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right�察�I need another bump。 

     The     cripple   girl  had    traveled    ahead    of   her  jealous    mother。     For 

selfishness cripples us more than paralysis。 



                               Schools of Sympathy 



       When I see a long row of cots in a hospital or sanitarium�察�I want to 

congratulate      the   patients   lying   there。   They    are   learning    the  precious 

lessons   of   patience�察  �sympathy�察  �love�察  �faith   and   courage。   They  are   getting 

the   education     in  the  humanities      the  world    needs    more   than   tables   of 

logarithms。   Only   those   who   have   suffered   can   sympathize。   They   are   to 

become   a   precious   part   of   our   population。   The   world   needs   them   more 



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than libraries and foundations。 



                                 The Silver Lining 



       There is no backward step in life。 Whatever experiences come to us 

are truly new chapters of our education if we are willing to learn them。 

     We think this is true of the good things that come to us�察�but we do not 

want to think so of the bad things。 Yet we grow more in lean years than in 

fat years。 In fat years we put it in our pockets。 In lean years we put it in 

our hearts。   Material   and   spiritual   prosperity  do   not   often   travel   hand´in´ 

hand。 When we become materially very prosperous�察�so many of us begin 

to say�察 �Is not this Babylon that I have builded�拭─�And about that time there 

comes some handwriting on the wall and a bump to save us。 

     Think of what might happen to you today。 Your home might burn。 We 

don't want your home to burn�察�but somebody's home is burning just now。 

A   conflagration   might   sweep   your   town   from   the   map。   Your   business 

might wreck。 Your fortune might be swept away。 Your good name might 

be tarnished。 Bereavement might take from you the one you love most。 

     You would never know how many real friends you have until then。 But 

look out� �Some of your friends would say�察 �I am so sorry for you。 You are 

down and out。; Do not believe that you are down and out�察�for it is not true。 

The old enemy of humanity wants you to believe you are down and out。 

He wants you to sympathize with yourself。 You are never down and out� �

     The truth is�察�another chapter of your real education has been opened。 

Will you read the lesson of the Needful Knocks�拭�

     A   great   conflagration�察  �a   cyclone�察  �a   railroad   wreck�察  �an   epidemic   or 

other public disaster brings sympathy�察�bravery�察�brotherhood and love in its 

wake。 

     There is a silver lining to every hard knocks cloud。 

     Out    of  the  trenches   of   the  Great   War   come    nations    chastened    by 

sacrifice and purged of their dross。 



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                                  Chapter IV 



     ;Shake The Barrel; 

     How We Decide Our Destinies 

       NOW      as  we   learn   the   lessons   of  the   Needless    and   the   Needful 

Knocks�察�we get wisdom�察�understanding�察�happiness�察�strength�察�success and 

greatness。   We   go   up   in   life。   We   become   educated。   Let   me   bring   you   a 

picture of it。 

     One day the train stopped at a station to take water。 Beside the track 

was   a   grocery   with   a   row   of   barrels   of   apples   in   front。   There   was   one 

barrel full of big�察�red�察�fat apples。 I rushed over and got a sack of the big�察�

red�察�fat apples。 Later as the train was under way�察�I looked in the sack and 

discovered there was not a big�察�red�察�fat apple there。 

     All I could figure out was that there was only one layer of the big�察�red�察�

fat apples on the top�察�and the groceryman�察�not desiring to spoil his sign�察�

had reached down under the top layer。 He must have reached to the bottom�察�

for he gave me the worst mess of runts and windfalls I ever saw in one 

sack。   The   things   I   said   about   the   grocery   business   must   have   kept   the 

recording angel busy。 

     Then I calmed down。 Did the groceryman do that on purpose�拭�Does 

the  groceryman   ever   put   the   big   apples   on   top   and   the   little   ones   down 

underneath�拭�

     Do you�拭�Is there a groceryman in the audience�拭�

     Man   of   sorrows�察  �you   have   been   slandered。   It   never   occurred   to   me 

until that day on the train that the groceryman does not put the big ones on 

top and the little ones down underneath。 He does not need to do it。 It does 

itself。 It is the shaking of the barrel that pushes the big ones up and the 

little ones down。 



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                              Shake to Their Places 



