Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-04-13
THE FULL SIZED MAN.
CHARACTERISTICS THAT GO TO
MAKE PERFECTION.
The Mind Is Ever tho Master OF tho
Observation-Disclosures the Sure Guide
to Success-Enemies should BE For
gottea-views of q Philistine. v

Success is in the blood. There are
men whom fate can never keep down
they march jauntily forward, and
take by divine right the best of every
thing that earth affords. But their
success is not attained by the Samuel
Smiles-C Connecticut policy. They do
not lie in wait, nor scheme. nor fawn,
nor seek to adapt their sails to catch
the breeze Of popular favor. Still, they
are ever alert and alive to any good
that may come their way, and when
1t comes they simply appropriate It,
and tarrying not, move steadily on.
Good health! Whenever you go out
of doors, draw the chin in, carry the
crown of the head high, and fill the
lungs to the utmost; drink in the sun
shine; greet your friends with smile,
and put your soul into every hand
clasp. Do not fear being misunder-
stood and never waste a minute
thinking about your enemies. Try to
fix firmly in your mind what you
would like to do. and then without
violence of direction you will move
straight to the goal. Fear is the rock
on which we split, and hate is the
shoal on which many barque is
stranded. When we are fearful, the
judgment is as unreliable as the COM
pass of ship whose hold is full Of
iron ore; when we hate we have I'M
shipped the rudder; and if we stop
to mediate on what the gossips say,
I'VE have allowed a hawser to befoul
the screw. Keep your mind on the
great and splendid thing you would
like to do; and then, as the days 90
gliding by, you will find yourself I'M
consciously Selling upon the oppor-
tunities that are required for the full
fillment of your desire, just as the
coral insect takes from the running,
tide the elements that 1t needs. Pic
ture in your mind the able, earnest.
useful person you desire to be, and,
the thought you hold is hourly trans
forming you into that particular in
dividual. Thought is supreme, and to
think is often better than to do. Pre-
serve right mental attitude-the atti-.
tude Of courage, frankness and good
cheer. To think rightly is to create.
Darwin and Spencer have told us that
this is the method Of creation. Each
animal has evolved the parts it need.
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cause he wishes to be; the bird flies
because it desires to; the duck has
web foot because it desires to swim.
All things come through desire, and
every sincere prayer is answered. We
become like that on which our hearts
are fixed. Many people know this, but
they do not know it thoroughly enough
so that it shapes their lives. We want
friends, so we scheme and chase cross
lots after strong people, and lie in wait
for good folks-or alleged good folks
hoping to attach ourselves to them.
The only way to secure friends is to
be one. And before you are fit for
friendship you must be able to do
without it. That Is to say, you must
have sufficient self-reliance to take
care of yourself, and then out of
the surplus of your energy you can do
for others. The man who Graves
friendship, and yet desires self-cen-
tered spirit more, will never lack for
friends. If you have friends, cultivate
solicitude instead of society. Drink
in the ozone; battle in the sunshine;
and out in the silent night, under the
stars, say to yourself again and yet
again, II am part of all my eyes be-
hold" And the feeling will surely
come to you that you are no mere
interloper between earth and sky; but
that you are necessary particle of
the whole. No harm can come to you
that does not come to all, and If you
shall go down it can only be amid
wreck of worlds. Thus by laying hold
on the forces of the universe. you are
strong with them. And when You
realize this, all is easy, for in your ar
teries course red corpuscles, and in
your heart there is the will to do and
be. Carry your chin in and the crown
of your head high. We are gods in the
chrysalis.-Fra Elbertus. in the Phil
istine.