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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAT KEniBUC.
"Life Uvea only In success." J3 tho dec
laration of Bayard Taylor la "Amran's Woo
lns." Eut what la success, and what should
be dono by tho young man who would
echiev It? This Is something that has
been discussed by -miters or all the nee"
since men first did think and write. David.
Solomon, tho prophets, Jesus, the disciples,
end Confucius. Chile. Cato, Cicero. Demos
thenes, Pythagoras, Aristophanes or.d all
others cf tho ancient eases thought and
wrote of tho problem of life not only tho
mystery of creation, but tJso of living. And
as long as there are men who live and think
of lling end who see others coming after
them tho dobato oa "Life: It3 Uses and
Abures" will continue.
"Life lives only in cuecess." But what Is
uccefa? Is It wealth? Seribc-Mej erbeer
rays "sold Is but a chimera." 3s It glory?
Bmollett says "glory Is tho child cf peril."
Is It worldly famo? Mackenzie declares
"famo is a revenuo payable to our ghost?."
and Pcpe declares "fame is a fancied llfo in
others' breath." Is it power? Bhelley cays
"ponor, HKo a ecsoiaung pcsiuenco, pol
lutes whate'er It toches," and Coulton eajs
"pomer will intoxicate the best hearts, as
wlno the strongest heads."
Henry Ward Beccher eays: "Success is
full of promise -until men tret It; tad then It
seems like a nest from which the bird has
flown." But that is a. pessimistic Mew.
Amos Bromon Alcott Is racm cheerful:
"Success Is eweet: tho tweeter If Iocs de
layed, and attained -through manifold strug
gle? and defeats." Perhsps PUraell takes
the modern-day view: "Success Is the child
of audacity." Seneca declared long years
ngo that "Success consecrates the foulest
crimes," and noble Buskin who might have
ben excused had he been habitually a cynis
and pessimist InEiead of being only occa
sionally so declared: "Succoss elgnifics al
ways eo much victory over TO-r nelghbor
y "to obtain the direction of his wcrk and
fce the profits of It." Thomas Carlyle takes
-mro Idealistic but Is It e. better recos-
.2 viow: "Success? If the thin is ua-
thou hast not succeeded."
t whatever this success whether It be
: 1 or chimera It is uhat the world is
struggling for, end what tt will continue to
struggle for. Bo, how to go about It?
. 9
Timely Bsginninp-, and j
Proper Training, t
Tie aplrft of youth
That ctaii to be cf note begins batlrnea,
Eh'nkespearo makes Antony ear. Aa eld
saying Is that "the early bird catches the
worm"; but Shakespeare, rerhaps, voiced
tho doubt of mankind cs to how one could
be assured In advance that himself wa3 not
tho worm when he made Friar Laurcnco
ay to love-impatient Romeo, "Too swift
arrives aa tardy as Joo late." But as the
world dees net wait, and even the loosest
llfo "Is scarco the twinkle of a star In
Ool's eternal day," t Bayard Taylor puts
It, and "a. man's life's tio more than to
ay 'one,'" cs Hamlet puts It. there Is
need for timeliness In begmnlng the etrug
gie for success. "When to begin o,t what
ase. and at what call U perhaps open to
debate, but there Is a. proverb which Kays:
"He that t9net handsome at 10. Etroac at
0. rich at 40. nor wise at K. will never ba
handsome, strong, rich or wise." The con
temns of opinion, however, teems to be
that the best time to begin Is the present,
for, cs Bamuel Johnson declares, "tho
present hour alone Is man'3." Cowley sees
even further and declares:
To-morrow win I live, the f I doe s tar.
To-day ttir too late; the win ilvtl yastarday.
Eut to-morrow Is tone, and
TO mourn a mischief that U part and r'
Is tia cert -war to draw cow mischief a,
according to Shakespeare.