       You laugh�拭�You don't believe that�拭�Maybe your roads are so good and 

smooth that things do not shake on the road to town。 But back in the Black 

Swamp of Ohio we had corduroy roads。 Did you ever see a corduroy road�拭�

It was a layer of logs in the mud。 Riding over it was the poetry of motion� �

The   wagon   ;hit   the   high   spots。;   And   as   I   hauled   a   wagon´bed   full   of 

apples to the cider´mill over a corduroy road�察�the apples sorted out by the 

jolting。 The big apples would try to get to the top。 The little�察�runty apples 

would try to hold a mass meeting at the bottom。 

     I   saw   that   for   thirty   years   before   I   saw   it。   Did   you   ever   notice   how 

long you have to see most things before you see them�拭�I saw that when I 

played marbles。 The big marbles would shake to the top of my pocket and 

the little ones would rattle down to the bottom。 

     You children try that tomorrow。 Do not wait thirty years to learn that 

the big ones shake up and the little ones shake down。 Put some big ones 

and some little things of about the same density in a box or other container 

and   shake   them。   You   will   see   the   larger   things   shake   upward   and   the 

smaller shake downward。 You will see every thing shake to the place its 

size    determines。    A   little  larger  one   shakes   a  little  higher�察 �and   a  little 

smaller one a little lower。 

     When things find their place�察�you can shake on till doomsday�察�but you 

cannot change the place of one of the objects。 

     Mix them up again and shake。 Watch them all shake back as they were 

before�察�the largest on top and the smallest at the bottom。 



                                  Lectures in Cans 



       At   this   place   the   lecturer   exhibits   a   glass   jar   more   than   half´filled 

with small white beans and a few walnuts。 

       Let us try that right on the platform。 Here is a glass jar and inside of it 

you see two sizes of objectsa lot of little white beans and some walnuts。 



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You will pardon me for bringing such a simple and crude apparatus before 

you in a lecture�察�but I ask your forbearance。 I am discovering that we can 

hear faster thru the eye than thru the ear。 I want to make this so vivid that 

you will never forget it�察�and I do not want these young people to live thirty 

years before they see it。 

     If there are sermons in stones�察�there must be lectures in cans。 This is a 

canned lecture。 Let the can talk to you awhile。 

     You note as I shake the jar the little beans quickly settle down and the 

big walnuts shake up。 Not one bean asks�察 �Which way do I go�拭─�Not one 

walnut asks�察 �Which way do I go�拭─�Each one automatically goes the right 

way。 The little ones go down and the big ones go up。 

     Note   that   I   mix   them   all   up   and   then   shake。   Note   that   they   arrange 

themselves just as they were before。 

     Suppose those objects could talk。 I think I hear that littlest bean down 

in the bottom  saying�察  �Help me�   �Help   me�   �I am  so   unfortunate   and low 

down。 I never had no chance like them big ones up there。 Help me up。; 

     I say�察 �Yes�察�you little bean�察�I'll help you。; So I lift him up to the top。 

See� �I have boosted him。 I have uplifted him。 

     See�察�the can shakes。 Back to the bottom shakes the little bean。 And I 

hear him say�察 �King's ex� �I slipped。 Try that again and I'll stay on top。; So 

I put him back again on top。 

     The can shakes。 The little bean again shakes back to the bottom。 He is 

too small to stay up。 He cannot stand prosperity。 

     Then I hear Little Bean say�察 �Well�察�if I cannot get to the top�察�you make 

them big ones come down。 Give every one an equal chance。; 

     So I say�察 �Yes�察�sir�察�Little Bean。 Here�察�you big ones on top�察�get down。 

You Big Nuts get right down there on a level with Little Bean� ─�And you 

see I put them down。 

     But I shake the can�察�and the big ones go right back to the top with the 

same shakes that send the little ones back to the bottom。 

     There is only one way for those objects to change their place in the can。 

Lifting them up or putting them down will not do it。 But change their size� �

     Equality  of   position demands quality  of   size。  Let   the little one   grow 



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bigger   and   he   will   shake   up。   Let   the   big   one   grow   smaller   and   he   will 

shake down。 



                           The Shaking Barrel of Life 



       O�察�fellow apples� �We are all apples in the barrel of life on the way to 

the market place of the future。 It is a corduroy road and the barrel shakes 

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