Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-30

weary nights Of toll. Beading q poem
that thrills the soul. they expatiate
upon the "ecstatic bursts the divine
the flashes Of thought"
which they assume to be the exper.
fence OF the poet and pass by the
weeks and months OF study. the I'm,
wearying years OF unremitting toll.
Genius said Goethe. is but the
ability for hard work" Rather It Is
the inspiration that gives zeal for
No easy places crowned with
honor and true dignity. True life, CON.
formed to the divine law Of progress,
is not a drift, but a race; not q dream
but a study; MOI self-contentment, but
self-criticism ami self-discipline, with
the eye on the divine model and ever
saying, This one thing do"
Let It be understood by every young
man and woman that successful life
is a struggle and II they + unwill.
ing 10 pay the price. they may as well
abandon the hope Of winning. This
principal is understood In the more
ignoble pursuits Of life. The enor-
nous toll and long preparatory train.
ing 10 which men subject themselves
for the sake OF comparatively mean
and trivial objects must be q source
on reproach to the supine and the indo.
lent.
Even on the low plane of brutality
there exists a conception Of the i'm
portance of loyalty to this higher law
OF ucces and In the hand OF the
acrobat and sportsman was the key
that might unlock to mankind the
cause OF failure along the higher lines
of life, al the highest success may be
Ibiightei BY intellectual and moral as
well as physical dissipation.
This brings us to the consideration
of another element Of the good fight
OF faith without which no amount OF
struggle or drudgery or active patti
ence along The line of chosen employ
ment. viii bring the true success, gen
uiHeness Of manhood. This is OF SUI
preme Importance, inasmuch as our
present and permanent well-being de
ponds more upon what We are than
what we do. Commences will hal
low and ennohle the commonest yoca'
%tions: while ~ipsincerity and falsity Of
character will dishonor the most
honorable employment. The honest
man will fill the sphere Of hissctivity
with q purifying and a life-giving at
mosphere and the transparent genu'
ineness Of his lofty manhood will sane
fifty the position he holds. But the
shame and fraud Of an i%nsincere mar
Will diffuse their faint throughout Thu
whole circle in which he moves ant
the germs Of their poison will floai
through the atmosphere to blight ths
lungs Of better characters. 1t Is trut
that 4 mans success Is noble O
ignoble, just as he himself Ii noble o
ignoble at heart.
Sail pr. Payne, Underlying ever,
great character and every illustfiou
life Is the bedrock of sincerity. Falls
as are the ways OF men, prevalent q
the laith OF mankind seems to'be u
1.-The practice Of deceit and pretensi
wide and ruinous as IL the reign d
insincerity, yet history records not
single really great name that is nc
indissolutly linked with a truly ST
cere nature. No other foundation
firm enough to sustain the monumei
tal structure Of q grandly noble cha
acter which shall live through Il
ages
The indispensable condition Of sue
character Is the supremacy Of co
srience, an absolute unquestionir
loyalty 70 God and The solemn vol,
Of duty. Il with other men cunscien,
is given only a theoretical suprcmac
do you give Il actual imperial pows
II Others wayer and fluctuate VIII,
conscience points a plain duty, do u
/, hold 70 this central power as stcadi
as the planets to the central sun.
Again the good fight OF faith" ca
not be successfully fought without d
supremacy In ones life. Of lofty pl
pose. or d lies vocation sanctified
a holy ambition. While conscien
Yields an u%ndisputable scepter oy
ones soul, let a lofty purpose risil
!. Mp to God, stimulate and guide eve
!, faculty and power.
!. From the standpoint, therefore.
!, . personal weilbeing. you obser
the Importance of having a dcfini
4 pursuit But be your pursuit, literal
political, agricultural, or anythi
else that Is honorable among men,
win not only give you an increas
satisfaction In your personal well.l