Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — Thought. [ARTICLE]

Thought.

Thought of any kind, to be valuable, must be is, it must hold with a firm grasp all the truth that the past,has handed down. It must accept humbly and reverently that which the wisdom of thj ages has stored up, and so thoroughly incorporate it, that it may form its very bona and muscle. Only thus can it acquire stability'or permanence. At the same time it must be expansive, it must have the power of growth, it must be bospltable to new truths and fresh thoughts, willing to pursue Inquiries, to attack difficulties, to solve knotty problems. Thus only can it hand down to posterity something worthy of its acceptance, and pay to the future the debt it owes to the past