The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
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the struggle for life, ambition lends
rosy hue to the future and makes him
brave and determined to succeed. No
matter what his occupation may be, If
he is ambitious and honest. he can rise
to height in that occupation that he
could never otherwise attain; and from
his eminence he may look proudly
back on the struggles and failures OF
the East and eXult in the thought that
he has conquered them all, and that
henceforth he is secure in his position,
knowing no fear, asking no favors, but
firmly resolved to press on and fulfill
his highest destiny.
Ambition is the one, universal ruler
of the world, without it nothing can be
ACCOMPLISHED. Look at the grand re-
suits of the ambition of man that
crown the close of the nineteenth CEN
tury. Man in his desire for superiori-
ty, has set his inventive faculties at
work, and today the rushing railway
train has superseded the stage coach
of the past, the telegraph and telephone
have annihilated space and our joys
and sorrows may be conveyed for
hundreds. aye thousands of miles at
almost the speed of thought. The
beautiful starlike electric light has re-
placed the tallow dip of half century
ago: new worlds have been discovered;
palatial buildings have been erected
for both private and public use: edu
cation has been developed, until today
it is possible to attain to a degree of
excellence in that direction that was
not possible to our grandfathers; all of
these things, which today make it a
blessing to live. are the direct result of
, the ambition of man to benefit his fel-
r bowman. and achieve greatness for
S himself.
r But all ambitions have not the good
! of mankind as their final aim; too
\ often. alas only selfish motives lie at
f the base of mans ambitions. The am
q bition OF Caesar, Or Nepo con Bona
b parte. could only lead to sorrow first,
: then anger, then revolt and crime. In
" our later days we have seen fearful
; example of results caused by the over
L weenlng pride and ambition of the late
S car of Russia. 1t is sad thing when
|. a nation rejoices in it's rulers death, it
G tells fearful story of wrong and
- oppression, of bitter hatred, and no
5, less bitter punishment of real or fan
III cied crimes against the state. Again
r. we see today, one of the fairest spots
:, on all the earth, peOpled by race
whose ancestry almost antedates the
he flood, held in servile bondage to a
d. nation whose cruel ambition and greed
- stops not at any means of accomplis h.
,o ing her ends Ireland, bOWing humbly
w at the feet of England, sight to cause
Gods to weep. When. o when will
to the nations of the earth learn to mix
an their ambitions with justice? When
g. will they learn that true superiority
- consists, not in oppression, but in lift
re ing up and helping their felloWs?. 7.
he Have they entirely forgotten that it is
N: Christ-like. ''to do unto others, as ye
of would that they should do unto you?
- Worthy ambition is thing to be en-
no couraged and the divine spark OF
of which may be felt by us all, the lowest
he as we'll as the highest. To the pOol
+o convict within these walls it may arise
" as star of hope and lead us on tt
'u' certain victory. We have all OF us a
lg; times, (even in here) had hopes anC
he aspirations for the future; now lie
70 ambition come to our aid and help III
renew our resolutions to SO change oul
ely modes of life, that the future whicl
lies beyond these walls may be made {
grand success. 1t can be done, and tha
not Notwithstanding that we go forth int
the outer world with the brand o
rth Cain upon us, we can strive to so liv
that even those who know of our dis
M grace will be willing to recognize u:
80, and bid us God speed on the journey o
life.
md True, we may never hope to attain t
to any exalted station; but in an humbl
the way we may make our presence fel
-. and cause those about us to feel ths
aoAA perhaps we have not lived i'll vain. LIZ
[Or. us have an ambition to rise superior
in our present surroundings, and then b
ble an earnest effort accomplish our desir
,,,r And be sure of this, that an earnes
''i manly effort on our part to retrlev
mes the past, will be appreciated by tt
ain world, and we will be sure to recel1
Der- encouragement and support, frol
,,un sources, and at times when we lea
'"n expect it. So, let us clothe ourselv'
with the armor of ambition, and
on will make sure success. l..