Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-03
HOW TO SUCCEED.

Ready, Take Aim, Fire."
Make ready; take aim; fire. This
order when given to an army means
business 1t is put here for business pur-
poses; for it may convey to any thought
full young man the very secret sue
cess in life. Let il mean, first, honest
preparation for life. Make ready"
by thorough preparation for your life
work Don't be Jack of all trades
and master of none;" be a master of
one Then, take aim" An aimIess
life is pre-doomed to failure. You
must make up your mind definitely to
do something or be something if you
would accomplish anything in the
world.
The lamented Prof. Olney, Of Ann
Arbor. used to tell the story Of a China
man who stood by the way-side hack
ing away at log. He never struck
twice in the same spot. A traveller
came along, and seeing the uncertain
hacking said: well. John, and what
are you maxine" "Oh, don't know"
said John, maybe God may be-may-
be bedsteadn' Just so aimlessly is life
often lived that men scarcely know
the real object of their toll Many
there are so lacking in definite object
If purpose that their lives prove little
more than even uncertain hacking
away Many life goes to waste and
ruin simply because. like an abandoned
and drifting vessel, no guiding pur-
pose directs its course.
And while You are taking aim make
sure to aim high. It is an old saying
that if YOU aim at the barn door you
viii never hit the weathercock on the
steeple. 1t simply means that you
must aim high il YOU would hit high.
1t is true for all real success in life. In
any department of life we rarely get
more than we expect to get. Accord
ing To your faith be it unto YOU" in
wolves principle valid everywhere.
Expectation is the first step in achieve
ment. Confidence is a great element of
success, even in game of ball. IL is
unlik liz that we will either hit or
catch ball we are actually ex-
pecting TO miss Someone said
that Columbus had practically
found America before he left
Spain. and SO far from being surprised
when he saw the western continent he
would have been surprised il he had
not seen it, A man succeeds according
as he expects to succeed and if he says
he shall fail, he will fail Predicting
ultimate failure he simply fulfills his
own prophecy. Not expecting success
one is self-defeated before he begins.
be it for fighting battle running
race, playing game. invcntiur "a AlI-
chine, solving a problem. mastering a
science. indeed anything. and leave ont
the expectancy of faith and the man is
a sure candidate for defeat On the
other hand, nothing can stop the pro-
gress Of one who has faith
A few years ago young man in my
own home city had kindled in his heart
a burning desire for an education He
had faith to believe that he could OBJ
tain it in spite of tremendous difficult
ties in the way. With less than hun
dred dollars in his pocket, and no GER
taintv as TO where another dollar was
TO come from, ne started for a distant
college. Four years from that time he
graduated. with some of the highest
honors OF his class. The reason was,
he believed he could succeed. and he
did. How much better than to hang
around town" forever afraid 10 aspire,
Unbelief invites failure in any depart
uent of life, while the opposite fact is
that expectant aim is largely the meas
ure of attainment.
But let us know that even high,
definite aim and purpose in life win
not insure success Impractical dream
ers might claim 10 possess them. But
the necessity is implied that the high
ideal be pursued with untiring energy,
Fire" Actual execution is necessary.
Carry out your purposes with amending
persistence. A good beginning plus a
good continuance makes a good ending,
Good luck" says Emerson. lis only
another name for tenacity of pur-
pose" a purpose overfxed, and
then victory or death. is the
motto of one Of our most successful
business men Of to-day Another, a
millionaire merchant of New York,
puts the highest quality for success
under the name Of 'stick-to-it-iveneSs.
by diligence and patience the mouse
ate in two the cable; and little strokes
fell great oaks. as Poor Richard says
in his almanac Yes. u fire, and
keep ON firing is the way to victory.
Get high, definite aim and purpose in
life and then stick 10 ii, Ii is will
force: tiNedness Of purpose, pcrsistency,
that enables a man 10 do or be what
ever he sets his mind on doing o. being.
Rev. Gerard Il. F. uallock in Young
Mems Era.
THE CRUSHED LILY.