The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28
Some Viegus - ~
- ~ and Reviequs.I

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The question Of success In life hn- heen
given much consideration Of lnte. and man,
witnesses supposedly competent to testify
regarding II have been henfd from. IL 1,
noteworthy that most OF these have hesn
representatives OF nm especial class; they
have come from the ranks of the success.
full money makers. Naturally they hav.,
viewed the question under discussion chssfs
~ from the standpoint Of its financial pos
sibilities and have argued that auy deviAi
ton In the race for this acquisition. any
time spent In general cultivation, 10 eli.
srgy misapplled and time wasted. IN
other words. that college education u
40 advantage to a man Of business
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Mr.. sehwnh Is one OF the most dogmatIc
" these recent oracics and now comes the
comptroller Of New York. Mr.. colcr who
'eiterates his opinions There have been
others among our rich men who have
| preached this doctrine in sufficient num-
bers to make II apparent that II has many
disciples. Mr.. coles says: "As the world
Is constituted today. there Is nothing more
essential than success and success Is moi
to he measured by whasd man knows Of
ancient history. To he Thoroughly hsppy
man today must have money"
| u would he foolish TO ignore or under
rate the value Of money as factor n
the problems OF life. grave OF gay; AZ
foolish as to estimate n cnlleee cdnesticr
ny whnt man knows of ancient his
tory Happily for the world. success Ir
| It's best sense does not mean money am
more thnn money necessarily means happl
| ness, for success can only he determined
| by the individual. II he acccmpHshes IL
| the end whit he set out In the beginning
70 do, he has nchleyed II.
No rational or reasonable person viii
| deny that every aid towards enlightenment
! every influence which duickons and spurs
| the Intellect. every inclination which de-
velops and elevateS the mind and the mn.
| ture Of n man tends toward his success,
whatever the calling he may elect to pnr.
sue. These attributes ARE not alone 70 be
found between the pages Of cash hook
I and a ledger. or a course OF manual train.
| Ing in factory or shop. The man whose
standard of success rests solely on such
foundations will be moneyed uan, per
| hnps but he VIII also be as narrow and
ms nenrslghted as he who brings away from
n college course merely "a knowledge Of
| ancient history"
! II IL favorite dogma with individuals
| who have risen In the world without cole.
glate training. that college men are fall
ures. But they Invariably omit to ell
recognition Of the great army Of failures
recruited from the ranks Of those who
are not college bred Perhaps the most
encouraging fact regarding success IL that
| all roads lead TO \ and that It's prIses
are manifold He Ia blind and deaf indeed
who Ignores the traveller upon every path
| M hie nd xvho ID N astxr
| me progress Of his fellows solely by
golden rule which Is far from being Of
| scriptural origin.
! There have left us Of late, two men who
were notably happy and successful; who.
| fortunately for the world at large. havs
had many prototypes even as / hey
may themselves stand as such upon the
threshold Of the new century. Neither
was hnancier or n self-inade man, save
In the sense that every man is the archi-
tect ~ his own future. Since they hnd
no commercial rating, they must be reic-
gated to class which receives but scnnt
recognition at the hands OF our SchwBbs
and our Colera. Yet here are their cpl
taphs, tributes ms sincere as they are spon-
thneous as just as they are uulmpeaeh-
able
or the American II Ia said; THE many.
sided scholar whose work has ended so
| untimely was Of a nature so sweet aud
sound and so genially normal in everything
that we can not even think OF bis death
In the conventional way. as out Of tbs
true order of events lamentob's and calain-
tous The death Of John elsie is as great
loss as letters could sustain. at this
| time, but so far as II concerns him it
seems like serene fulhlment, rather
than disastrous interruption OF his long
activities. He was So made up OF kind
ness that there conld be no question Of
has loving or not loving his fellow mens
there he wasl BY like system Fiske de-
voted his whole intellectual being, Mt one
time and another 60 this train OF thought
or that now 10 the evolutionary apostle.
late, now to the rehabilitation OF God ana
the soul. now TO the study OF our National
history. But the block. whatever II might
be, never excluded the mans essential lovii.
ness OF nature, his simple unity with his
fellow men, and his undoubting faith In
their affection for him. II Is therefore
that he has left behind him not only an
endenring name, but a memory that is not
bitterness to any man that survives him"
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And Of the Englshman: ''Slr Walter Be
SAINT was obviously n very happy and con
tented man. He was not happy merely
because he was successful, but he was
successful because he was happy. There
was a kind and lovablc spirit in bis book,
which attracted people 10 them. Poof
buchanan was the very opposite Of Besahi
In Temperatures. He wST-not Intentionally
unklnd TO any ons. but to his vision most
things were wrong and called for henrty
denunciation. II I. too. may draw moral.
l should say that the lives OF these two
men show that success 10 more apt to
attend the man who is happy than the
man who is unhappy. II is an admirable
world, In spite Of Is faults. and when We
treat 1t genialiy and lovingly II is very
apt 10 treat as the same way"