. It's silly excuse,
for what business have personals do any
thing without thinking MI: ,,,.,s, 4,


With more thinking and less thopgh.less-
ness this world would not be so bad world
as many think it to'be.. On the whole, we
think too many think as they think others
think. Oasis. asNg in rs''F fs III