Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1918 — Great Facts Hard to Win. [ARTICLE]

Great Facts Hard to Win.

The highest truths are hard to put into entertaining forms. You expect to teach children through stories, games and the exhibition of the concrete. Grown-ups are expected to learn from the facts presented, arguments and the abstract. Empty heads and near-empty heads have to be constantly amused. Abstract facts are too elusive for their truant observation and perception. , They need spoon-fed products. With men of brains it’s different. They love problems hard to solve. They grcfiv. by responding to life’s challengesJ So when you think things tame begin to find why they are so. The chances are .you will .find the fault in yourself. You haven’t given all the attention you should. The greatest facts have to be sought to be won. Only the ordinary and fleeting courts you.—Exchange. ,