The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-30

TO give the best that is IN us under all circumstances
TO focus our powers completely. Bunyan, in prison,
wrote pilgrims Progress, and Milton, though blind,
wrote Paradise Lost, two ilustrious examples OF
what may be accomplished under the most diseour-
aging conditions, There Is no chance, no destiny,
no fate can hinder or control the firm resolve OF a
determined SOUL" Anything that Is not an inn
possibility may he attained hy strenuous effort.
Luck, destiny, fate,-if such things exist will van.
ish before "A determined viii when Bouaparte
ordered his army 10 cross the bridge at Lodi, IL
looked like fate WAS against him, but pluck, energy
and a determined viii carried him through vic
toriously. Henry Clay, when a boy, discouraged
by his parents, reiterated To the barn aud praetieed
his oratory; Demos,henes framed IN a secluded
cavern, those compositions which filled the Athenian
Arehous with wonder aud admlrston; nehemiah
rebuilt the walls Of Jerusalem in hny-one days; the
secret of their success, as Il the secret Of eyeryone's,
was the VIII. Those who are determined 10 do or
die are those who win. Ia speaking OF such a will,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says; "why! even death itself
stands stands stin, and waits an hour sometimes, on
such a witlin
The highest mountain Is called Success; how few
reach the top save those who watch sharply for the
passing OF the spirit Of he mountain, Opportunity,
who carries upward al who seize hold upon him.
Shakespeare says; "who seeks. and will not take
when once lis offered, shall never hnd II more Tho
man who can sleze, promptly aud armly, an oppor-
tunity as Il p~asses-and never let Il 20 until he
wrlngs from II every possiblilly,-is the achieyer; he
Is the man who does things.
Doing things, rather than planning them. makes
all the difference between success and failure. Many
a persons life has been raloed by procrasiinaling
with heaven born flashes Of inspirations. despair
aud postponement and eowardice aud defeat; men
are born to succeed, not to fail" The only sure way
to win, IS TO start right and start right away.
Success stands out brilliantly against a background
Of poverty aud hard work, but tbe background was
not put In TO bring OUT the picture. There Is no
teacher like Necessity, aud by the thpToughness 81
training her graduates come 10 the front. Jay Gould,
George W. Chllds, John Wanamaker, Andrew Car
negie, Andrew Johnson James A. Garfield; all are
familiar with the success o. these men. The pages
Of history, ancient and modern, are TcsPlendeRt With
examples Of success. Many are the heroes Of dis
covery, genius OF invention, education and valor.
Columbus flashed his calcium light on America and
gave 10 mankind a new world. Washington aud
eompatriots suffered 10 the long wars for liberty and
and almost perished at Valley Forge, bat they In
spIred and reared a republic that made the splendor
81 Greece and Rome Insignificant
But reflect on the patience ard long suffering Of
the great inventors: Morse's telegraph, Fields ocean
cable, Mareonfs wireless telegraphy success crown.
ed their efforts, Their genius sdvolutlonlzed manu-
ariufe aud commerce. The success Of John Quincy
Adams. "oid man eloquent ia his giga tic Efforts
ioreing the fight Of petition IN Congress; Senator
Benton ~ Missouri, ehampioning the honesty o
President Jackson, and After three years o. ceaseles'
toll, he forced congress 10 reverse Itself a. The dead
hour % midnight lhs records we're opened and the
vote ~ censure expunRed
Bnl au earthly success Is for lime only and sith II
will Ias- away. Tho only enduring success Is that
We achieve Tor eternity. Aud Ia conclusion. LET hops
be our guldlag slas. a, that which attracted The Wise
Men ~ the east. the Egyptian, hlnaoo, aad Greek q
Belhrlea ihal Doeemher night, and the CONSERVATION
Of all,-the glorious Aaeeuslopi