The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-27
one HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS.

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Quite an animated discussion has
been provoked by a recent attempt on
the part Of one Of our great men to
give a recipe for success in life. says
the washington Pest His formula
was courage. industry. self sacrifice"
Then came the controversy Others
had recipes equally high sounding and
vague. Somebody insisted that con
stant labor unceasing effort, and so
on would lead 70 victory.
In the ears of the irreverent. It
sounded like the directions for rabbit
soup with the chief item omitted
first catch your rabbit A great deal
was said about energy. devotion, c0ur-
age, sleepless activity, AMI all the rest
, of it, but nobody told how TO catch
the rabbit. The country swarms with
men who are capable of sobriety. ap-
plication. courageous and loyal adher-
ence to duty. but why appeal to these
qualities which exist already and
which no lecturer could create other
wise? Why not. instead of high
sounding platltudes, give these men
an opportunity? OF what avail Is It
TO stop a ragged. half starved. unfor.
tunate upon the street and say to him:
Brace up Be strong, be active. be
brave, persevering and self sacrificing
do this and you will succeed" He
cannot work without tools and mate
rial. He cannot exercise devotion
without having an object to which to
apply that virtue Energy is worth
less if it have no vent save in jump
ling up and down or running around
the block all day.
We confess to the impiety of regard
ing these oracles with conteInpt They
are about as useful as the rumblings
Iof Delphi or Dodona as sympathetic
and intelligent as Marie Antoinettes
suggestion TO the Paris populace who
were crying for bread: why don't
they eat cake?" AS helpful and en-
Tightening as the utterance of a great
statesman who was asked some years
ago for an opinion as is an opinion,
and proclaimed the following majestic
rebus:
ITO deal with new issues, first dis
cover their character and their ten
denotes for good or evil, and thereup-
on treat them in such manner as will
recognize constitutional restrictions
and the necessity of safe conservat-
ism. while, at the same time. we keep
in sight as our unfailing guide and the
supreme object of our political en-
deavor a conscientious regard for the
best and highest interests of the peo-
pie of the land. without fevoritism or
unjust discrimination"
Shades of Browning and Jack Buns
by, avauntl You hover in the dim
crepuscuious atmosphere of guess
work and there occupy a place Of
proudest prominence; but this states
man reigns in the ultimate background
of impenetrable gloom,
I IL we were called upon to advise a
young man of average intellectual at
tainments just entering upon the strug
gle for success. we should warn him
against everything the wiseacres above
Preferred 10 have so maiestically advo-
Gated So far from telling him to ex-
ert himself; to cultivate breathless-
ness and bounce; to jump. and strug
gle and perspire. we should adiure
him to keep his clothes unrunled and
his mouth securely closed; to look pro-
foundly wise on all occasions; to re-
fraip from convictions, positive views.
land lucid utterances, as he would re
irain from suicide Look about you,
gentle reader, and consider the solemn
ass in every walk of life Who so
respected so admired, SO influential
He never takes sides. He never is a
partisan. He goes along wit
hrows. his thoughts too deep for ut
terance. Smaller men may abandon
themselves to hasty inclinatlons, to
rash preferences, to robust views He
never does. II he speaks at all II is
with such profundity, and circumlo-
cution and compleNty that the most
recondite cryptogram ever rescued
from pyramid would seem burst
OF innocent and childish candor In
comparison. Yet he wears fine raj
ment every day. He enjoys the re
spect and confidence of the commun
ity. He prospers. The oil OF opu