"Ivory does not coma from a rat's
mouth." Is the way la which an old
Chinese proverb expresses the theory that
"you cannot make a. silk purge out of a
ow car." All of which Is another way
of saying that the material must be In the
man or thins before the desired result can
be secured. This does not mean, that to
achieve success it 1 necessary to be born
la success; many Instances tend to prove al
most that the reverse of th! is the rule,
and Carlyle's testimony Is:
"From tho haw est depth there Is a path,
to the loftiest belcbt." It Is rather an argu
ment that men should consider their own
capacities and euit their avocations to
them. Something may bo done la the way
of enlarging one's capacities by study and
training. Goethe declares that "to serve
from ths lowest station upward Is In all
things necessary"; and thus may one to
enlarge hlmstlf by experience that much
amends can be mado for luck of natural
fitness. The practice of making poor
choices of profession 13 not a new one. in
"Itlchard III" Shakespeare E-iys:
The. worlJ Is crown no baa
That wrtna iul rrty naer tacit dare cot
pch.
And Pope, a century later, eald. la bis
"Essay oa Criticism," "Fools rush la
where angels'fear to tread."
Buskin thus expresses his epprevlatlon of
the value of training: "In the exact propor
tion la which men are bred capsbl'. of warm
affection, common sens and celf-rommand,
and are educated to l'ove. to think and to
endure, they become noble, live happily, die
calmly, aro remembered with perpetual hec
or by their race, end for the perpetual gcod
of It." And again Ruskln says: "To make
a boy despise his mother care Is the
straibtest way to make him despise his Re
deemer's voice; and to mako him scorn his
father and his father's house, the straighteat
way to make him deny his God and Us
God'a heaven." Carlyle declares: "To learn
obejlng is the fundamental art of govern
ing." "He that has been taught by himself
lias had a fool for a master," declared sour
old Bea Jonson. Others may not care to
make the statement so broad, and perhaps
Jonson only meant that a man who went
not beyond himself, both la teaching and in
learning, wss & fooL Francis Quarlts's pre
cept is: "Head not books alone, but men,
and amongst thera chiefly thyself; If thou
find anything Questionable there, use the
commentary of a severe friend rather than
the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer; there
la more profit in a distasteful truth tnan de
ceitful sweetness." Bacon's advice Is: "Read
not to contradict and confute, nor to be
lieve and take for granted, nor to nnd talk
and dlscourso, but to weigh and consider."
Professor John 8. Biackle's advice to young
men ts to "read nothing that you do not
care to remember, end remember nothing
that you do not mean to use."
An essential part of training for any posi
tion Is the cultivation of self -control. Thom
as a' Kempls declares: "He that hath gained
n entire conquest 01, er himself will find no
mighty difficulties to gubdua all other oppo
sition." J. M- Barrio describes temper as "a
weapon that we hold by the blade.'' Burns
says:
Jtraaer. attend whtthfr thr a-.nl
tcaxs fanry E'ebts U-j-onJ tL rol.
Or dorkltrR rrubs tLl earthly ho!
Kaon: tru-cnt. cautious flf-coatrol
In lovr pursuit:
li wUOcin a root.
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I Ceaseless Industry and Un-
discouraged Perseverance.
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ntness and training, however, will prove
useless if there Is not In tho man tho ele
ment of Ir-dustry and perso eranco.
tVhrn thaa dt purpose aught -nlthln thy poicer
Be aure to do It. though tt I"? but amall.
Ii tho advlco cf Geirg? Herbert. Ben
Franklin, tho first great American adviser
of perseverance or.d Industry, points out
through "Poor Richard" that: "Industry
Is the parent of success. Industry
Is tho parent of virtus. Industry
need not wish." "Indolence and stupidity
nro first cousins." declared Rlvard. "Indo
lence la tho paralysis of tho soul," 6ays
Laiater. "Indolence Is tho eli'p of tha
mind." said Vauvenargucs. Davaut "Watts
eaya:
In wort! of labor or of sVttt
I would le bmr. too; '
for Satan ceds socio rnlEfialtt ti!3
Fer lle Lsais to do.
"He that tllleth bis own land shall hare
y'.enty of bread." tsys tha Bible. "Kea'th
lies la labor, end there Is no rcyal road to
it but through toll." eald "Wendell Phll
Jhs; and es "a eound body" lr. In rplte of
tl-.o lnstaares in history that contradict tho
theory, still regarded te the only home for
"a. counl mind." the preservation of health
Is ta fErtlal. "To live Is not to breathe; It
is to act," declares Rousseau. Ehakespare
urges both labor and timeliness when he
rays, la Henry VI:
Nsw t: "th cpricc. t weeia tr sttIlo-
ro:tS:
EuTr Ihes Ciw, cr-1 ttey2 tftrervw the fir'
Cen
Ar4 choke th hrts f at weet cf totbacSry.
