The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-06-27
DENIsoN IOWA. June 81, 1899.
Are You A Success?

DENISON IOWA. June q. 1899.
Are You A Success?
1t is said that one of the great mas.
tiers of music used as the basic tone of
one Of his grandest productions the
hoarse sound of the Partisan mob cry
ing to their king for bread. Are not
the people crying now for bread, are
they not crying for the bread of
stronger life, for the bread of peace and
contentment. from release of the fierce
struggle of modern life, for relief of the
wearisome round Of competition and
injustice that robs the honest man of
his due and makes the only path to sue
cess one of destruction of all the best
there is in us.
Who succeeds to-day? Is not selfish
ness almost the first requisite. Is it
not the man who forces and takes ad-
vantage of the necessities of others.
How many ''big hearted men achieve
success? How many successful men to
whom you can go in sickness, sorrow
and despair and feel that one of their
first ideas will not be how they can reap
benefit from your grief or fame for
their public philanthropy. And what is
this success? How many men we see
from off our farms, crippled, almost de-
formed in body, ignorant Of the refine
ments of life, their children either life
less from drudgery or spoiled spend
thrifes, ruined by excuses. How
many little old women are there bent
and broken by years of toll from early
dawn till late at might? And these
people are successes.
How many professional and business
men do we see all engrossed in money
making. Shouting with glee when
they have been able to overcome some
competition, no time for home, no time
for aught but strife. The motto of to-
day is not live and let live but may the
devil catch the hindmost, and as far as
we can see the devil is about the only
winner IN the game.
Labor is necessary to success, there
is. nor ought to be, no royal road. We
do not preach idleness. The world
owes no man living. But are you
not paying too high a price for your
success, and are you making the most
of it when it is attained. Are you sci
ling your soul for your success? Are
you giving up what is more tangible
and therefore more dear to many. your
bodily and mental happiness for your
success? Are you giving your children
opportunities to learn how to enjoy al
the vast treasures which human minds
for centuries have placed in the store
house of the world. Are you enjoying
them, or is your face turned always to
1 the earth cropping in the clods for sue
cess? Take the matter home to your.
self, sit up with it some night, find out
just where you are. Ask yourself il
the success you seek is worth the strlv-
ing for. ASK yourself if you are not
subordinating all the joys of life to its
accomplishment? Ask yourself if you
are not sacrificing wife and home and
children and children yet unborn before
the luggernaut of so called success. II
you are, stop it. Now, is the accepted
time.
Do not stop work, but stop working
your soul out for dollar. See thai
your home is frightened and that some
time is given to other things. If it is
not too late encourage the boys to stay
in school a little longer, throw more
brightness across their path. do not lei
their only remembrance of their youth
be one of drudgery and self repression
There is something better than dol
lars, whether of gold or silver, there il
something more substantial than broaC
acres and big barns, it is the happiness.
that comes from seeing your wife.
smile of love and content, it is the sun
shine that looks from joyous children'l
eyes, it is the alert quickened pulse o,
intelligence that grasps the greater
truths and beauties and harmonies O.
the universe.
The French republic is certainly Il
be congratulated on the approaching
satisfactory conclusion of the Dreyfu.
case. For several years that nation
has been torn by an administrative anl
military scandal which in the younger
days of the republic would have mean,
a return of the empire. The stronges,
prejudices have been aroused, there
have been many sensational and melo
dramatic scenes which could have beer