The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-10

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still m5et the world with undaunte
courage recover all that you had los
and even win the highest honors {
which your widest ambition Nigh
aspire.
Let me impress upon you this cal
dina principle of action. To be sue
cessfu in life you must not onl,
know, but you must have the abilit.
to act you must not only have cul
ture but you must possess characte
and soul, you must have the powcl
CT the initiative, a term quite popular
OF late, which in plain language means
the ability to take hold and do what
ever comes to your hand that needs
| 10 be done.
Your field OF action will not be in
the hazy dreams of great expectations
In the future but in the affairs of com,
mon everyday life that will force
tn mselves upon your attention and
daily demand your efforts.
Your success will lie not so much
in what you do as in the manner and
the spirit of doing II. and the purpose
for which II is done. Your service TO
the world and mankind will be high
and noble only as IL emanates from a
high and noble purpose.
Bear in mind that mere money-mak-
ing is not the acme of success. You
may perchacce make a fortune and
yet be failure. You may fail to gain
W. alth and yet win undying fame.
Irons bit into the flesh and neglect
scared the soul of Columbus yet he
a continent and gave to 1t
the Stuarts to power the bones
the Stuarts topower the bones
Of Oliver Cromwell were dug up and
hung in chains on the Tower of Lon
ion, but his life was not a failure,
or civil and religious liberty marched
IN to be forever linked with his mem
Try and his achis yements. Mozart die
,enniless and his body sleeps in an
unknown grave but his memory will
I've SO long as music charms the ear
md softens the heart. Milton sold |
or only $50 Paradise Lost that most
ublime OF all epics but he enriched |
he literature of the English tongue |
nd his fame continues undimmed and |
ndiminished. Abraham Lincoln. the |
lan Of Illinois, was born in log cabin /
nd went poor man from his modest /
springfield home to the White House
t Washington TO leave behind him the I
ecord of Americas greatest states
nan and philanthropist. No human
eing ever fails who lives a life IF
truggle for high ideals and of work
IN others.
You may not all fill high positions
! life nor be called 10 great offices
ut all Of you may fit yourselves TO
Il such positions IL the call shall
I'M.
1t Is told OF great French writer.
lat In his early youth, impressed ,
it'll the seriousness of life and is
possibilities, he caused him ,
If to be awakened each morning
it'll the announcement, Wake up
Jung man. there are great things
the world for you to do this day"
Educated in the public school which
part OF our state government and \
pported by public taxation, it Is
sht and proper that we should ex
CT you to be trained in everything =
at pertains TO good citizenship.
Just at this present time the de-
md for high grade. honest. broad
nded citizenship is greater than ever
fore in the history OF our country
lf-sacrificing. unfiinching service Is
eded in every department of govern. Il
snt.
Of the past are not suf
lent to meet The eyer-changlng re a
irements of the complex civilization y
the press mt age. "
Old lines of action must be aban- a
ned and new ones formed. In other y
'rds. reform is the watchword of the
UT. My closing advice to You. young
N and young women is to at once OF
list under the bann that bears that Il
end. Give your voice, your In. "
ence and your practical support 20 j.
cry movement that makes for the d.
Try and advancement of your M b.
n. your state ami your city. and
the b tterment and elevation O.
human race.
% this In your own. individual way. bI
/ fear not the censure of the critics 81
o do nothing for fear they canno, tn
ase everybody. at
nally, ! command you. in the oo
rds OF Shakespeare:
} thine owns II be true.
II must follow as the night the ls
day. ne
N can'st not then be false to any III
man m,
I I'll