Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-18

lDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1907.
quickly; great things move slowly and
whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.'' There is not now,
nor was there ever, a, bad economic
condition that public opinion could
not change for good one.
ST There are two great obstacles in the
way Of bringing about any work that.
makes for the benefit Of the com
munity;; one is the disposition to talk
it to death, and the other is to kill
tt in its infancy by petty jealosy.
The history of everything that ever
amounted to anything is a history Of
time and toll Deserve success and
It will Gomez But what do we really
mean by success? Do we mean the
mere accumulation of dollars and
cents? Is that the true standard?
Rockefeller, the richest man in all the
world, is he a success? Will the
retrospect of a pile of gold be any
solace or any satisfaction or any ex-
cuse for our existence here below,
when we come to shuttle off this
mortal coil?" We cannot take our
gold with us, for the shroud has no
pouch, but we may take with us the
consciousness Of duty we'll performed
and leave a record of life of useful
ness and influence for good more en-
during than a monument of bronze
and stone Il
All over my Latin Lexicon at school
! had written the words "Tempus
Fugit." Now in more mature years I
can see it written all over the sands
Of time, in. the sunset clouds, in the
faces Of old friends, in the unbroken
absence of loved ones; and yet to see
some men hoard, pinch and scrape,
one would think they were preparing
to set up some vast business under
taking on a corner lot just within the
pearly gates of Paradise. have
heard of a men who so loved money
for moneys sake, that every time he
passed a bank he would take a long
breath, walk on tiptoe and hold his
hat deferentially in both hands. ]
! have heard of man SO stingy that he
1 would get up in the middle of the
| night and stop the clock to save time
Such men, such human leeches, are OF
little use in this world, and if they
are of any use in the next world il
must be in capacity for which there
is no cognomon here below. The
happy man is a successful man
the man who can make two blades o.
grass grow where only one grew be
fore, who can be benefactor to man
kind, who can make the world little
better, no matter how little, for hi
4 being here, who can advance science
or useful knowledge of any kind; h
is the man who can always find plen
ty to do and is never idle. The worlt
welcomes him for he is the really sue
1 cessful man. It seems to me ever.
man should say to himself, and say
often; God placed me here on thi
earth for purpose; that purpos
must be to do something; that some
thing must be for the benefit and goo
of mankind and for the uplift Of m
own soul, to fit me, and those wit
whom may come in contact, for
higher, a nobler and a grander e>
istence; | am here only for a shor
time, If there is anything can do TO
others, anything good can say, lie
me do it, let me say it now; let m
not neglect it or put it off, for | shall
not pass this way again. 1t seems t.
me if we could go through the worl'
with this spirit, life itself would b
sweeter, it's hardships would be les
severe and it's burdens much lighter t.
/ bear. And to do our work most sue
cessfully we must unite, for there i
strength in unity, and that is VIII!
many associations are found amon'
men that they may gather and inter
change ideas and opinions with thos'
whose vocations in life are similar
and by so doing gain inspiration ant
broader view of things that viii
the better fit them to carry out tn
great problem of existence usefu
life, that by its own, intrinsic virtue
exceeds in value the ransom OF
thousand kings.
I Attorney General Thos.. F. McCue
at the Wednesday evening meeting
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, members of the Re
tail Merchants. Association of NORTH
Dakota, ladies and gentlemen: car
assure you that it is a pleasure and
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