The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-08-18
Good Things Cost.

Good Things Cost
Yes. indeed. they do. Generally that
which we admire and which seems to
Us, perhaps, to be done SO easily has
cost all that it is worth. And the rea-
son why it does not seem so to us is be.
cause we do not see when and where
and how the work is put in.
We are riding along and looking out
upon beautiful landscape. We admire
the skillful arrangement of trees, and
shrubbery, and flowers, or the smooth
end gently sloping grounds. This is,
indeed, lovely, we say. How fortunate
the owner was to find such place. But
some one replies, could you have seen
all this years and years ago. when it
was in natural state, you might never
have dreamed of this. It has taken
much thought and hard work and great
expense to bring these grounds to their
present condition. Tell man how a
thing has been done and he says:
"That's easy to do" Very possible,
now that you have been shown how to
do it, but could you have done it in the
first place? That is the real test. You
listen to a man whose mind is richly
stored with facts and thoughts and fruit
full in combinations of these varied
stores, and as he expresses the thought
which needed expression, perhaps you
say: how easy that was done. I could
have said it. Could youp Why didyou
not then, before he did? Why not go
one step farther and give expression to
the next thought which, so soon as ex-
pressed, the orator and all the people
shall, say that was the right word right
ly spoken. That is the very word we
were waiting to hear. When the light
ming flashes you can see very clearly.
And, if you act quickly, you may take
all your bearings by its instantaneous
light. And such flash of thought may
prove to you an apple of gold.
But we want more than fitful CLEANS.
Steady lights are best. And he is the
true speaker whose light shines on clear
and true while it is at the same time
able to throw a great flood of radiance
on the dark spot when the right moment
comes.
Never say such things do not cost I
tell you, if such a light blazes before
you and does not cost him who gives it,
then it is an ignis fatuis and will lure
him and you, too, on to destruction.
Great men are Woodworking men.
Genius means a great capacity for aDork.
d" Genius will work" The men emil
nent in all the noble walks of life have
been, are now, great workers. They
are trained to endure, and when occa-
sion requires, can, and do, labor ire
You see train fly down the track.
It goes easily, does it not? Swift and
strong, without friction and without
sign of labor, it shoots along. You
simply see the results. But what leads
to and insures these results?
So you look upon the outside appear
ances of great lives and see no signs of
heat, and noise, and worry, and weari-
ness. and you state your proposition
that they lead easy, charmed lives.
Try it and see. Try to grapple with
the labors of some great legislator,
writer, or divine, for even
one day. He who puts off the harness
makes the wisest statements. A truly
great man bears a great load easily. |
10 do this gives the right to bear the
name.
Are you dazzled by the lives of Gen
erals, Senators, millionaires, or great
men of lettersp Consider the cross
we'll ere looking at the crown. 1t is a
grand thing to win the crown. Try for |
it. Try with all the manhood there is |
in you. You are worth little if you do |
not make the trial. But remember that |
you only reach the high seats and wear
the crown after long, arduous, unre-
hitting labors. Let no word of mine |
you, But try no short cuts. |
Count the cost and then do valiant bat |
tie. Determine to win all these good |
things, but win them legitimately. !
Great and good work merits and will in |
due time receive great reward. =
Golden Rule. ,s,-