Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-11-25
ROVER THAT HOLDS Nan BACK.


nANsA Hat is successI asks the Chicago
~ WA Journal.
NkMW We interpret it usually as the
Nsf6 Wv accumulation OF money, the pass
3pNNNkF ing OF others In the race, the sub
WIEN ordination OF others to our will.
.bNYE Bat real success has nothing to
IN kA1kA do with our work as compared With
" NXWN that OF others. .e rs
N---LC The man is really successful that
makes the best possible use OF his ability ire
spective Of the achievements OF other men.
The greatest success that any OF as can possibly
achieve is 20 develop ourselves usefulness our
characters, to the utmost.
The man thatdgs ditch honestly, conscientious
ly so that the sides will not In the pipe at
the bottom lie uneven, is a success-prOvided that
the honest digging Of ditch is the greatest thing Of
which he is capable.
The man that history never heard Of, that dies ai
ter life Of duty we'll done may be really more sue
cessiul in the eyes OF justice and OF fact than the
most widely talked Of figure in history.
The man with many children, with father and
mother depending upon him, with small means and
moderate ability that Tesists temptation, meets all
his obligations, may end without cent to spare,
without day to spare, without dollar or a name
to LEAVE behind him. But he is really more success
fnI than the great Alexander, who, beginning with
welltrained army inherited from his father, fiery
genius inherited from his mother, the personal
teaching Of Aristotle, ends by numbering his best
friend ia q drunken brawl and dying prematurely
OF disease brought on by dissipation
Every one, as be struggles along the curious and
mysterious road of life is subjected to two conflict
ing influences. His better and higher self pushes
him ahead, bis lower self pulls him back.
Man in this respect is tiny and perverted imita
tiOn Of the big planets rs they circle round the
sun The power of gravitation draws them toward
the sdar center. Some other power, some "counter
graViatOn I" for measuring which no mathematical
IL hes al IN NO
opposite direction and prevents their falling to and
reaching the sun.
The power fighting against US is represented as a
misshapen spirit It always is misshapen, although
it need not necessarilysbe vice that impedes our
progress.
Each Of Us is made up PHYSICALLY at least, Of thou
sands and OF thousands of peculiarities Inherit
ed from the millions Of ancestors that spread out be-
hind as like an overwhelming stream. Millions OF
cells 60 to make up the smallest parts Of body
Each Of these cells representing in itself the original
form Of iie possesses inherited peculiarites Of his
own.
Our struggle as race has been long, steady
6ght against inherited animasm, cruelty, ierOcity
in all its forms.
And our careers, as individuals, are marked also
by steady more or less successful fighting against
the individual weaknesses with which our lives be-
GIN.
One man is held back by drink Another is held
back and his life made less useful BY personal ex
Iemblary conduct, accompanied By lack Of charity
lharsh criticism Of others.
The man that ruins bis own life through weakness
through drunkenness other dissipation, is les
harmful and dismal failure than the man that TO
lack Of little charity, little sympathy for others
fails to help and encourage those about him.
LazinesE, inertia, hold many Of us back. tn
project is formed, the ambition conceived or th
good resolution taken 10 the front brain, Wher
thought is born. But there is not enough power Il
the back brain to carry out the idea, not enOugl
physical and mental energy 70 overcome the azines
that pulls us back. The slOW.mOving slOth is
member Of the family Of our alleged monkey anoes
tors His blood still curses many Of u.s.
A sad feature Of 90 many failures is the fact tina
they are caused by kindheartedness BY an over
friendly disposition.
But for the one selfish failure there are q thOusaR,
men that fell because they could not Say no.
Foolish good nature, incapable Of weighing con
ditiOns and results accurately, pulls many down.
The conflicting forces within us-ambitiOn, dull
ness, aziness, dissipation, independence, servili
! these we ere accustomed to sum up in the on
Q word temperament. Great authorities have deClaI
ed that temperament is tie master OF the man, tha
it cannot be changed or appreciably modified.
As great 8 man IS Napoleon said that no ma
could change his character. II be had thought dii
ferenty II be bad fought against the indulgence
unlimited senseless ambition be might have kep
ont OF Russia, away from Waterloo and Sc. Helena
Hope is given to rs by The greatest Of all author
ties which says:
He that is slow to anger Is better than the mighty