Earah J. Hale argues, in "Iron"i
Itcnd rtrratti al radiant btacty
Tb were or la J"ar2rf plan:
Susb! tdl eiJ ha.ieavrzrl djty
7htt will form tha prfe& xr.an.
Cvothlng is Impossible to Industry," de
clares Perfander of Corinth. Cowper crgts
the value of action as against mere dream
ing when he writes:
Dream after d-tao ensues.
And ctlll they draaza that they shall ftlll ticet
ArI t'Mi tr dlasppctsted.
Franklin teaches the rame lesson when
he 3 s: "He that Hits upon hopes will die
fasting." Aa old. unidentified English
writer says: "Ho that is tied with one
slendfr string, cuch as ono resolute Etrug
gle nould break. Is prisoner only to his
own Floth; and who would pity his thmii
domT' "Indecision end delay are the par
ents of failure," lays Canning. Procrasti
nation, which can ct best be called only
clothfulntss. Is thus discusKd by Young:
"To-morrow Is a. eatlro on to-day, und
Ehous its weakness " And by C. 1. 'Wcisse:
" To-morrow, to-morrow, only not to-day,'
lazy people always say."
To-rcorrow you "Kill lire, you eln'ays cry.
la what far coastrr does this morro-ir li7
asks Cowley. In another place. Couley
says:
Our yosttriaya to-mcrrow now Is rons.
Ana still a new to-morrow Cone coma oil
tVe by to-norrow Craw cut all our atore.
Till the ezhaustM well can Tlll 03 mora.
"Sloth never arrived at the attainment of
a. good wish," declares Cervantes, nnd Ben
rranklin says: "Sloth makes all things
diHcult. but industry all things easy."
Economy of Labor and
Money, Concentration.
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But while Franklin Insists upon Industry
he never urges rlavery. "Drive thy busi
ness, let not thy business drlva thte," is
tho cum of his whole teaching- Balzao. ad
vises against worry and wasted energy
when ho says: "Our worst mijfortuiiS
never happen, and most miseries Ho la an
ticipation." "It's no use pumping a dry
well" is the way in which an old proverb
has it.
A sermon on economy Is preached in these
few words by George Eliot: "It's no use
f.lllng your pocket full of money If you
have got a hols In the corner."
The necessity for concentration of effort
Is urged by Guicclardini. who eaya: "Affairs
that depend en many rarely succeed."" 'To
one thins at a time" Is the advice of Chan
cellor Thurlow. "Rays must converge to a
point in order to glow Intensely" is the way
fn which Blair expresses It. George Her
bert cays:
The turo traveler,
Thc-irh li allcht iometlmes, still ro'Ji oa.
"I have always obeserved that to Euccetd
la this world a man must seem simple, but
be wise." declares Montesquieu: while Cato
centuries ago said: 'To succeed In the world
It la much more necessary to bo nble to
diagnose a fool than a clever man." VThcth
t Cato had a mind upon the "plucking of
ths fool In theso days he is sometimes
called the "lamb" dees not apepar. "He
that has a head will not want a hat" is
the homely phrase of an old proverb, but
Heine claims that wisdom need not be al
ways present, when he says: "He who never
In his lire was foolish was never a wise
man." Hltopedesa is credited with this:
"He whceo understanding can discern what
is. and judge what should or should not be
applied to prevent misfortune, never slnk
eth under difficulties." Discernment is thus
extravagantly described by Butler:
II co-ala dltlncu!sh and divide
A hair 'twizt ao'jth and aouthneit aid.
"Intellect annuls fate; eo far as man
thinks, ho is free." declares Emerson. "In
tellect is not speaking and logicising; It Is
seeing and ascertaining." declares Carlyle.
