The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

limit, unquestionably. Inthe first place, ",
may describe that limit as the limit Of
coed that limit of health and strength. Why
] why never exceed 1t? Because by exces.
| We impair our power to work. That is the
reason. BY excess in labor we impair oul
power to labor In the future, and that pow.
er to labor in the future is, as I have said
the main source. Of JOY and satisfaction. II
labor our power to work in the future.
II you are paid by time in any capacity
In after life. give your best days work II
best years work., Never work slowly o,
moderately or easily when you are paid by
s nmei a M,Ta Seye TG at hat at the ans.d top Pr OF you,
speed.
Nov ! know that you may hereafter &c!
hereafter that You had better not work a.
fast as you can. 1 J heard that advice given
one cold morning in the college yard a,
were clearing a plank walk Of snow. i,
was a light snow and 1t was a very cold
morning. with the thermometer below zero,
and these two men were clearing off this
snow very actively. Another laborer. not
in the employ Of the college. crossed on an
fnn path near them and SHOUTED to these
you working like that for? You are Sast
working yourselves out Of a job" laugh
modern philosophy Of iabor. He expressed
CHEATING EVERYBODY.
~ tid Ia pIeCistly the PHILOSOPHY
which ] believe to nave a ruinous tendency
In the modern world of industry. / advise
you to invariably work as hard as you can,
possibly give. or If you are employed by the
can SseaI poss 4 yo,, give war Why sh WY do that:
capable OF you cheat somebody. somebody
cheat yourself than to cheat som rs %GTse else TO
but there is more loss in it for you; there
Is more injury to yourself in it.
as 5oIly as S Sn1 70 cam ecg IN y J m 10 you to be
can. all through life. That comes natural.
suppose, to most Of you boys. As you
Scotch poet. expresses that in two lines,
and 1t is universal truth too much lost sight
OF in our American society.
Your merry heart goes all the day.
Your sad one tires in a mile.
1t Is a great sweetener of life-the jolly,
joyous. merry spirit. IT YOU are looking
simply at your chance of employment you
will cultivate this healthy faculty of merri-
ment. The common employer likes the
jolly. cheerful boy much better mar the
sour boy. and in manhood you will find a
CHEEKY temperament and manner to be in
valuable.
And. finally. let me mention a use of a
small portion of the time Of each day which
believe adds greatly to the enjoyment OF
life in mature years as we'll as in youth
cultivate the habit of reading something
good for ten minutes p day. Ten minutes
a day viii in twenty years make ali the
difference between a cultivated and an UNI
cultivated mind. provided you read what is
good. do not mean a newspaper; I do not
proved treasures of the world, the fntellec-
tual treasures of the world in story, verse.
history. and biography. A little reading
every day will enlarge your outlook on the
world. will store your mind with beautiful,
wise thoughts. will bring you In daily con-
tact with the best minds of the world. the
minds that remain In view after 5000 wears,
100 years. twenty years
Ralph Waldo Emerson gives an excellent
piece Of advice when he Jays: Never read
a book until 1t is at least a year old" II
one is only going to read a little each day
one needs to read the best. Now. I do not
mean by the best books. the serious books
the dull books. and the uninteresting books.
The best is never dull. But read a little
every day, and, as l say. in twenty years
ten minutes a day will make the difference
between q cultivated and an uncultivated
man.
But what is the use Of being a cultivated
MANI Why strive to cultivate your mental
powers. to store your minds. to enlarge
your own experience with the experience of
others? Because that IL the road to in
creasang happiness and Joy, and, after all
happiness and Joy.