man?

_Answer_. A man must have education. It makes no difference where
or how he gets it. To study the dead languages is time wasted so
far as success in business is concerned. Most of the colleges in
this country are poor because controlled by theologians.

_Question_. What suggestion would you make for the improvement of
the newspapers of this country?

_Answer_. Every article in a newspaper should be signed by the
writer. And all writers should do their best to tell the exact
facts.

_Question_. What do you think of Niagara Falls?

_Answer_. It is a dangerous place. Those great rushing waters--
there is nothing attractive to me in them. There is so much noise;
so much tumult. It is simply a mighty force of nature--one of
those tremendous powers that is to be feared for its danger. What
I like in nature is a cultivated field, where men can work in the
free open air, where there is quiet and repose--no turmoil, no
strife, no tumult, no fearful roar or struggle for mastery. I do
not like the crowded, stuffy workshop, where life is slavery and
drudgery. Give me the calm, cultivated land of waving grain, of
flowers, of happiness.

_Question_. What is worse than death?

_Answer_. Oh, a great many things. To be dishonored. To be
worthless. To feel that you are a failure. To be insane. To be
constantly afraid of the future. To lose the ones you love.

--_The Herald_, Rochester, New York, February 25, 1896.

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING--CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND POLITICS.

_Question_. With all your experiences, the trials, the responsibilities,
the disappointments, the heartburnings, Colonel, is life worth
living?

_Answer_. Well, I can only answer for myself. I like to be alive,
to breathe the air, to look at the landscape, the clouds and stars,
to repeat old poems, to look at pictures and statues, to hear music,
the voices of the ones I love. I like to talk with my wife, my
girls, my grandchildren. I like to sleep and to dream. Yes, you
can say that life, to me, is worth living.

_Question_. Colonel, did you ever kill any game?

_Answer_. When I was a boy I killed two ducks, and it hurt me as
much as anything I ever did. No, I would not kill any living
creature. I am sometimes tempted to kill a mosquito on my hand,
but I stop and think what a wonderful construction it has, and shoo
it away.

_Question_. What do you think of political parties, Colonel?

_Answer_. In a country w