Mohave County miner., 1889-06-01
AN OBJECT In LIFE.
HOWARD DISCUSSES THE oUEs-
TON, WHAT ARE WE HERE FORT

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the Fool Dieth- Mistakes which Par
enss siake-An Aim, However Humble.
u Good rhing.
Tho average man is fool. And no disth
AZ the fool dieth.
Quietly sitting In your New England home,
contented with your breakfast, comfortable
In your surroundings, a peaceful atmosphere
suggesting nm everlasting freedom from UNI
pleasant activities, take piece Of paper and
write on 1t the names OF ths great Of the
earth. Put down men and women great In
any line-mental, moral, physical. financial
Include statesmen, financiers, writer's, ora
tors, inventors, explorers, humanitarians,
aye, and II you win, put in those who are
noted simply for length OF days, or personal
prowess, or height or weight.
How many have youi Oughtn't that List
10 bc iongeri
What are we here fort oughtn't there to
he an aim for every human being besides thu
mere getting Of bread and butter, providing
OF shelter and clothesi Parents may with
sorns degree OF justice say: "Weli, It is too
late now for me TO have an aim" But T.
seems to me, when they have gotten that Ear
In the sentence, the faces Of their children
should rise before them, and the thought
born on the instant, that their aim should be
to give their children an aim, should be
ihenceforth their guiding star, the very
helm OF the voyage OF life.
Tho parents make great mistakes They
have an idea that TO refuse this, that or tho
other TO their children Ia ON unkindness As
o matter Of fact, II IL tho truest kindness
often 10 refuse A majority Of parents hesi-
tate TO refuse fayors to their children from
the most selfish motives, unrecognized, but
existing, all the same. Discipline requires
strength OF mind IL requires not only men
tai strength, but moral strength and phys
ieai endurance. Very few OF US arc endowed
with all Of these, and the great majority Of
us have littIo OF either. 1t tates time and
patience to train dog, therefore IL Is very
much cheaper to pay a trainer Si0 a month
than II is to bother ones self about II. Pre-
cisely 80 with children. We spoil them at
home and send them To school for their edu-
cation There Is 50 much In US that is un-
used, so much that might be made available,
TO put it selGshly, for our own comfort, for
our own happiness for our own delight and
appreciation Of tho bounteous gifts which
are showered upon our path, but which We
have not the sight TO see.
ambition than saving money Is mean maa;
but otter all he has an idea. He wants 70
die rich man, and he does die rich Every
body laughs when he dies; but he has bad the
solid satisfaction, all his life long, Of purau-
ing d course dcsignedly and deliberately
marked out. The fact that II Is an ignohla
aim has nothing TO do with the case. He hes
an aim, and he follows it tho end. A man
t,xL
may fail In convincing others that he Is Q
good public speaker; but be, having marked
out that line Of endeavor, educates himself,
reads books, practices oratory, yells behind
the barn, shouts over the bounding pillows,
talks In the seclusion OF his study speaks 40
he walks the crowded streets. Do you mean TO
tell me that no is not having a good timet
Do you mean TO tell me that he Is beside him.
self when be does thati Can't you see that
hs is q better man, q moro ussful man, even
IL he never succeeds In reaching the goall
The very fact that the moment We begin
divides them into classes, proves conciusively,
first, that 1t is an interesting thought, and
second. that It Is one which, outworked, viii
do us good Idon't mean to intimate that
the average man, the ditch diggers, the day
their forests, the vast hordes IN Jungle,
swamp or glade, need be expected ever to
stand upon mountain tops and view the pros
pect DER, hoping by expert eye to detect
some glttering point toward which to shoot
the arrows Of their desire, but do say, IL
ambition could be implanted In their breasts,
lowly, humble, poverty stricken though it
be, the man would DO happier, more useful,
y,Ava<ax .fo1 arI sl,o k.,
elevated many points.
Tho ditch digger who means to have hfs
ditch straiglter and cleaner than that of any
other man has an object In life. The man
who builds stone fence and regards its
neat, regular surface, its direct course, with
satisfaction, and compares or contrasts it
with the fences Of others less careful about
him, has an ambition, and hs Is better man
for the fact. The express clerk, whose tally
book is Iegible and whose crate list and
drivers books are neat, with readable ad.
dresses and decipherable figures, is a better
man, better servant 10 his company, q
more acceptable public worker, than his fell
lows who scribble the scrawls we ordinarily
fnd in express delivery books, tho only legi-
hle feature about it being the cabalistic sign
Of c. o. d. Go into any great printing estab-
lishmcnt and you win find that there are GER
tain clerks In the advertising department
with whom the public prefer to deal Whyi
Because they are desirous not only Of serv-
ing their employer by pleasing his patrons,
but Of advancing themselves in their en-
ploy. II IL their aim to be civil, TO be oblig.
ing, to DO helpful and TO be correct
Go into tho city editors room and talk
with him. II be will condescend, between
his cigarette puffs, TO open his oracuIar lips,
be win tell you OF the twenty or thirty re-
porters under his control three or four ara
the group upon whom he chiefly relies.
Whyi Because they arc ambitious along
their line of work; because they are al
ways on time; because they have quick
nose for news; because their copy Is clean;
because they don't spend an hour in revising
and interlining and crossing out and chang
ing expressions.
l went to school onco 10 man whose
finger nails were always dirty. He produced
a profound impression on me, and don't be-
lievc ] have ever had q dirty finger nail
since He little knew what bis object In life
was, but 80 far as am concerned, the only
thing ever learned from him was by OBJ
scrvation of his excessively dirty finger naiIa
Joe Howard In Boston Globe.
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