Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-17
POVERTY A DISEASE.
The Result OF Had Living, had Thick
inE aud Of sinning.

The Result OF Rad Living, Had ThlEk'
ms aud Of sinniRg.
A large part OF the poverty OF ths
world is disease. the result OF cen
turtles Of bad living. bad thinking ant
Of SHINING. We know that poverty Is
an abnormal condition because Il does
not flt any human beings constitution
1t contradctS the promise and the
prophecy OF the divine in man. There
are plenty OF evidences that album
dance OF all that Is good was mau's
Inheritance, that II he claims II stout
" aud struggles persistently toward Il
he viii gain IT,
The fact is thet a large part of the
poverty Of the world Is due TO down
right laZIncSs, shlftlcssness, an un-
willingness 10 make the effort, 10 fight
! Tor competence. II does not matter
how much ability one may have. IL he
does not have the inclination and the
energy 20 use il Il viii atrophy. Lazl.
ness will ruin The greatest genius, II
would Kill the ambition OF an AleXan-
der or Napoleon. No gift or talent is
great enough TO withstand II. The
| love Of ease has wrecked more careers
than anything else except dissipation,
and lazIncsS and vice usually 90 to-
gether. They are twins,
There are certain traits OF a strong
character which are Incompatible with
preventable poverty, Self reliance and
a manly Independence are foundation
stones In strong characters. We often
find them largely developed In the
man who is poor In spite of all his ef-
forts 10 get away from his poverty.
who Is the victim OF misfortune and
disasters which he could not control
But the man who IL poor because he
has lost his courage. his faith In him
self, or because he Is too lazy TO pay
the price FOR competence lacks these
qualities aud Is so much less man.
lie n weak character compared with
the man who has developed powerful
mental and moral muscle IN bis ener-
getic, persistent efforts 20 gain com
petence aud TO make the most OF HIM
self
When you make up your mind that
you are done with poverty forever, that
you will have nothing more 60 do with
Il, that you are going TO erase every
trace OF II from your dress, your talk,
your actions. your home. that you are
going TO show the world your real
mcttle, that you are no longer going 20
pass for a failure. that YOU have set
your face persstently toward better
things. n competence, an independence, |
aud that nothing on earth can turn you |
from your resolution, you will be-
amazed ~ sco what reinforcing |
power will come 20 YOU from this In
creased conhdcnrc and self respect
The most dangerous thing about pow
erty II that ~ Victims often become
rcconcllcd 20 70 and take Il FOR granted
that II IA their fate Because they
capuot keen ny appearances and live IN
th6 same style az their more wealthy
ncIghbors. poor people often become
discouraged and DO not try 20 make
the lssi ~ what they have They 40
mot put their bcsi font forward" aud
cudrly0r WITH 40 thrIr might ~ throw
oG thr c,idrrccs ~ poverty N thorn |
le ANYTHING irrt p1rHlEsrs power ~ II
thp rT1rt o. reconcile purarlfea 10 0ur
unfortunate environment instead ~ ~
rrluE lt aa abnormal +ul trying 90
get away FROM H frrrras
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