Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1912 — Mere Mediocrity. [ARTICLE]

Mere Mediocrity.

**l used to think I possessed the artistic temperament—the sacred fire; but 1 was mistaken. I’m just one among the millions of common people.” 2 J “You, have no right to say thht! You have done some splendid things —things that you could not possibly have done if you had merely been one among the millions of common people.” “No, you’re mistaken. I’m just an ordinary, everyday man. Why, my wife has lived with me for eleven years without ever once thinking of getting a divorce!”—Judge.