The Red Cloud chief., 1883-06-22
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II Z. the .-op~n secret which. ~ Car.
lyle insisted through his long life m"-i
people fail TO read; the Obvious truth.
which mo-t people continually overlook
They are always locking into The dis
lance for the succor which hes ia then
own surroundings. "a Others for tbs
help Edgrd in their capacity. io tho-s
richer. stronger or wiser for the pows'
in their own strong hands. 10 the Sit'
world for the opportunity which lis-
hidden in their own neighborhood- W.
car not learn too soon nor too well that
in ourselves !. Lodged whatever forr- Il
needed to send Us along the path 81 q
succ~ssful life: tina, close beside "a. !,
the work which our hands are 10 do
and that right before our feet IL tbs
path in which we are 10 walk
In every community there are men
and women waiting for something "a
turn up" They think they are willing
Ia work. but they fail 10 find anything
10 do; they are looking for opporsuni-
ties. but somehow the oPpor'uni;ie.
elude them. Every successful man !.
overrun with applications for positions
every vacant place is crowded with peo.
pie who are anxious 10 oil 10: every ed
itor il overw hslmed with the manu-.
scripts Of those who aspire To C in
literature; and yet thousands II thsss
seekers for positions do not find them.
or il they find them do not keep them,
Numberless manuscripts 20 hack every
year a. those whose desire for literary
work will never bear fruit in any salts.
factory results. What is the trouble5
Mos, people want Ia begin 81 the top.
Instead VI taking hold IL the first piece
Of work that comes To hand. and driving
it through ~ IL it were the grsndest
thing they ever expected IN do, they
either decline il because il does not
meet their tastes. or they do il in a half
hearted way because they take no real
interest in il. Their thoughts are 50
far in advance Of what they are doing
that the thing in hand Is only half done.
II Is the use of the first opportunity that
makes a second opportunity. but thou
lands are always waiting for the second
To come first; they are expecting mira
clcs when they ought Ia be working
along the normal lines of success. II
is the boy who takes a place in the
country store and puts brains. strength
and heart into the weighing Of sugar
and the measuring Of potatoes, who
finally sits down in his Office in n great
war-hous, and telegraphs his orders to
the ends Of the earth; the other boy.
who wanted To be a great merchant. by
emitting the sugar and potatoes contin-
ucs in the obscurity of his native village.
These small duties, these meager oppor-
tunities. are the training-schOols Of sue
cess. and no one gets the prizes who
Toes not take his degree in them.
The world is full Of people who do
things Fairly WE'LL" it is in daily and
pressing need of those who do them SUI
premely well. There are thousands
who would like 10 write. who make no
grammatical blunders. are guilty Of no
solccisms. and ian strike off sentences
that read fairly well; every editor reads
hosts of manuscripts from such writers.
The article which is always in demand.
for which there is always a place. no
matter how crowded the pigcon-holes
are, Is the article which Is rich in vital
NV. TENSE WIFI tdTucstUc>>, ln>tlfltt
with fresh thought. The men and
women who write such articles do not
pass ut once from Il school composition
to the pages Of the first magazines and
papers; they think. feel. live, suffer and
work until the gift Of insight is matched
by the gift Of speech Paul already
had the training Of the schools and the
early vigor Of n splendid intellect when
the heavens opened ver him on the
road To Damascus. and n great new
truth was flashed upon him: but he did
not ut once become n teacher; he went
into Arabia and spent three years in ST.
lent meditation before he took up the
pen that was to address jew. Greek and
Roman with = wealth Of thought. a
glow Of conviction and n splendor of
speech such As they had V had be-
lore.
II YOU want uccess. do not expect to
get il by chance. but seek it through
the open doors Of the things that lie
next you; and seek il rs IL your soul de-
pended upon your finding it.-Chris-
tidu fRt0a.