Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-19
LOVES TO FIGHT.
1T is THE SUCCEEDING AND NOT
SUCCESS THAT MAKES SOME
MEN HAPAY.

| the person OF WnOui dih aoouO w
speak is a very prosperous man.
But there was crisis once. This
New England manufactures was
recently narrating to me how near
he came to destruction.
"I was 32 years old. l then had
only the lower mills. After a
short interval OF profitable busi-
ness suddenly awoke one morn
ing to confront the loss of halt my
market for the goods. During the
next three months l scarcely slept.
I knew no rest from constant
worry with difficulties. One eve
ming as | was returning home,
iaded, almost hating the very office
| had left behind, and with no
zest for the dear home which l
was approaching felt a hand on
my shoulder. Looking round,
YEARLY, | saw the benevolent face
of our village pastor, a venerable
man. He Immediately broke the
silence by saying: Did you ever
solve a rebus or a puzzlep | smiled
and replied that had when a boy.
What was there interesting in
such effortsr 'Why, the fun Of
doing the thing. There was a
queer kind of pleasure in oyer
coming the puzzle That's what
you must see in your business be
gravely remarked. You must
learn to enjoy tie obstacles and
relish the struggle more than the
victory, or you will not live out
half your days.
"With that word the reverend
man turned on his heel and left
me. That was the turning point
in my career. l saw it all in a
flash of light. 1 must learn to en-
ioy the contest with obstacles. |
must find my Ntisfaction, not in
nv achieved success, but in my
battle with the difficulties Oh the
way. 1t was astonishing how this
aspect of my extremely vexatlous
affairs restored me. 1t has been
my constant thought ever since
and enabled me to enqulre.-
, Eighteen months later | LAID the
foundation for the large MILL"
"And got into more difficulties
= if remember % remarked his
, partner, who was sitting opposite
"In fact, you have never been do
ing anything else except solving
Riddles" now turning to me. 81
there ever was a man who was al
D.. his best when IN dangerous place
, Fred is the man. In fact, dlfficnl
D ties are his business. You woulC
: hardly believe it, but the Difficult
q ties of our affairs are abont The
only things ia which he takes any
q interest nowadays. He draws his
dividends with Indifference. HC
! bears of any good luck with scan
congratulations. But tell him of
e hard mt to crack and he is al
alive from head to foot and viii
i spend halt the night at it. Wha
: some meh find in chess, or break
a ing in a refractory bloOded col
L the head of our house, say it t
u his face-seems to find in ou
'e Problems"
Q There was a general laugh roun
II the table for a moment, when ii
If first speaker resumed:
is "Thls is the philosophy of life
teach boys. 1t is not the end
life. but the living; not the su
#. cess, but the succeeding; not tf
nr thing done, but the keen relish
ID doing a thing, and the consciOl
8. strength OF graphing, and NJ
" being hoored, that gives a man e
,e. during and fresh satisfaction. No
Sd if you will pardon me, and do nj
be use my name, take that failure
le. the street here that we had la
month. And the poor boy died
IT. the result. knew it would Xxi
lie him, for about two months 6efo
mt the crash we were talking togeth'
ID and he remarked, Il hate a fgh
Dd Instantly | exorted HIN that
lat must learn to love fight if he
III. pected to get OIL and endure.
IN. looked up at me, surprised.
was a member of orr church, y
he know, and fine as silk. | expla
do ed that did not mean love of c'
Iim tention with the individuals W
10 opposed him, but real enjOyme
br of the struggle to win in an hon
- way aud by staying longest.
IS. turned away sadly from II
murmurIng, Liie is too hard? a
knex he would go under."
so The fact is, young people,
low would be uncomfortable TO man
on, splrit were it not tor he spice