"Sometimes a fool speaks reasonably," de
clares Horace; but Carlyle points out that
it is safer to follow even the mhtakes of
a wise man than the truths of a fool. "For
the wise man." he cas, "travels in lofty,
far-seeing regions; the fool In low-lylngr,
hlsh-fenccd lanes; retracing the footsteps
cf the former, to discover where he devi
ated, whole provinces cf the universe tre
laid open to us; in the path of the latter,
granting even that he have not deviated at
all. little is laid open to us but two-wheel
ruts and two hedges." M. da Montlosler
points out a dangerous rock ia the chancel
when he says: "To place wit before good
sense is place the nuserfluous before
tho necessary." "Knowledge," ay Emer- "
soa. "comes by eyes always open , and '
working hands; and there Is no knowledge
that is not power. "Wisdom makes but
a slow defence against trouble, though at
last a sure one," declares Goldsmith, while
J. G. Holland declares: 'The heart is wiser
thaa the Intollect." "How prone to doubt,
how cautious aro tho wise!" declares Ho
mer in his Odyssey. Pope asks:
Wh U It to be wlaa?
'Tim hut to know how Utile can ba known.
To tea all othene faults acd feel cur oa.
Confucius, according to EL A. Bowring
translation, says:
Wouldat thou .wisely and with pleasure
I SOME THINGS
It is well to be careful of one's
that 11 vts -ivith wolves learas to howl."
It Is well to be Jum; an ancient uiotto ears: "The 3nst man 17111 prosper in rplte of eavy."
It i well to be generous; Goethe lays: "He who does nothing lor others does nothing for laiarff; Plato says:
"He who t-peuas hlmtelf for all that Is noble, and rains by nothing but what fc just, will lordly Le notably
wealthy or distressfully poor." t
It Js well to be reasonable; Hare Eays: "Instead of watching the bird as it files above our heads, wc chase
his fchadow along the ground; and, finding we cannot gra6p it, we conclude it is nothing."
It 1s well to be honest; Kucltert eaj-e: "lie who eays 'I 6oucht, yet I found not,' be rure he li-s: he tho saya,
'I sought not and fouud he deceives; be cure he deceives; he who Bays, 'I nought and found,' him believe ho
e-lieais true."
Jt is well to be firm; Spurgcca cays: 4"5Vhen the sheep is too meet, all the lambs will suck it."
It is well to be brave in misfortune; Goethe Bays: "In spite of all misfortune, there is BtHI enough to satisfy
one." ,
It is well to be neither too expectant nor too apprehensive; Schopenhauer Fays: "In the go.d as well as in tho
evil of life, lets depends upon what befalls us thaa opon the way In which we take it," La liocbefoucauld says:
"Vi'a tLou!d detite few things with eagerness if we "neil knew the worth ;f what we are striving for."
It is well to carefully cultivate taste; Kiiikin says: "Tell ine what you like, and I wiH tell you what you
arc."
It is well to study human character; Bodcnstedt says: "In the face of every human being bis litacry htands
plainly written, his innermost nature feteps forth to the light; yet thpy are the fewest who can read and uuder-fctaud."
It is well to "brush up against
current of the world."
It Is well to be never cast down; Elizabeth Barrett Browning says:
"Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not tho work
Until the day's out and the labor done."
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J'ara tie es c? luVf riicrt measure!
3YUCS tta rlow one couol tajie. t
But a too! of hlta n'er aakei
JCt-'er u irlnid the aailt knoar, S
ICor tba CGLctan: cce aj ra.
Wordiworth declares:
WlfSom in tfrtoea nearer hea we atcon
Than fcen v rocr.
Bayard Taylor tjxaks this great truth la
"The Wiedom of All":
y.y wtEdnn a.'th is wcs.
Bst rich jt-rthiffO' witsoai yet for none.
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I Cxulion in Preparation,
Boldness in iizeeotion
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Cautlcn which Includes a das emcunt cf
ecrecy la a part or wisdom, and especially
eo in bualiess. Emerson's description of
"the man it bo rales" Is "he whose word
tnd deed you cannot pre-ilct, who answers
you wlthcut any supplication In his eye,
nho draws his Inspiration from within and
draws it Instantly." An eld Portuguese
maxim Eays: "Drink nothing without eeo
lcg it; tlgn nothing without reading It."
