Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1916 — Two Kinds of Lights. [ARTICLE]

Two Kinds of Lights.

Some men are like headlights of locomotives, they reveal the path of life to others. Their wisdom and good judgment make bright the way and. little harm will come to the world by following where they lead. Others are like the lights on the caboose; they are warnings, they are signal lanterns, protecting society from the dangers that threaten from another quarter. Both are necessary. Ovy civilization needs not merely t 0.,, ha. guided safely over the track to other achievements, but it needs to be protected from the evils that' threaten its very life while these new attainments are being sought. We need the red lights on the Caboose just as well as the headlights on the locomotive.