Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1917 — THE GENTLE CYNIC [ARTICLE]

THE GENTLE CYNIC

The sure things demonstrate the uncertainties of life. The man who preaches that nothing is impossible would even eat an onion and try to lie out of it. About the only time you can really size up a man is when he thinks no one is watching him. Don’t jump at conclusions. Many a man has sustained a compound fracture of the reputation that way.