The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-31
THE ASPIRING MAN.
He - Bound tn Grow In Strength, EDowl
edge and Usefulneee.

08O OuO ODCI0hu0D0s
Tho one thing which the world II
always asking for Is to be let alone. II
opposes change because IL hates to be
disturbed. Even when IL feels that
things are In bad way and ought to be
remedied, IL 10 unwilling that anybody
should take hold and mako trsnsfo ma
tion. because the very process involves
disturbance Of habit. Inertia II the bano
OF the great mass OF excellent men and
women. who in their hearts want to SEQ
the best results secured, but who dislike
above every thing 70 have their peace or
comfort disturbed. II nero comfort were
the end Of livirg &, aspiration would be .
quality which I'll wise men and women
would shrink from possessing; but since
growth and development and character
form the end Of living. aspiration Is one
q the things that ought to be cher
ished most carefully. The aspiring man
or woman is rsrely entirely comforta-
BILE. II 70 70 the future that such people
look, and they are quite ready to sacrifice
the present for it. Aspiration IL IN In.
veterate traveller; home-staying in tho
sense Of forming comfortable habits and
resolutely holding to them Is no part Of
its life. Tho aspiring man Is never sat-
isfied with any thing that he has secured
or done. He Is not disconnected; he Is
often the most cheerful and buoyant Of
men; but he is dissatisfied. There il .
divine impulse in him which forever
impels him forward. and makes it inn
possible for him to rest in any present
attainment While other people are
settling down on the good they have
achieved and the work they have done,
he Is already putting these things be-
hind him and pressing forward to new
endeavors. He is never looking for the
time when he shall rest, because rest in
the sense Of the cessation from work
and retirement from activity is the one
thing that is intolerable to him; he 10
always looking forward to the time
when he shall work with greater f.
cilitY, with less friction, and with
larger fruifulnes. A man like Mr..
Gladstone, who refuses to retire.
and whose indefatigable energy still
seeks new channels Of activity, il
really offensive to good many men who
can OF understand why man should
he always stirring up instead Of letting
then rcst, and lnAking the world un.
comfortable by the diffusion Of new
ideas. Mon Of genius, IS long - they
are true to themselves, are always men
OF aspiration. and it is the men Of aspir.
alton who save the world from becoming
. fen Of stagnant waters. They are al
ways shocking it into some sort Of
activity. goading its conscience into re-
volt against some wrong, puncturing ita
Philistinism with wit or satire until II
aims vulgar, and is ready to receive
something better. The aspiring man Is
not always the most comfortable man in
the community. bnt he Is always the
| noblest, and, in the truest sense. the
happiest. He Is often Misunderstood
and criticised, but in the end the good
which he does silences even his critics.
The only real satisfaction in life comes
from that progress which registers /
growth in strength, knowledge and use
| fulncss.
When men cease to move they begir
to die, and there are many who fall vic.
tins to that fatal lethargy which steal,
over them as the cold benumbs those
who yield to its power. Philip Sidney
said long ago that '.the intellectual
faculty is opposed BY comprehensibls
truth only when it feels that It IL there
by advancing nearer to incomprehensi-
bic truth" The joy OF conquest is
never in possession. but is always in
achievement, and that which we gain
serves its highest purpose when We use
1t as standing room from which to make
| another ad adyancamant.-Chri Union.