Soon, with her help, he leaves the earth and travels off ten thousand million miles into space. He counts the suns in the Milky Way; travels in the air, under the water; harnesses lightning, controls nature. By IMAGINATION he is made CAPTAIN of this earthen ship on which he travels through space. IMAGINATION separates Archimedes, working at his problems in the sunlight, from the vile soldier that slaughtered him. Shakespeare rattling his ale pot and Johanna, the ape, shaking her bars at the Zoo are alike, save for difference of imagination. SELF-CONTROL to balance you. JUSTICE to guide you. IMAGINATION to lend creative power. "Equilibrium, Direction, Creation." The TRINITY ardently to be desired. ---- Long ago Plato announced that apparent differences are deceptive; that all things existing come from one casting--the mind of God--which he names "idea." Similarly to-day the solemn-thinking German tells you that matter and force are identical, that the interchangeable character of forces--heat light, magnetism, etc.--is part of the a, b, c of proved phenomena. Haeckel stops digging up old bones and classifying sea microscopic organisms long enough to write "Monism," expressing his belief that God is anything and everything from Orion to a tumble- bug. It is quite easy to show that the selected three--self-control, justice and imagination--are in reality one. Each exists as part of the others. Each is made up of the other two. But this column is not devoted to any save simple things. The question is this, once more: What are man's three most useful qualities--which three would you possess? Do not call this question idle or believe that we cannot change ourselves. We CAN. Napoleon said: "Never believe that a man ever changed his temperament." But Napoleon often said what was foolish. It ought to delight you to know that you can change yourself if you want to, as you can change the arrangement of your back parlor. Try it. It is hard work, but good exercise. THE VALUE OF SOLITUDE We inflict a piece of advice upon our readers. It is intended especially for the young, who have still to get their growth, whose characters and possibilities are forming. GET AWAY FROM THE CROWD WHEN YOU CAN. KEEP YOURSELF TO YOURSELF, IF ONLY FOR A FEW HOURS DAILY. ---- Full individual growth, special development, rounded mental operations--all these demand room, separation from others, solitude, self-examination and the self-reliance which solitude gives. The finest tree stands off by itself in the open plain. Its branches spread wide. It is a complete tree, better than the cramped tree in the crowded forest. The animal to be admired is not that which runs in herds, the gentle browsing deer or foolish sheep thinking only as a fraction of the flock, incapable of personal independent direction. It's the lonely prowling lion or the big black leopard with the whole world for his private field that is worth looking at.