Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — Pleasures of the Imagination. [ARTICLE]

Pleasures of the Imagination.

“Life,” says 6ome one “would not be half so pleasant if we were not always speculating upon what is going to be.” The gift of imagination is one for which we should be deeply grateful. What if it does play us tricks, once in a while conjuring up disasters and apprehensions that are never realized? The beautiful visions we see, the “may he’s” we enjoy beforehand, even if they never amount to anything, are blessings in themselves. Nor are the imaginative as overwhelmed with disappointment when their air castles fall to the ground as their more prosaic neighbors give them credit for. The beauty of these charming dwellings is that as soon as one castle has fallen to the ground, another equally attractive, can be erected on the same spot, without being obliged to await the removal of any debris, and the owner takes immediate possession. Of course this amusement can be carried to an injurious length by keeping the mind in such a state of exaltation that sublunary affairs receive but indifferent attention, hut this may be the case with any other Amusement and is no argument against a judicious Indulgence in the pleasure of building fcircastles, and the person "tirho, amidst pain, sorrow and distress, can take possession of one of these airy dwellings where nothing but pleasure reigns, is the fortunate one.