The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-15
A LETTER FROM HIGGINS.
How / Stand-- Where l Stand.

1rlenda SLOW 10 praise.
A man may do thousand good
deeds for his town, but let him only
ONE TIME even apparently do wrong
and the one wrong hides the thou.
sand good deeds. When hardly a
young man | swung a cradle all
day long in the harvest field The
parties who sat in the shade (the
company people, usually ate at the
first table. Tired and hungry
patiently waited. then SAID what
l find true, today: at is not the
fellow who labors by my side
have to fear, but the fellow who
sits all day long in the shade who
takes his seat at the first table
while ! wait" This is one of the
"Problems of Life" "Some men
labor, others enter into the re-
wards" was spoken over 1900 years
ago.
This is no complaint This may
be hard old world, yet in lis
final verdict it is just and correct.
| have great confidence in the right.
fulness of the conclusions of the
people. l am with the people 1t
is the fellow who sits in the shade
am against. When mere boy
heard lecture from a brilliant man
by the name of Whittier. His sub
iect vas "Daniel." He made these
points, fresh in my mind today:
/. For the right, dare to stand
alone.
2. Against the wrong, dare to
stand alone.
3. Right protected Daniel, it will
you.
4. Never hear policy when princi-
pie is involved.
5. You may seem alone at first,
and condemned, but a majority of
the world believes in right "Dare
to be a Daniel; dare to stap1 alone :"
This lecture made an Impression
on my mind which has given com
plexion to my whole fife. / am
mean enough at best, but ! have
never failed to do for t4s public or
in any business affair what be
lieved was right, if food alone.
The great Majority of tie world be-
lieves in right, and finally will
"iadge, not accord;ngt to the APP.
pearance, but Judge righteous judy
ment." After a twol hours talk
with leading bsnkei of Waco 8
few days ago. in my own office, he
said, "You are an enigma to me.
: hear you talk and am with you
in every conclusion, yet"-and
> while the Vi eaker did not make
: himself clesf to me, l took it thai
l his "yet" meant, "when | am away
= from you dnd hear men criticislne
L you am al sea. J."
When NJ AIRY Queen of Scots wa
= being triA she exclaimed, {" Oh
. that ] ma, look my accusers in tn
u face" | Feplied to this banker
. sYou doa't know me-" ''Y rs,
Il said Mr. Grady to lady once, {"
= have a wlrm heart, but very meal
:, rind arorh nd it,"
u havI written advertisement
:. often, ari men have put on a fee
~ ing of revenge and resentment ant
=, read ther, supposlng their feeling
- representa- me.
HAV' NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAG
- OF MY IAID ADVERTISEMENTS T.
IL GRATIFIa revenge or personal re
y sentmel TO ANYONE. If you hav
~ imagine, have then you are tn
GUILTY arty, not myself. My ad
RI yertiseI ,nts are written:
NJ LIST. Is a business gatherer ant
r. builder
Ia End. AS an evil corrector.
~ 3rd. AS promoter of publ
~ good
n 4th. AS desire to do all tn
AZ good l. an for my fellow men.
y If mr business is not made better
my fir and prime object is lost. {
he,e that no business coul(
- have g,wn az has mine wiihou
adyer' ing If l have failed II
help rect evils in our city govern
r. ment n our public schools, tina
point b, left TO the people
If nave not promoted the pub
lie ofs or helped my town, l an
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