Proftsscr Biackle's theory Is: "Healthy ac
tion is always a balance of forces; and all
extremes aro dangerous; the exccsi of a
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IT IS WELL FOR YOUNG MEN TO DO.
coiapaor; Franklin tays: "He tint lives
the world"; Goethe Eay9: Talcat forms
what Is radically bad." Ovld'a advlco is to
"keep a mid course between the two ex
tremes." 1 Rochefoucauld declares "si
lence is the best resolve for him who dis
trusts himself." and Zacharia say3 "Mlence
is the sanctuary of discretion; It rot oaly
conceals secrete, but also faults." But
there Is such a thing as overdoing caution.
"Ho who considers too much." rays Schil
ler, "will accomplish little." Burke advles
against too much conservatism in this
wise: "Wbea the reason cf old establish
ments la gone, it la absurd to keep nothing
but the burden of them. This Is supersti
tlously to embalm a carcass cot worth in
ounce of the gums that are used to em
balm It."
lie was a, bold man that first ate an oys
ter." declared Dean Swift. But boldnei as
well as caution is necessary if success is
to be achieved. Caution and boldness can
well work together: then- combination Is
only an exemplification of the wisdom or
the advice: "B sure you ere right, then
go ahead." And when you start to go, go.
Bacon's Ida is: "When things are once
come to the execution, thero is no secrecy
comparable to celerity, like the motion of a
bullet in the air. which fileth so swift that
It outruns tho eye." "He who is firm in hW
will molds the world to himself," says
Goeth.
In tain doea tha mill clack.
If the miller hla bearlrx lack,
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"ho
itself In secret; character Jn the great U
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Is Herbert's warning acalnst turning a
dull ear to the call of fortune; fcr nil agree
that
There la a U4 10 tb fJTalri cr men
WW. h. taken at th- acod. leads en to frtusal
Omitted, all the vcrace ef their Ufa
la bound la ctalltKra and la Waery.
Bucces or faUure depends largely upon
one's ability to take this tide nt its flood-
to recognlr the opportunity when It comes.
Carlyle declares: "To no man doe Fortune
throw open all th kingdom of this world
and Eay: It Is thine; choo'e where thou
wilt dwell' To the most the opens hardly
the smallest cranny or dog-hutch, and pays,
not without asperity: There, that is thine
whilst thou can keep it; nestle thyself
there, asd bless heavtnr But the thing to
do li to take what is offered and make the
most of it: who knsws but that the "small
est cranny cr deg-butch" may lead to a
kingdom?
If can ro rot to titter
Tti rose wfatra tty rtar...
Tfcey fade i3o-.it their fullaga. .
Titer cannot acek Lla hanJ.
tsys Igleslas, according to Bryant's trans
lation. "Ho that goes c-borrowlng goes a-sor-rowlng"
cays ono proverb, nnd another
says "ho that ia surety for another Is
neer sura himself." "Sins nnd debts are
aye malr than wo think them," declares
an old Scotch proverb, and Johnson re-en
GENERAL VIEW FROM THE
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forces the argument thus: "Small debts
are like small shot they are rattling on
every side, and can scarcely bo escaped
without a wound. Crrat debts are like a
cannon of loud noise, tut littlo danger."
DlQcultles will come, and may a well
be expected and prepared for. "Somo falls
are means the happ!r to rise." says
Shakespeare. "Difficulties aro meant to
rouse, not discourage." dcHares Channlng.
"Dlfllcultlea ore thlngi that rhow what
men are. sayn Hplctetus. "R-mmtfr,
your failures are the reed of your mot
glorious success," dt-ckircj an anonymous
writer of the last century; ".Irspcnd If jou
must, but don't despair" "v mount to
heaven mostly on the ruins of our cher
ished schemes, finding our failures wer(
successes," declares A. B. Alcott. "We
learn wisdom from failure much more
than from success," declare Srallei; "we
often discover uhat will do by finding out
what will not do: nnd probably he who
never made a mistake ceT made a dis
covery." But Coleridge declares that "to
most men experlfncc Is like the- ctfrn light
of the ship, which illumine only the tnek
it hat passed." tnd throw no light ahead
for future guidance.
-'e ' e-e-e--e--e-e-e-e--t-e-e-.a
Philosophy, Address,
Honesty, Individuality',
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m m 9 a '
.. m fr
Whn things are at their worst thy
will mead" is an old prowrb that Is a rxr
inon on philosophy in nine word". And
philosophy is necessary if one would R-eae-t
the difficulties of life and. surmounting
them, succeed.
