The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-13
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every time the world does not use him
as he thinks it should. The man with
the drug or drink habit who fights
against the appetite for all there is In
/ him isn't failure until the time comes
when he lies down and gives up. If he
talks much of his trouble he is a nui-
sance, but so long as he fights he re-
mains in the world of live people. The
man who meets with business reyerses
and gets up to his warlock in debt
hasn't failed until he eontemplates
leaving town between days without
first paying up. So long as he meets
his creditors face TO face and takes any
work he can scare up until things come
his way once more. he isn't a failure.
He is merely bankrupt Failure is
condition of mind. When you really
fail you mentally place your foot on
your own neck and kick yourself
Many members of this circle know
what it is to start out in life with pref
ty bright prospects, and they also know
how those reseate prospects have ne
elected to make good their promises.
They likewise know who is to blame
for this but that is neither here nor
there. / suppose the world calls such
men failures. Well, that is its privi-
lege, and it breaks no bones. But I
think man would be foolish, to say
the least, to quit any game which he
believed to be right because of what
people thought of him. And so long
as he has the makings of one more
fight in him, to admit that he is '4has
been" is childish.
1 am not SO sure that the tendency of
the day to yaunt and laud so-calIed
success, and to condemn so-called fail
ure in such unmeasured terms. is par
ticularly healthful. 1t keeps one from
minding ones own business. What
Jones accomplishes or does not accom-
plish can really be of no earthly inter-
est to Smith, unless the latter has some
intimate relations with the former. I
am not SO sure that this extended pub
iication of the acts and movements of
iour so-called successful citizens is to
be altogether commended A fortu-
nate milfion-dolIar stock deal in New
7 ork may awaken the "divine un-
rest in the bosom of some embryonic
finaneier in San Francisco, but it may
also breed covetousness and jealousy,
neither of which is supposed to be an
attribute of the Gods, in worthy hearts
But, on the other hand, to read the life
history of such men as the late John
S. Piilsbury or Frank II. Peavey is to
receive an impetus in the right direc-
tion- However, this is a depression,
and is not very apropos
And now few words In conclusion.
After one has ene's ideas Strengthened
out in ones mind, to think much about
success or failure is waste of time.
| Those whose minds dwell upon the lat
ter are likely to fear it, and SO give up
their enterprises before they are fairly
started The past is dead; the future
| an unknown quantity. The present
| alone is ours-not to dream II hut to
do in. If there is iesso 4os, ned
from the past, ell and good; Il not
forget it. If We can shape the future
TO our own ends, we'll and good; if not
| there is no reason to be discouraged.
We may not live to see it. But lay
this down for a fundamental truth,
that the man who does the best he
knows how, wherever he may be sit
uated, is never failure, nor does he
fear failure. sWherever mans post
is, whether he has chosen it of his own
Will, or whether he has been placed at
it by his commander, there it is his duty
to remain and face the danger, without
thinking of death, or of any other thing,
except dishonor" x.
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