The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26

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DO you fear the force of the wind.
The slash of the rain2
Go face them and fight them,
Be savage again.
Go hungry and cold like the wolf.
Co wade like the crane;
The palms OF your hands will thicken
The skin Of your cheek will tan.
You'll grow ragged and weary and
swarthy,
But you'll walk like man"
Mazzini tells how he stood one dav in
a Swiss village at the foot Of the Jura
and watched the coming of a storm:
Heavy, black clouds, their edges pur-
pied by the setting sun, We're rapidly
covering the loveliest sky in Europe.
save Italy. Thunder growled in the
distance. and gusts of biting wind were
driving huge drops of rain over the
thirsty plain. Looking upwards" saws
he, Il beheld a large Alpine falcon.
now rising. now sinking. as he floated
bravely in the very midst of the storm.
and l could almost fancy that he strove
to battle with it. At every fresh peal
of thunder the noble bird bounded
higher aloft, as if in answering def
ance On the ground about fiji
~ PAGES beneath me, stood a stork:
perfectly tranquil and impossible, IL
the midst of the warning elements.
Reminds one of the naughty Scotch
Marjorie's comment on the way her
pet hen bore up under the loss of one
of her chickens: And she was most IN
usual calm, she didn't give a single
dam. Twice or thrice she turned her
head toward the quarter from whence
the wind came, with an indescribable
air of half Indifferent curiosity; but at
length she drew UP one of her long
sinewy legs. hid her head beneath her
wing and calmly composed herself to
Sleep" prefer the falcon to the stork;
so does D. H. Stoddard when he says:
I am white falcon, hurrah.
My home is the mountain so high
But away Ger the land and the waters
Wherever I please I fly.
wander from city. to city.
7 dart from the wave to the cloud:
And when l am dead / shall slumber
With nv own white wings for q
shroud.
And as most men lack initiative. be-
ware Of inertia You cannot do any
thing without trying. Do something.
or at least tIy to 30 something. AS
Carlyle used to shrek. Produce. pro
duce, be il the most infinitestinnal frac-
ton of a product, in Gods name pro-
duce il" Though vision be obscure. if
dirty be clear, do it. You
must make use of your youthful
They must make use of your youthful
visions. or you will lose them. They
viii fade into the light of common day.
I Trust them and put them to work, and
they viii become the light of all your
being. Darkness, like doubt, is dis
PEELED by action.
Never mind the lions. ASK not Cor
any easy life. ask not for tasks equal
to your present strength. Ask for and
: expect strength for each days duty as
it comes" Don't accept other men s
conceptions of the impossible; what
was impossible with your father may
be quite possible for you. Yours may be
the twentieth stroke that breaks the
rock: the additional foot of shaft or
tunnel driving which reaches the ore
body; the triumphant day of vOyaging
which brings the ship TO its desired
/ haven. Rubenstein had right concep-
tons Of LIES most needed inspiration
/ when he said: Take me to hear the
man who tempts me to do the impOs-
sible"
/ But once you are ready for action, be
sure of your aim and aim at the high
! est. AS the artist teacher Hunt used
/ to say to his pupils. In your sketches
/ keep the first vivid impression. Add
no details that shall weaken il. Look
! first for the big things. Do the char
acter first. You'll get it in the first
four lines if you get it at ALL Demon
strate with yourself. Seek first the in
spiration point of Hfe's Yosemite and
you will get all that is worth having
in the paradise of life on the way.
In referring to great things I refer
/ p,
very commonplace tasks. So if you
must spend your next year driving {
wagon you viii enjoy it more and dc
it better if you take Enerson's advice
and hitch your wagon to a star
Great ideas add their glory to small
duties. Like the sun they will equally
glorify either planet or deWdrop.
Do not be discouraged if you do not
arrive this week or this year. Do not
give up though you may not have ar
rived at the end of your allotted three
score-and ten. Except ones reach ex
coed his grasp, what's heaven for?" Il
you are on the right road you really
have plenty of time. "A great aim, Il
reached or not, makes great the life
It gives one something to live for, for.
ever.
So we fling out our flags and joir
in your hearts music as you push ou'
of the harbor into the sea. Do no.
fear the fierce old mother" Throw
yourselves into her arms for she Il
in the arms of love Omnipotent- You
boats may be small and Iife's ocean :
mystery without sounding or shore, bu
he holdeth the sea in the hollow o
his hand.
We know not what the future hath
OF marvel or surprise,
Assured alone, that life and death
His mercy underlies.
We know not where his islands lift
Their fTOuded palms in air
We only know we cannot drift
Beyond this love and care