Tax tha showers as they fan
Eaoi'eh If at tbe t.Z of aa
A little CArra Llreoxn.
Is Tennyson's advice. I'ercy'rays:
E'nc grief bat arxiarates thy luts.
Grieve not fur nhtt ts p:st.
John Armstrong declares, in his "Art of
Preserving Health."
This reae -mcrla
Is tV cf chance -rtlch. Ly hatlfs power.
To learn to bear la eaaler than to shun.
Eeajamln Disraeli takes this cilm view:
"The world Is a wheel, and it wiil all come
round right." Bollngbroke sees the enly
true happiness in the philosophy that is
bullded upon consciousness of duty well
dore: "He alone Is happy, and he is truly
so. who can say. 'Welcome life, whatever
It brings. "Welcome death, whatever It
is."
Appearancos count for much. "Dress has
a moral effect upon the conduct of man
kind." declares Sir J. Barrington. Fuavity
also counts for much. "Fair words gladds'i
o many a heart." says Longfellow. "Gto.1
words are better than bal strokes," rays
Ehakesprare. But it Is well to ba sparing
with words. "ior words are but wise man's
counters," eays Thomas Hobbes, "thoy do
but reckon by thcrii but they are th mosey
of fools." And Popo says:
Words are lit leaics. and where they most
abound
Ucch fruit of aecss ts rarely foend.
And ho who talks much must needs say
somewhat that he would rather had been
left unsaid; and "it Is as easy to draw back
a stone thrown with force from the hand
as to recall a word once ppoken," saya
Uenander. Tho best that can bo hoped for
Is that one may acquire some friends and
acquire some friends nnd
lis who pleased everybody
as born." says an old pro-
a few enemies,
aicu ociore ne was Dorn, says an old pro
verb; and Hazlllt dtclares that "he will
never have true friends who U afraid of
making enemies."
Honesty of word and purpose Is conceded
to bo a requisite to substantial and worthy
success, although Professor Wilson points
out that "he that speaks the truth will And
himself In sufficiently dramatic situations."
Some one has said that he who lies must
needs have a good memory to keep his lies
from treading on each other; and Pope puts
the matter in these words: "Ha who tells
a Ho is not sensiblo how great the task he
undertakes, for he must be forced to invent
twenty more to maintain that one." "Sin,"
says Holmes, "has many tcoI, but a lie 1?
the handta which fits thm all." Caro In
making promises, and equal care In keeping
them. Is one of tho lrtues of honesty, and
is also a valuable financial asset. "Ho that
hath care of keeping days of payment." says
Lord Burleigh, "is lord of unother man's
purse." "He that promises too much means
nothing," is an old maxim, and perhaps it
was the knowledge of that fact which led
Shakespeare to remark through the mouth
of Bassanlo In "The Merchant of Venice":
X like not fair terms, and a Tlilalnoua mind,
when Shylock named the terms of his "mer
ry loan."
Self-oonadecce and a knowledge of pow
er usually go hand in hand with strong In
dividuality. Kpt within reasonable bounds,
this is valuable; Carlyle says, "The fearful
unbelief is unbelief in yourself." Sometimes
rery often, in fact this trait reaches that
point of development which is called ego
tism. Frequently it Is expressed by eccen
tricities of dress or behavior. "Singularity
shows something wrong In th? mind," says
Clarissa. "He that is full of himself Is very
empty." eays a proverb. "He who comes
up to his own Idea of greatness must al
ways have had a very low standard of It In
his mind." says Hazlitt. "He who thinks
his place below Mm will certainly be below
his place," says Eavtlle. "He that Is the in
ferior of nothing can Le the superior of
nothing, the equal of nothing." says Car
lyle. La Rochefoucauld sarcastically says:
"We seldom find any persens of good eenss
except those who are of our opinion." In a
similar vein. La Fontaine says: "We always
take credit for tho good, and attribute the
bad to fortune." Frederick Locker, in "The
Jester's Plea." says:
And many are afratd ef God,
And mote of l!r. Grundy.
