Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-13
L,u1ts UNDER uJsas-a.
The Great Herd OF Copyists-Faltb In
nna,a Salt Persistence.

Inc Great herd OF topNtSts-raitn IN
Ones seIf-Persistence.
II your faith in your power, your con
fdence in Yourself, or your idea or plan
are DESTROYED or weakened by the first
sneer or voice of opposition il meets, you
are hiding yourself and your light under
the busheL You will remember that a
large proportion Of the world are mere
copyists They do only what Others have
done before them and only what they
have learned from Others. They oppose
and sheer at every new idea. and after
ward applaud 1t and use il. when the
man or woman who will not allow their
light TO be hid under the bushel force 1t
into notice and success. In days past
the great herd Of copyists sneered and
ridiculed the idea of steam US motive
power on land and sea So they did
with the electric telegraph and the tele-
phone. So it will be with hundreds OF
new ideas, new inventions and new pow
ers to be developed in the near future.
These ultra conservative deadwelghts
In every business, art or profession, do
not like changes. They are welded to
their rut. They don't want To get out
of it. To do so makes them homesick.
Besides, il hurts their business. They
want to jog on in the good old way
in the stage coach instead Of the railroad.
in the sailing packet" instead of the
steamer. They oppose the new as
naturally as rats and earwigs oppose the
entrance of light to their underground
habitations, and for a similar reason.
The light annoys them. 1t drives them
off. 1t ruins their business. They ''love
darkness better than light" Hence,
they want your light under a busbeL."
If you allow them to keep your light
under that bushel they will keep you
under it also. They will keep YOU al.
ways in the background. IL the first
Napoleon had not by force of will ridden
over the objections # the veteran marti-
nets who opposed his new methods al
warfare, he would never have t%riumphed
at Marengo and Austeriitz, II Cyrus w.
Field had not per sistently kept his mind
centered on the Irojecto of the ocean cable
despite sheer, obstruction and failure
after failure, it might not have been laid
today. The glow Of every new light
upon this world is always the work OF
one man or a very few men against the
many. Three or four men ia California,
wears ago, Quilt the Pacific railroad.
They first kiudled their light in dingy
Sacramento grocery. They kept it
lighted and also kept pushing it to the
front, while Others were Indifferent, or
dared not take hold of such al undertake
ing.
You had no need TO buster or bully
your light 10 the front. 1t is not the
force of physical effort or speech that
will carry il there and keep it there. 1t
is the silent force of a persistent determi.
nation, bent on one single aim. When
you are temporarily overcome and tired
out through the opposition of the dead
weights and earwigs who love darkness,
fall back on yourself and the power be-
hind you. Leave the crowd, leave all
not in sympathy with you. Go to your
room, seclude yourself. Sleep, and be.
fore you sleep, demand. pray, desire more
power TO cope with opposition. II will
surely be given to you. How, we know
not, but you will enter on the contest to-
morrow with renewed strength, and the
silent power you gain in this way will, OF
itself, work results for you.
In the past thousands of lights have,
by this dead weight, run in "a rut, live In
a rut and die in a rut sentiment and
crushing cut force, been hidden under
bushels and died out under bushels
Actors Of genuine humor and talent are
today playing in third rate theatres or
accepting inferior parts in first class ones
because they have allowed sneer or op
position or q more or less failure 10 drag
their minds into that permanent dis.
couraged. disheartencd attitude which j.
always saving. whats the use Of try
ing? Luck's against me-l'm bound o.
fail, anyway On the heels Of this
comes drink, to "drown care"
So it is with thousands of other actors
in all the parts Of life. Their WI per
manent state of mind is the real and only
force which keeps their flight under the
busheL." They use their force
against themselves. They expend It in
talking and complaining TO Others. They
have no knowledge or faith in the fact
that a mind decided and determined on a
purpose at all times and in all places
mind that fights off the mood Of despond-
ency and encouragement as II would
fight of a mad dog-carries and uses The
greatest of all powers to keep Its light
shining and keep it ever in the 'front.'
Prentice Milford in New York Star