The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-07-24
Mnn's Days Are Fen
find Full of Troubles

There is al old maxim which many of us have heard and which is as follows:
uoncai in te life of every man and nation m the moment to decide" A
. itenl consideration Of the meaning Of the words in themselves would give a
very narrow construction to the entire phrase and me which strips thu proverb
of it's true value. As it reads and upon first thought it would seem that there
afectt the trend OF a mans or a nation 8 whole existence must b. maae 4 re-
atty it Jos nt mean exactly this, but it means that therea many such TO-
ments in a man or q nation ie In this consideration If the subject We NIL
only deal uron that portion Of the maxim which concern maj.
Man during the course of his short, though somewhat tempestuons he is
called pom en- many occasions % exercise his W judgment in matters which
tn classify these moment in the order of their Importance, although it is posi-
BILE that in the lives of many men there is M moment which is decidedly more
critical han n Of the others, but even that in itself is lot of paramount m
rorance. When q youth arrives 1T the age If discretion he must decide as to the
kind Of life he is going to lead. This does not mean that he must decide whether
or nt he will become famous, since the majority of men are lot destined to
achieve fame, but he u decide whether he is going to be a man among men.
That decision made he aus mex choose a career or a profession. Here is where
his Judgment is first called upon to be OF som practical value. A man to be
a success must, IN the beginning choose the profession, no matter how lowly, for
xhichn nature has adapted him.. This is for many a extremely difficult matter,
mainl~ because they are not satisfied with the humble professions for which
the CREATOR had adapted them. There is a quaint old analogy 'oftr repeated which
eursa 1t this time Every man is Ekened to SO many blocks Of wood, son square
shape, some round som oblong, etc, and the positions in the world which must
be flied by men are like sc many holes corresponding in shape to accept thu re-
spective blocks of wood. Many square blocks get into round holes n conse-
qunly do not IT., and that means a failure of life. The square hole CHANGED to
be in thu swamp or on low ground in the great armament of life and for that
reason III square block or he man it represents would not 90 down I'M accept
the humble place which had ben created especially for his benefit
Having decided upon his profession and the right n a thatt the first Skin
mh in thu tattlef fol existence has been fought, but Their are still many little
cxirpncic to be overcome before victory is asWsd Even though being a square
block you have chosen q square hole it is not yet all clear sailing Critical TO-
mentsw will crowd themselves and in deciding the best of judgment must be ex
had been previously accomplished. So it would seem that the proper construction
place upon the proverb and the m which will give it the broad meaning in
tended s TO group al the critical moments into n and mar the composite me
mnt the me in the Hs Of every man and nation which calls for a decision.