Taking; Advantage, and
the Sum of It All
"It's them as take advantage that get ad
vantage 1' this world. I think; folks have
to wait long enough before it's brought to
tbem," says George Eliot. Bat there are
differences in advantages; some are fair,
some are unfair. The taking of one fair
advantage is advised in these words of Jean
Paul: "To love early and marry late is to
hear a lark singing at dawn and at night
to eat it roasted for supper." Ben Jonson
urges the taking of advantages for mer
cenary purposes wben he says:
Get money: still set money, boy,
Ko matter by what means.
Butler, in "Hudlbras." euygests the value
of Jonson's advice when he jskk:
For what is worth In anything
But to much money as 'twill brine f
But. In the matter of money the more man
gets the more he seems to want. As Toung
says:
Uk our shadows.
Our wlahes lengthen as oar rna declines.
However, there are some who hold other
views of tho chief aim of life; and thcoe.
should they have the choice, would, in the
language of "Anns Page," In "The Merry
Wives of Windsor" who, however, rfrres
to the matrimonial choice made for her.
Rather bo set antok t" the earta. f
And bowled to death lth turalr. V
Wacderlrg between turo wcrl'ls. one dead ef
Tte otter r-o'Tcrleca to be bore.
The puzzle of life and what to do with It
Is a great one. Horaco Walpole. In a let
ter to Sir Horace llann, declared: "Ths)
world Is a comedy to those who think, si
tregedy to those nho feel." One cannot but
fel that there is so much to do that IS
were futile for one life to attempt it. andl
that the only certain thing Is failure. But
there 1 encouragement In the proverb, "h
that does what he can does what h ought."
and there Is more encouragement in Uulwer
Lyfton's words: "In the lexicon of youth,
which fato reserve for a bright manhood,
tfceri ii no such word as fall."
And then, when all lias been done that
can be done? AI!ce Carey says:
I hold trat a man hod better be dead !
Than alive wben his work la done.
Take It all In all wade through books,
ancient and modern study life and crj'3
tallze observations into thought and words
dl?ect precepts and digest proverbs no
better, nobler, more comprehensive rule of.
life has ever been laid down than that
given the world by Shakespoare. who spoke)
through th( dumb lips of hi puppet. PolOr
nins. directly into the deaf ears of his
others puppet. Laertes, and. Indirectly, Into
the thinking mind and throbbing heart oX
all the manhood of all the world:
E tboa fjratllar. but by no means vuTfar; "
The rrlesds then katt. and their adoption tried
Graptfe tbeaa to thy soul WMi boc-cs of steel;
r-ct c cot Coll thv ralm with entertainment '
Of earh new-hatched, unildcd comrade. Bawaxs)
Of entranre to a quarrel: tat belrc In.
Vitr 't. list tte etpo'er may beware of the1
Giv ere-y men thin' ear. bet few thy voice: '
Tate each man's censure, but reserve thy izes
meet. '
Cc-ft'r thy hall a thv r-u-e an buy.
Eot rot expressed In facer; r!:h. not (randv:
yo- the 4vrar4 oft rnxJaln- th man. aH
'tii-era. borrower nor a lnder be:
rot lnon oft lo-e both Itselr and friend.
Ar.l l-crrtrwlic dullt the edire of huO-aidry. ,
Th' boT all to thin own -lf b true.
JH-d It mntt follow. i" th nlirtst the day.
Tfcoa cact net then ba fal;e to any n an. .
TEE ADDRESS
MONOSYLLARia
Trva tte- Chtcare Chrtnlel.
IX the-"-" days of turgid eloquence, wests
public rpenkers seem to vie with one aa
ether to see how manv triple-Jointed word
thy can lug into a speech, and seem ts)
scorn the strength anj be-auty of short
words, an address delivered many year
ego by A. P. Edgerton of Ohio has pa.
culler weight, and is an eloquent argu
ment in favor of short, direct methods' of
rpee-ch. llr. Edgerton i a former' member
of Conges", and was Civil Service Com
missioner under President Cleveland. Thsj
address) was delivered in 1SEI at the com
mencement of the Fort Wayne. High School,
In Indiana, and while it was impromptu
and not nt all a studied effort at monosyl
labic diction, each of the words it contains
Is a monosyllable. Not only that, but as)
an oratorical effort It ranks high. The ad
dress Is as follows:
"This day we closC for the year tho,Fort
Wayne free schools, and we now part wltls
you. the girls and boys we or no mars)
to teach.
