All Great Poetry is the Trans-figured Life of The Author The poet has in an extraordinary degree the gift of imagination, or vision. He seems to be endowed with a sixth sense. In his moments of inspiration he can see and feel the essential mystery, the spiritual meaning, of what appears to us as ordinary and commonplace. The unimaginative man is aware only of what he perceives through his senses. Like...

War – A Relic of Barbarism The law of the jungle is, “Kill, or be killed!” There we see, “Nature red in tooth and claw”. From the times of “Dragons of the prime That tore each other in the slime”, up to now, the stronger beasts have preyed upon the weaker, and these again on the weaker still. From the tiger down to the rat the only right known is that...

Play Up Play Up And Play The Game   The English are noted for their love of games and sport. They are bred up to it from boyhood. Games, such as foot-ball, hockey, and the national game of cricket, are made much of in all public schools ; and the boys play them with zest. The love and playing of such manly games have created in them what is called the...

A Merry Heart Goes All The Way A pessimist is a person who always expects the worst; an optimist is one who always hopes for the best. A pessimist is, therefore, a gloomy, depressed and depressing person ; but an optimist is both cheery and cheering. His chief characteristic is cheerfulness; for even when the sky is dark he knows the sun will shine out again sooner or later. He tries...

Are We Happier Than Our Ancestors? Man of today, particularly the youth, feels that man of today is happier than his ancestors. In this age of Science, life is secure, sage and comfortable. Science has come to man as a boon. Man is inventor and conqueror. He has yolked even the elements of nature to his service. He has done marvellous things to make himself happy. The world of hours has...

Expectation is Keener than Enjoyment A student begins his three-year course of study for his degree. He thinks proudly of the day when he will be able to write the magic letters “B. A.” after his name. How grand it will be to be a graduate! So term after term he works hard at his studies, always buoyed up with the hope of that final success. How slowly the weeks and...

This is my Own, My Native Land Patriotism is love of and devotion to one’s country. The word is derived from the Latin word for “father”; and it literally means love of the fatherland, or the land of one’s fathers. A true patriot is an unselfish lover of his country. His sincere desire is to serve its best interests in all ways possible to him. Robert Browning expressed true patriotism in...

Men Wanted One day, it is said, Diogenes, the Greek Cynic philosopher, was found wandering about the market-place of Athens with a lighted lantern in broad daylight. He seemed to be looking for something he had lost. When the people asked him what he was looking for, he said: “Looking for? I was looking for an honest man;but I can’t find one in all Athens?” Probably most of the Athenians went...