Life — August 8, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

*-LIRE~ Rubberstampism. me lies a small, oblong piece of boi paper, on one corner of which honored name. 1 received is written a once it in’ thankfulness, sent it forth in hope, and now it has come back to me in disgrace, forever devitalized b stampotastony-hearted cashier. Right across its solar plexus it bears the | 3 ‘o Funds.” And yet I do not wildly curse the rubber stamp that sent me this desolating message, for to me it is more th most abysm the rubber it seems — it isa Somewhere in the dark bac f time it was decreed that all progress sh system of rubberstampism, if 1 may coi ever an act bi of survival and heredity, and others, wor until that act be the men velous symbol. ward and ald be by a pa word. When- me valuable to an organism environment, the laws ed together me me a reflex action, instinct or habit. according to al status of the organism affected. In other words, that organism became a rubber stamp as far as that It could be relied upon to perf It could never n Jessy t was concerned. in that act invariably and benefit a mistake, any more than the stamp strail I now look upon so sadly could by y volition of its own write * Certi Decipberable, Cashier,” instead of Funds.” Ivis probably in > of this law that 80 many persons aim to develop themselves into rubber stamps and t her about the lection of friendly, rubber stampy people. misequen a col- NJ OWADAYS, the man who aspires to be a prod kind aims to hit on some scheme that will enable hin at all times toturnout the same thir good.” The ints one picture rota or something Just artist struggles along until he that pleases, then he analyzes the method by which he produced it and develops himself into a rubber stamp. ‘The poct soon learns to repeat his r note, and it is the author who has a style who is of most use to busy spended upon to juired kind of article or story lon of a rubber stamp. al life we often be “Brown is the kind of a always know where he is, for he always votes the straight ticket as his father did before him.” Wherefore, it is evident that Brown is a political rubber stamp. turn out th with the pre In polit . * e = ma) tN in the Church we find the workings of wy) this law, und he is the most popale prc an hit to make As a whole, wo a rubber stamp, who do not bear its impress on their words and deeds may to lt be known as heterodox. OF che is rejected because he does not » on his words of wisdom and on the philosopher who breaks with all the rubber-stamped truth of the past must develop a system of his own before he can transmit his discoveries to others. In other words, he must make it into a rubber stamp and then his followers are duly impressed with it, The conclusion of the matter is that he is a happy m develops bi uu who self into a profitable rubber stamp and has succeeded in gathering about him a society of rubber stamps. No one will ever expect anything of hin that he cannot do, and he will never be disappointed in his friends, for he knows their capac It is true that the seeing ¢ y toa dot his forehead the words, » Funds” on this dis- Though he will make He bears his burdens cheer- pitations will never muss things Here's to rubber stamps and rubber P. MeArthur. n read justas plainly as I see credited piece of paper, but what of that? no progress, he is a valuable ¢ fully, and because he knows his } up with his ambitions. stampism ! » Brains,” TS better to have loved and received alimony, than never to have loved at all. RORBY'S IDEA OP HEAVEN 18 Goon. A-T— Comicbooks.com