The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-11-08
THE MASTER VICE.
Alt EVILS HAVE THEIR ROOT i'm
REPRESENTATION.
Slave to the Habit Moraiixes and An
nounees His coneluslons--can
Never Rise Above the Rank
% r;odder.


the bane OF my existence" said the
procrastinatInE man. has been my
habit OF putting things on. ] never do
to-day what can put on till to-mor
row
The result Is that I am always put
ting OF and never doing any more
than is necessary for my current daily
hand TO mouth support: and So. as The
saying Is. ! never have anything
am not independent. but always de
pendent upon somebody else for the
work that will enable me TO live, and
so | can never say ny soul is my own
I must do the work | am set 10 do by
some stronger man. whether ! Ike II
or not. and ~ plod along. just get
ting through. while the man who col
lars things gets on
@of late years as have come 10
realize it's evil effects and the enoF'
nous difficulty of overcoming II ! have
come TO think that the master vice OF
ali IL generalization And coming To
thtnh thus has disturbed me a little.
because have 20 give up AN originally
preconceived and long cherished no
flon
Il had long held that the most near.
~ lneFadicabis OF personal Vices was
gambling. but nov | thought the most
difficult Of all vices To cure oneself OF
was that Of proeraatination Was !
wrong Them And could " be that !
was wrong now
'This. say, disturbed me little:
bu, now on this point reNt quite easy
For have discovered. contradictory an
this. nj hrst thought. might seem. !
have discovered that was right then
and that am right now
FOR nos discover that the vice Of
gambling Nv but another phase OF. OF
at least the outerop Of. that OF pro
ersstinaiion. The great majority OF
those given over 10 gambling hope 20
get something for nothing. they hope
70 get money without effort They put
on from day 10 day the hard. unfiinch
ing work that would give them aure
thing. without chances. on the race
OF life. and make just enough 20 In
dulge their vice and their vain hopes
80 gambling liz really but form. OF
outcome. OF the vice Of procrastina
ton And by the same line OF reason
ing suppose wo might say tho same
OF drunkenness. which IL essentially
pFocrasslnating vice: we put things
on to-day, today We will drink. We
will work ,o-mnFrow.
"And I don't know but what We
should ind that every III proceeds
from the vice OF procraatination. and
40 this. which might seem but form
OF iaxiness. IL really the master Vice.
and am one 81 It's most closely bound
victims, don't drink. and don't
gamble hu, have got the fatal habit
OF putting things on
Inertia, dnilness. lack Of power
from wans ~ exercise, come from Il
-~the pf0erastihatinK man Ia aiways
at the same dead low level lie 10 al
ways going 10 do something. never do
ins IL: iaE, pulling through with the
work he has 10 do. and gaining CORE
spondinKiy small rewards lie neve,
Knows the boy Of doing things MOI
gathers In is profits. but hahi, bound
he settles down In lifelong slavery
'And am ane OF these victims, oc
casionaliy do rouse ap and do some
thing out ~ my set routine. and In The
accomplishment % some rugged tAzl
that ! thus take ap and great mes
Joy and pride: aud arr gnlns to keel
thsK ap: but next day | alak 10 the ole
levei again. and stay there. II IA ~
much easter 20 pat things eff than Il
Do things, and this, tho trunk bat
habit ot which all others are bu
branches. II ~ deep Foessi
tsnt ! attn not without hope I havs
iupped on these branches Of which
spoke, aud am psying. prying arount
thS roosa cf the trunk