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128 MUSINGS OF "THE PHOTOPLAY PHILOSOPHER"
It has been remarked that we remember the great men of the past, not by what they were, but by what they did. In other words, we form a picture in our mind 's eye of the deeds done ; hence, it is not so much the man as it is the deed. .When we read of what Caesar did, we form a mental picture of his deeds, and it is that picture which impresses our memory. When the word " Lincoln" is thought, his deeds flash across the brain, for we cannot separate the man from the deed. Who can think of John Bunyan without thinking of ' ' The Pilgrim 's Progress ' ' ? Likewise, to think of Homer and to forget the ' ' Iliad ' ' were impossible ; and so with Virgil and the ' ' iEneid, ' ' Dante and the "Inferno," Spenser and "Faerie Queene," Cowper and "Task," Bryant and " Thanatopsis, " Holmes and "Autocrat," Chaucer and "Canterbury Tales," Young and "Night Thoughts," Cervantes and "Don Quixote," Thompson and "The Seasons," Sir Thomas More and "Utopia," Gray and "Elegy," Defoe and "Crusoe," Milton and "Paradise Lost," Lamb and "Elia," Joe Jefferson and "Rip Van Winkle," and so on. It will also be observed that the name of Nero is inseparably linked with burning Rome, the name of Brutus with "Et tu Brute," Benedict Arnold with treason, Wilkes Booth with assassination, Hannibal with crossing the Alps, Jesse James with train robbery, Rosa Bonheur with "The Horse Fair," Edison with electricity and Motion Pictures, and so on. Thus with every name is linked a picture. And if reading of great men creates pictures, how much more effective and impressive must be the seeing of the pictures themselves! All of which goes to prove that pictures are a more direct method of education than types.
The New York World, which is not always friendly to the Motion Picture industry, recently published a favorable editorial, entitled "The People's Drama. ' ' This title is a good substitute for the unhappy one of ' ' The Moving Picture Show," which is worn out. "The Photoshow," "The Photoplay," "The Silent Drama," are far more elegant than "Picture Show" and "The Movies."
Scenario editors cannot be too careful in selecting words for the subtitles. There are only one or two words in the English language that have synonyms. I can recall only two words that have precisely the same meaning— begin and commence. The careful speaker or writer uses the utmost care in selecting just the right word to express the meaning desired. Examine and study any two words that seem to mean about the same thing, and you will find that they have different shades of meaning. For example, a person may be proud without being vain ; egotistical without being conceited ; brave without being courageous. Fox once paid William Pitt a high compliment when he said, "I never hesitate for a word; Pitt never hesitates for the word!"
Tacitus says that flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. Was it not a mistake to build us with ears facing forward, to hear all the flattery that others say to our face? For, if they faced aft, we might profit more by hearing the truth spoken behind our back.