Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-10-27
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Ono OT clio Fundamental Qualities In Any
l.Ar:.o aanl Iii..ii Si..c..s,

Oho VI huo ru1uAmcnLSl Qualities In any
Largo and High SaacrsJ.
Thcro arc fow qualities which lilo SO
directly within tho roach OF every man
and woman, because SO Immediately tLo
result of education, as salf-control; end
yet thcro arc few quail tics Which arc
so generally lacking. Everybody has
certain amount of sclc-cuntrol, but
thcro alo man. peoplo who compensate
themselves for tho repression of their
energies ON ono sido by giving them
full play on another. Sclf-coatrol means
tho cnt:ro mastery OF onc's nature;
means always having in hand all ono's
powers; means sitting on tho box cnd
driving. instead OF being driven. Tho
absence Of self-control is sccn in many
small ways: In the unconscious rising
Of tho $oncs of voice in earnest talkinr;
IN purely nervous gcsticulation end
rcstlcssncss; i'll tho inability to drop
subject when wo havo COTTON
through with IL; in irritability,
and that subducd violence shown,
not in outbursti of tcmpcn but in
little gusts of passion escaping hero and
there. These arc small things in thcm-
solves, but many of them I'D exceeding.
~ Irritating and disag gsecablo, and thoy
all involve really serious rcsult-a
loss OF nervous force. Tho heightened
tone of tho voice, tho inccs SAINT gcsticu-
lation, tho physical rcstlcs sncss. arc not
only unpleasant, but thoy ilvolvc just
SO much needless expenditure Of q forco
OF which few of las possess Il super
abundance. Complete self-control Is one
OF tho fundamental qualities in any
largo AMI high SUCCESS; for complete
sclf-control means that ono has ouo's
self com plctely in hand and is ablo to
address ones self exclusively to what
over IL necessary TO bo dono ut tho mo-
mcnt. 1t is great mistake to infer
power from any kind of violence or rest
lessness. Trno power is nllicd with
compo3urc, with calmncss, with Sclr-rc-
straint; and real powcr is manifcstcd
i'll restraint and composuro and not
in violence OF spoecll or action.
A man of nervous organization re-
Gently said that ho had gained
immense benefit by simply watching
tho raodulationi Of his voice and per-
sistently resisting tho inclination to
run into high tones. IIc had found not
only rcliof for tho vocal chords. but n
stendinesS and calmncss OF Thought and
feeling which mado him conscious of
the groat blundor of wasting nervous
strength by suffering tho vocal chords
to sympathizo with an excited condition
rathcr than Keeping them undor steady
control. This is ono illustration Of tho
possibility of overcoming tho common
forms Of nervousness 10 slot ono.s
self go" Is not only to loso forco nt n
particular point, but to invite n reaction
along tho whole limo of ph ;sical cxprcs-
sion, and so to continually stir up and
agitatc, instead OF con inually rcstr in
ing ant calming. Thcro aro y great
many people who lay thcso minor faAlt;
on the shoulders OF norvou, lcmpcra-
mont, and who do not know that norv-
Gus temperament. undcr control. is u
tremendous forcc, and that it is Just as
susceptible OF boing governed by tho
will rs tho grosser appotitcs or passions.
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