The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-06-27
FOR The YOUNG.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

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and those who have no aim 10 life, /
address myself. aud in so doing / will
say: II is my purpose to induce you to
think, to lift you, as it were, above
your ordinary. everyday life and to
place you on the high road, onward
and upward, so hat in after years your
footprints may be indelibly imprinted
ON the sands Of time, indicating to
those who come after you the wsy
from the valleys of ignorance to the
heights OF intellect, from the shadows
of wrong living and darkness to the
sunlit fields of purity and manly honor.
This above all to thine own self be true,
And it must follow. as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
A question starts itself here: Are
there any known principles governing
our actions by which we may wrest
from life it's greatest measure Of good.
I think SO. 1 know so. My own ex-
p~erience has told me so. The great
thing is to be true to what you feel and
know to be right-true to your higher
self.
There is to-day throughout the world
q very strong tendency to drift into O
sordid, gross or material life. simply
getting something to e~at-business,
business, business. There are very
many who journey on from day to day
with DO aim in view; they eat, they
drink, they sleep and pass from this
stage OF action unknown even to them
selves. They live the mere animal ex>
istence and do not come in contact or
iptermingle with those of higher
thought and aspirations. They DO not
thinx:
If all the troubles in the world
Were traced back to their start,
We'd find not one in ten begun
From want of willing heart.
But there's a sly woodworking elf
Who turks about youths brink,
And sure dismay be brings away
The elf-'I didn't think"
Thought is that attribute of the
human mind which gives to us tue idea
of the earthly intermingled with the
heavenly or divine. Therefore, in or
der to humanize man. his thought
power must be developed above the
mere earthly aims. 1t has been truly
said: "As a man thinketh so is he
The world always looks upside down to
the man who is himself upside down.
Every man reflects his own mind.
The Destroying Elements.
Apathy and prejudice are the ele'
ments of destruction to the higher In
telligence and grander beauties 10 life
To prepare ourselves then, for a sue
cessful journey through this workaday
world we must rid ourselves of all in
cumbrances. Prejudice robs us o
life's sweetest perfumes. We see n
flowers in the gardens of others. TIL
mind is narrowed, the soul is crampe'
and he or she becomes an aimless fol
lower. irrespective of q good or evi
leader.
Prejudice is a prison DELL whose wall
are dense, and no ray of fraternal sun
light penetrates the gloom. The min'
is in darkness when Gagged in the eel
of prejudice. Apathy causes life 10 be
come a stagnant pool instead OF a bah
bling brook which sings its song ont
hurries on to make the fields and tn
meadows green. Apathy causes me
to become posts rather than trees
Under its influence towns and cities be
come museums and curiosity shops
rather than thriving gardens ant
blooming fields. The mind must b.
free and clear, the body pure and clean
The higher faculties must be cultivated
and used, or they will sink into disus'
aud the man become as nothing though
walking about; in short. q living deat
man. Every man should aim to know
something about everything and every
thing about something.
Live for something-have a purpose
And that purpose keep in view.
The question is often asked: us life
worth the living?" The answer is yes
if we make it so. Every nan is the
architect OF his own life and casts al
influence for good or i'll wherever be
goes. What we need is to have our
souls stirred 10 their very depths, 10 be
made TO realize the infinite capacity Of
the human mind, to he aroused to ac-
ton. Turn away from evil thoughts
and evil walks and live above the mists
and fogs of petty jealousies and small
things. "Small men are provincial
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