Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-20
WHEN is SUCCESS A FAILURE?

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physician or a scientist
When you are not a cleaner. fine.
larger man en- account OF Your life
york.
When You have lost on your way up
= yonr fortune Your selfrespect, your
courage, your selfcontrol, or any
other quality OF manhood
When it has Made conscience an ac.
cuser. and shut he sunlight out o.
your life.
When the attainment of your ambl-
ton has bli2htel the aspirations AMI
crushed the hopes OF o, hers.
When your highest brain cells have
/ been crowded out of business by greed.
When all sympathy has been crush
ed eHt Of Noar nature by your selfish
devotion 10 Your avocation.
When you plead hat YOU never had
time to culisate your friendships pc
liteness or good manners.
When you have lived a double life
and practicea doubledoalng.
] When ii brings you ne message of
ealture, education. ravp1 OF Of oppor.
tHnities 20 help others
When II dWarfs cramps or inter
teres with another's righ $: when 1t
binds You TO tho interest OF the man
bo a,,{ r
When there is 4 dishonest or a de-
ceitful dollar in Your possession: whe2
your fortune spells the ruin of widows
and orphans or the crushing Of The
opportunities of Others
When the hunger fer more money,
lore land. more houses and bonds has
crown TO be yoHr dominant passion.
When it has dwarfcd YOU mentalle
and morally. ana robbed You Of the
sfontaneity and enthusiasm Of youth.
When i, has made you a physicist
wHeeI-a victim Of "nervos" ANA
moods
Whom il has lsNered your standards
AID made You traitor 10 all your
hf2host and nob1est impulses.
When it has hardened you to he
needs and sufferin2s of others, and
rado you a scorner of the poor ami
Fortunate
When You rob hose who Work for
YOU of what is justly their due and
then pose as a philanthropist by con-
t,ibutin2 a small fraction Of your un-
irst gains TO some charity or to the
erdoWmont Of some public insti ,ution
When the world is not the better
and richer for your life; when YOU
l,.Ye boarded every dollar yon have
made and have refused to halp your
less Fortunate felowmen.
Whom YOU have used g hers as step
Ping stones to fortune and ignored
lleir existence when your selfish ends
were attained.
When in your climb to power yo"
have trampled ON duty, friendship
love. honor, pa riotism and all th y
most sacred feelings of humanity.
When your example, has dragged
others down: whom your injustice ami
tyranny have driven men and Women
C. desperation. and destroyed Their
faith in God and man.
When your absorption in your work
Las made YOU practically IA stranger
to Your family.
When your children do not look up
on YOU as their best friend next to
their mother.
When he nervous irritability enSen
dered by constant work, without any
relaxation. has made YOU brute in
your home and nuisance to thOs
who work for you.
When YOUR greed for money has
darkened and cramped your wife's life
and deprived her of needed rest and
recreation. or amusement of any kline.
When your narrow spirit makes yoE
cry out. "What was good enough for
me is good enough for my children,
and YOU refuse to give them the edu
cation they crave, and which you can
amply afford.
When YOU have met Your children
caressos viii repulses. and have de
I led them the help Of v0nr compan-
icnshp and loving encouragement
and guidance during their formative
years.
When III dissolute lives of your
sons cry out against you as the one
vho, eiher by direct example or by
complete NEGLECT Of them. has pointed
their downward path
When you are gloomy and pessimis-
tie when YOU spread discouraSement
aud despair wherever you go; when