"I say girls and boys, for when ttieS'
score and ten years have come to yea yoas
will bo glad to have your friends say thM
health and peace of mind have kept your
I nraria anu. mi jun ".- - ---
I eloon aro not borne down with age. boat j
I still. In heart, are 'girls and boys.'. When-'
these years come, and I hopa they will coma
to all. the tide of time will roll back anal
tell you of your schooltime days, wheat-)
tho Talr. tho kind and the true found lov
hut t fplse heart found no friend. I
tontrui-H to praise. These days bring ricaatj
gifts to age. and when you shall cease) Wi
think of them your Are has Durneu low 1
rniif lif-Tie h.T pone out. You haw b
her- taught In the hope that the freesdMOajy
of Fort Wayne would heip to maxe you ob.;
ue to your friends and to the world, woulot
give you faith In all that is good and true.
and lead you to seek work, for that youi
must sek and do. If you would have a goodl
name, wealth, a home, a charg to keep or
a trust to serve. Go forth with a bold, tru
heurt to seek tho work for you to do.
"Keep in mind that the hours to worst
run through each day and that God'
great law of life is, 'In the sweat of thr.
face shalt thou eat bread.
"Now. for you, young man. this truth lat
tola.
"Go where you will through the worM
and you will find on the front door of shop
and mills, or storis and banks, und oa
ships, en farms, on roads. In deep mint
where men toll for wealth: where laws ar
made that make some men too rich anal
men of worth nnd work through all oust
land too poor: where men by law are taught
to plot with sin. to spurn the right, tha
charge and cost nd spoil may make Ola
'Qalrks's law firms rlcn; wnero law is ass
plead that ths Judge must guess to flnol
what's law;"where quacks most light o'er,
sick men's pains and dead men's bonesf
where types are set and none to mind the)
proofs; where priests do preach and pray,
and where schools are taught this signs
Brains Will Find Wotk Here
"Don't fear. Step up and ask for workf
brains will get It. Don't let 'I dare no
wait, or I would like the cat that love
ash. but dares not wet her foot.
"If It be said. 'What can you do? Will
you learn a trade? say, 'I have none, but
I can learn one and put brains In It. When
you go to a plare where brains should hunt
for work and be sure to find It. it may ba
said to you. 'Do you see that plow? Caa
you hold and drive It deepT That plowia
Its wise us, glvs all men food.
"Do you see that wheel and that crank
and those shafts and that press, and do
you hear the rush and the hiss of the steam
which moves them? Can you make and.
hold and run them? Can you build and
drive the works and wheels which mako
the wealth of the earth and cus It to roll
and to Coat to and fro from place to place,
whero It Is the best for man to use It?
"Can you spin the thread and weave tt
which makes robes for Kings and silks for
the rich nnd vain, and dress for the poo
and all that skill and art have wrought cr,
loom and hand for man's use?
"These things are all shot through wltjfi
threads of light the light of mind and art
and skill, which shines each day mors)
bright, and dims all the old by some near"
fiund lljht as the years go on."
TEN REST POEMS.
THE late Charles A. Dana liked good po
ttry and was conceded to be a ftrst-clsas)
judge of the literary value of Terse. Ha
said that the best ten short poems la
the Encllsh language are Shakespeare's
sonnet. "When In Disgrace," Burns' "Ban
nockburn." Blake's "The Tiger." Ecotfa
"Pibroch of Donald Dhu." Tennyson's "Bu-gl-e
Song." Milton's "When I Consider."
Campbell's "Hohenllnden," Emerson's
"Brahma." Thackeray's "At the Church
Gate" and Klpllnt's "Gunga Din."
This is interesting merely as the esti
mate of an excellent Judge of good litera
ture, but it will hardly find acceptance
ss the Iew of ths average reader. It maj
be added also that James Whltcomb Riley,
who certainly deserves to rank ptetty
close to the ten Immortals named by Mr.
Dana, says that his favorite poem, th
one which he would place before all others
in English, U a fugitive bit "Brave Love,"
which has been attributed to Mary Krla
Dallas and other writers-, both la England
ana America.
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