The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-12
be make. when his iife IL summed up.
who has any other ideal.

President John Finley, Of the College
OF the city OF New York. estimates that
the college graduate has one chance
IN forty OF succeeding in life" where
~ the man who hasn't been TO college
has only one chance In 10000. II IL
unfortunate that President Finley has
not made clear what he means by the
phrase succeeding In life" Until that
foundation IL definitely hred. any such
figures ~ he presents can DO nothing
more than mere speculation. Success
Ia life 10 relative. To no two minds
does II mean the same. To no two con-
diuons can It be alike applicable. The
success Of the farmer. for instance.
who add - his Ands. rears his family
In Righteousness and passes his days
IN peace and content. far from the tur-
mol and tnomphs OF more swiftly
moving life. would not seem 10 the
lawyer. the politician or the city mer-
chant to be . success az all The cross
roads store keeper may be = success In
life In his own estimation and that Of
his neighborhood. though his brother Of
the city. who thinks In chunks OF mil
lions. cannot help looking down upon
him In scorn. There can be no ma
teral standard Of success. for the rea-
son that the outlook. the aspiration and
the attainment OF any man are his
alone No two can occupy the same
viewpoint No two can regard success
from the same mind and heart The
school teacher. who ever giyss. may cut
q sorry ngurs In q biographical die
uousry beside the millionaire. who
ever gets. But In the real building up
OF the intellect and morality and happi-
nsss Of the world II Is she who 10 the
gisnt and he the pgmy. The poor
underpah preacher whoss congregation
u small because he breaches religion
un6snied may In the common estimate
BE- failure. But who can foretsiI Die
harvest 10 come from the pregnant
ned thus sown In good groundi An
other generation may Sse 4 mighty /
church ariss. that sosDe rtch man puts |
! gorgeous window In and caih his /
monument Which IL the more sue
ressfui hfs-ths one that bniids q
great window or the one that stimu-
ates the spirit which mskes q church,
ninetenths OF us have no 9TH
n serious purpose In life than to get
he best living We can We are abb
'orb~d In our own little snsirs-our
~ants and enJoym~n,s. ailments and
'as~. )eaioasiss and snvies and hstreds
md loves The greater the degree To
~hich We sAsisfy our wants and TIL
imphs over our enemies the greater
ur socc~~s-~e think. But 10 crafty
'ur wants 10 only 10 create new on~s-
iumsn lcnGins 10 Ike q sea-the more
70 pour into IL the more IL sprsAds-
ne millionaire longs for more as Gag
rly ~ doss the poor man Content
Iocs not he In th> direction OF acqui-
iftoo or indulgence. Success In life
ons,sss In nrt.ng oneself To ONES en-
ircnmsntz. and one rhinx nore->se-
atins the environment Whether col
re education helps or hindsrs de- .
ends upon the man and the environ
lent Highsr education would not help ,
disHer OF bitches or q mere grubbsr .
fisr money. Hut IL 10 Indispensable TO
len ~hoss interests and pursuits sI-
nd beyond themselves II education
'srs What u oush; 30 bs-chArscfsr
svsiopnens-it would make every
ian nors successful IN life. But an
~ 10 not always that