Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-07
WHEN is SUCCESS A FAILURE?

When you do no, overtop your voca
ton; when You are not greater bs {
man than as lawyer, merchant,
physician or scientist.
When you are not cleaner, fine.
larger man On account Of your life
work.
When you have lost on your way uI
to your fortune your selfrespect, your
courage, your self-control, or any
other quality of manhood.
When it has m.. de conscience an ac
cuser, and shut the sunlight out o.
your life.
When the attainment of your ambl
ton has blighted the aspirations AM
crushed the hopes of oilers.
When your highest brain cells have
been crowded out of business by greed
When all sympathy has been crush
ed out of your nature by your selfish
devotion to your avocation.
When you plead that you never had
time to cultivate your friendships, po
liteness or good manners.
When you have lived double life
and practiced double dealing.
When it brings you no message OF
culture, education. travel or of oppor.
:, tunities to help others.
When it dwarfs, cramps Or inter
feres with another's rights; when II
blinds you to the interest Of the man
al the other end of he bargain.
When there is dishonest or de
ceitful dollar in your possession: when
your fortune spells the ruin of widows
and orphans, or the crushing Of the
opportunities of others.
When the hunger for more money,
,rore land, more houses and bonds has
ercwn to be your dominant passion.
When it has dWarfed you mentall1
and morally, and robbed you of tha
srontaneity and enthusiasm of youth
When i has made Won a physical
wreck-a victim of nerves and
moods.
When it has lowered your standards
1 ard made YOU traitor to all your
highest and noblest impulses.
When it has hardened you to he
'needs and sufferngs Of others, and
made you a scorner Of the poor AMI
unfortunate.
When You rob those who work 70!
you of what is justly their due and
then pose as philanthropist by con.
tributing small fraction of your un.
just gains to some charity or to the
endowment of some public institution
E, When the world is not the better
and richer for your life; when you
have boarded every dollar you have
made, and have refused to help your
less fortunate fellowmen.
When you have used O hers as step
ping stones to fortune and ignored
their existence when your selfish ends
were attained.
When in your climb to power you
have trampled on duty. friendship
love, honor, patriotism and all tn
most sacred feelings of humanity.
When your example has dragged
others down; whom your injustice anc
tyranny have driven men and wome'
to desperation, and destroyed theh
faith in God and man.
When your absorption in your worE
las made You practically a straneo,
to your family.
on You as their best friend next tc
their mother.
When he nervous irritahility eneen
Idered by. constant work. without an>
relaxation, has made you brute il
your home and nuisance to thos
who work for you.
When your greed for money ha'
darkened and cramped your wife's If
end deprived her of needed rest an.
recreation, Or amusement of any kin,
When your narrow spirit makes yo'
cry out, What was good enough TO
he is good enough for my children
| and you refuse to give them tha edu
: cation they crave, and which you ca,
amply afford.
L When you have met your children