Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — The Thoughts of Worldly Men. [ARTICLE]

The Thoughts of Worldly Men.

The thought of worldly men are forever regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one, holds them down to earth. The bright glory of day, and the silent wonders of a starlit night appeal to their minds In vain. There are no signs in the sun, or in the moon, or in the stars, for their reading. They are like some wise men who, learning to know each planet by Its Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love and Mercy, although they shine by night and day so brightly that the blind may see them; and who,, looking upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the reflection of their own great wisdom and book learning. —Charles Dickens.