Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1917 — Are We Living Too Fast? [ARTICLE]

Are We Living Too Fast?

, Life In the great centers of the United States has gained such impetus that it makes few pauses in its rush? toward its own destruction. It hurries us along in its current of excitement, battering us against jagged rocks that jut across.it from all angles, poisoning us, polluting our blood with emotions that eat up red corpuscles, and draining our sensibilities of their natural responsiveness. Waste of physical energy is scarcely worse than waste of mental forces. Life ceases tb be enjoyable that moment in which we leave off wondering at it, when it no longer surprises us; when It no longer has unexplored vistas, unexpected romances and adventures, when our jaded palates are calloused beyond the possibility of anticipation. —Exchange.