The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-24
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OUR greatest glory is not in never
falling" No, It's in getting up
before the referee calls time.
NEVER give q man the Icy mitt or
the cold shoulder in winter time.
Shoot little hot air into him instead.
He will like it better.
THE world is large, but in that
mighty throng we are one. Our
individual energy for good or bad
counts for or against its progress. We
might by our own effort, large or small,
do something for the good of all. Sooth
a fellow mortaps pain and bring back
his brightest hopes and we have not
lived in vain.
II O matter what our views may be on
the efficacy or futility of prayer,
we must admit that the great trouble |
with most people that are long on
prayer and short on everything else is
that they lack sincerity. have known
preachers who took the Lord for
banker that would cash bogus drafts
and others who thought He was judge
that could be hoodwinked by perjured
testimony.
SOME libraries in Scotland built with
American dollars have placed the
works of Emerson under the ban. Why
they should do so seems beyond COM
prehension. It is sign of bigotry, to
say the least. No Scotchman ever
wrote book as inspiring as the works
of Emerson. They are worthy of
place alongside the Bible. He holds an
unriyalIed place in literature and it
has been truthfully said of him that he
fulfilled Wordsworths lines,
with an eye made quiet by the power
OF harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things"
THE world is our friend. Just put
that down and don't forget 1t. If
any one tells you that to the ex-
prisoner the world is as hard and cold
as gray granite, put it down that there
is something wrong with the man.
Don't believe him. Down in the heart
Of the universe is we'll spring of
goodness and kindness untold The
only trouble is we do not look for it in
the right places. To win the respect
of those who would help us we must
get out and hustle and not lazy around
the street corners "doin notin." We've
got to catch step with the progressive
element and then keep the pace.
lnOPPORTUNITY" was the magic
| theme of the great Ingalls, when he
wrote the lines "Master of human des.
TIMES am l." IT we realized the truth
of these words we would be more APT
to take advantage of opportunities al
: they come our way. Another writer
J has said that "a wise man will make
more opportunities than he finds
This is true only in the sense that thu
work of one man creates opportunities
for others. That is where we come in
While we cannot apply ourselves tt
creating opportunities we can max,
use and take advantage of those created
} by others.
ANYONE who has read the magazine
i sketches of our various "captains
of industry" must come to the con
clusion that it pays to be first class
man in any vocation. The careers o.
, these men demonstrate that those VIII,
. can accomplish the best results will
always find themselves in paying posi-
tons. A first class man does not hav,
to walk the streets very long. Someon
is looking for him. On the other han,
no one wants poor and unreliabl
workman. It is only in the very pros
: porous times that the demand extend
to this class of men. In every one O
Q these biographies we can read between
the lines the words, at pays to be
first class man."
of the biggest bunco steerer
- that ever operated successfully il
this country recently went to Australi
to work his graft and was immediatel
d kicked out. The same man was repu
9 dated by the people of Great Britain
In view of these facts we must admit
humiliating as it is, that our ow
Y country swallows more fakes than All