Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-21

combined armies of Europe at bay for
many years and probably would have
done so much longer had all the gen
erals been like him. He met his fate
at Waterloo because one OF his mar
shals was a little late with the rear
guard. He was wanting at the time
when he was the most needed. So it
is with the most unsuccessful persons.
They are a little late, somebody else
is on time and the.consequence are that
the tardY persons are beaten IN the race
for success. Energy is necessary for
even a moderate success. It is as
important as either perseverance or
promptness, and as many persons can
be found that are lacking in this as
the other two. There are hundreds of
young men who have grown to man
hood without enough energy to per-
feet themselves in any occupation.
They grow and lead good for-nothing
lives because of the carelessness of
their parents or their own Iaziness.
Money is probably one of the main
things that presents energy. Young
people with it have never known want
and seem to think they never will.
They might have success but instead
they waste away their lives just for the
lack OF this one essential property.
But these are small by the side of
the greatest of success makers, viz =
thought. Thought is far ahead of
everything else in life of the man who
succeeds. It it were not for this there
would never be any such word as sue
cess.
There was never a castle built but
what was first planned in the minds of
the architect. A great piece of mech
anism was never constructed without it
was first in the mind of the inventor.
A man has never lived successful life
without first finding his ideal, and then
following out its principles.
Nothing is more powerful in its
workings when rightly applied, than
thought. 1t can accomplish anything
if the person strongly desires and works
forlt A man that succeeds thinks of
nothing but success even seeing and
doing it. When Napoleon was but a
small boy, he made up his mind that he
would rule the French people He kept
this idea before him all the while work
ing for it constantly. He had no chance
at all, not even a noble birth, but he
accomplished what he desired.
One of the best examples of what
will power and thought can do is illus
trated by an accident of this great
mans life. At one time his whole
army was stricken down by plague.
Something had to be done or he would
have lost his best men. No medicine
could have cured it, but he stopped it
in very simple way. By walking
around among the men, speaking words
of encouragement to them, he seemed
to divert their thoughts from the dis
ease, and from that moment the plague
began to lesson and thesdeaths to be-
come less frequent, thus in this way
one man saved thousands by his will
power.
Success is before every man but he
must go to it, as it was never known to
come to him. There may be many OBJ
stacles but he may remove them all
if he will only try. One of the greatest
faults of man it that when he does
reach success he does hot use it rightly.
People with riches are the most apt
to do this. If they use their money to
benefit mankind they can accomplish
much good but if they do not 1t would
be better had they not risen to the posi-
ton that they now hold They are the
worse class oil people, when they might
be the best.
In closing would only add that any
man who succeeds in these later days
is one of good habits and character.
Condition seem to have changed and
people are now demanding correct
habits in almost any work. It has been
said that our large corporation as rail-
roads becoming to he the best temper
ance educators. Young men who drink,
gamble and amoke simple have no
chance in the larger world today.
With perseverance, promptness,
energy, thought and good habits this
life surely be crowned with success.