Mexico Missouri message., 1905-03-09

as soon as u passes It's lnllS anu
dominates the whole life. This is so
true that it vltiatcs even the toll which
gains our daily bread. / furnish paid
labor; nothing could be better. But IL
10 inspire me i'm this labor have only
the desire To get the pay nothing could
be worse. A man whose only motive
FOR action is his wages does q bad
piece of work. What interests him is
not the doing, it's the gold. If lie can
rctrcnch in pains without lesscning his
gains, be assured that lac will do it,
plowman, mason, factory llbUrcr, lie
who loves not his work puts into il
neither interest nor dignity is, in
short. ~ bad workman II is not well
10 Coufdc ones life to doctor who Is
wholly cngrosscd in his fees for the
spring Of his action ia tie desire 10
Carnish his purse with tic contents Of
yours II 1t Is for his interest that
YOU should suffer longer he il capable
Of fostering your nalady instead Of
terrifying your strength. TIL" instruct
or Of children who cares for his work
only 50 far us IT brings him profit is Il
sad teacher. for his pay is Indifferent
,,,1 it, t,,,lt,,,. mona .,,l;rrrront still
Of ,,I..,t ,.,l,, g., tr,o ,,cr,op,r. i,,,r-
r.Ifg,. T.L, NV -o,, ,,.rfto for tho dol.
Iar ,.,,,,. ,,r,sc r. NOT worth tho dol.
I,r Won, critic for rho moro elevated
in kind IS the object OF human labor
tho moro the mcrCcnary spirit II IT he
present makes this labor void and
rorrur,s II
Tbcrn orn q thors1DJ reasons TO saw
tr.. all toll morf+s ifs waco that cv-
rvv man ,yl, dcvofcs his energies 10
nrovi1ira, .,r his Irn snoull have his
rlacn i'm the sun and that he who does
notIiing usrrrl-docs not .nlD his live
libood I'm SHORTS only parasite.
Rut tboro is no creator social error
Than +, mako gain tlR sole motive of
action rho lost yvc rut into orr vorl;
--he that WORT; done bv strength of
muscle warmth of heart or concen-
tratlon of mind--is precisely that for
which no one can nay lis. Nothing bet
for pr0ycs that man is not Il machine
than this fact. Two men at work with
The same forces and the same move.
mcnts producp tota1R different results.
Where lics thc cousr Of this nhruom-
Cnong In the divergence of their in
tpntiOps. One has the mcrrcnarv spir-
If The other has singlrucss OF uur-
nose 10th receive their uny. but the
l1bnr or tho ono IA barren. the other
lgs NM his s,ul into His work. Tho
vori, OF ,bc first Is Ike a grain of
sand uut If which nothing comes
through all eternity; the others work
il like the living seed thrown into the
ground. II gcrminatcs ANA brings forth
horyo.t~ ellis is the secret which OK.
plains why so many people have failed
while Cmulnvng the very processes hv
which others succeed. Automatons do
not rcproducc their kind. and mcrcc.
nary labor Yields no fruit.
I-nuucstiougbIv wc must bow before
economic facts and recognize the diff.
cultics of living. From day TO day it
Incomes moro imncrative 10 combine
well ones forces in order to succeed
in feeding. clothing. housing and bring
ing IN a family. lie WHO does not
rightly take account Of these crying
necessities. who makes no calculation
.
visionary or an incompetent and runs
the risk Of sooner o. later asking aims
from those ut whose parsimony he has
gnccrrd. And vet what would become
Of us If these cares absorbed us en-
tircly-ir. mere accountants. we should
wish 10 measure our effort 10y the mon
cv If brings. do nothing that does not
end in a receipt. and consider as things
worthless or pains lost whatever can
not he drawn up in figures on tho
pages of n LEDGER? Did our mothers
look for pay in loving rs and caring
for us? What would become Of fila
picty if We asked it for loving and
caring for our aged parents?
What does it cost you 10 speak the
truth? Observation-Disclosures. sometimes
suTcrings AMI prosecutions. To de
fend your country? WEAKNESS. wound,
and often death. To do good? An
uovanCc. iugratltude. even resentment
self sacrifice enters into all the essen
tial actions Of humanity. 7 defy tho
closest calculators TO maintain theil
position in tho world without eve,
apDcallug 10 aught but their calcula
tons. True. those who know how t
make flcir mile" arc rated as men OF
ability. Bnt looI, little closer. How
much of If do thew owe TO the unself
isbness of the simple hearted? Woul,
they have succeeded had they met onl,
gbrcwd mon Of their own sort, havin.