The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
MASTERS OF The WORLD.

Carlyle tells us that Inc race OF ilIe
is becoming intense, the runners are
treading on each others heals. Woe be
unto him, who stops to tie his shoe
strings.
The whole world is in this race-and
the goal they are striving for is money.
This eagerness to secure wealth begins
with the youth for whatever he is asked
to do, he expects to be paid-that desire
to obtain money. In school he hesitates
to perform task until he knows how
much credit he will receive. This desire
keeps on growing more and more until
it is a ruling passion during his later
years. Why has it been found necessary
to investigate the great corporations,
and some OF the great insurance compa-
MES today Is it not because those who
controlled them handled all the money,
with the one opinion that money, after
all, was king? They were willing to
submit to this passion for wealth, at a
sacrifice of character And now, are
they the happiest people in the world
the masters?
Why have some of the colleges and
universities hesitated to accept large
gifts given by some of our millionaires
What is the meaning Of the cry tainted
money!" Does it show that the mastery
of money is not completey The majority
of the people think that wealth is by far
the happiest and most successful end
| we think that to own houses and lands
is perfect mastery. All, zoe are all mis-
taken in this belief In the story OF
Macbeth, after he had secured the crown,
and was able to say that he was the rul.
ing monarch, he found that the kings,
and wealthy people were not the most
contented. At the closing period of his
life, wretched king, he remarked
my way of life
Is fall n into the rear, the yellow leaf:
And that which should accompany old
| age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of
| friends.
must not look to have but in their
| stead,
Curses not loud, but deep; mouth honor,
| breath,
Which the poor heart would fain deny,
| but dare not
This brings out clearly the end of his
ambition after all, he found his gain was
an empty one. This vain desire is like
a soap bubble it is beautiful but for a
short time-it then vanshes and leaves
no beautiful or beneficial effects. The
laurel wreath won in this terrible race
too often withers M soon AZ it touches
the winners head Tho he has money
he has not wealth If then, the ,rortd,
on the whole, IL 1Crong-who is its mas
ter lie iswealthiest to whom the world
yieldS most.
One way in which we can master the
world is thru appreciation Few people
ever stop to think that we own all that
we will. This may seem queer at first,
but il one looks into nature If his heart
is in tune with its beauty, he will find
that he owns the beauty Of everything.
God did not create all these beautiful
things for one man only. He meant it
for all, and it is proper that we should
all appreciate this great offer A rich
man who owns beautiful flowers, gar
dens and parks, valuable coaches and
horses, is thot to be the happiest, most
contented, but the poor man who feaste
hs eyes upon the bed Of daffodils in that
park may be more their owner than the
former. A story was once told OF two
men who were walking along country
road. One man remarked THANK God
/ own this landscape.
The other man surprised, answered
Il thot this was part Of Bourne's pro.
perty"
Does Bourne own the sun and sky
replied he does Bourne own tina,
sailing shadow yonder, the golden luster
Of the grain, or the motion of those
ghosts of hills that glide palled along
the horizonY Bourne owns the dirt and
the fences | own the beauty that make,
the landscape, or otherwise how could
own castles in SPAIN
Blessed is the man who has actually