The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-06-05
mo Footsteps Backward.

,;vpred last HlSnG at SuS OtoHu opera
E ITrt by Miss Hazel Ferris Getting
L., the bright AMI attractive daugh
na. If MIR and Mrs. A. w. Cottingham
Ie, won the honors of the 1908 elias.
The Paris High School:
d. .sT5e immutable law of life is action
rnorvfhing animate and inanimate
Lcsy TO this inexorabIe law. with
o. Ut + nothing can possibly exist.
Ou the solar system with its infinite
.rn,ber of worlds. sweeps through
n. at an incredible velocity; the
e1,n the source of all heat and physical
TTbt continues century after century
nroInd the cycles of time, Fastening On
n his ceaseless journey, with never a
nause and never step backward. All
he inDumerable planets that circle
obout the sun as a center, adhere to
the same law of motion. Onward,
ever onward, they go, with never a
half and never a backward step.
THE blood of life continually flows
round and round in its various cricula-
tiors The vitalizing liquids Of all
nlants keep moving. AND thus it is
with everything. Nothing can remain
ata standstill without fatal results.
"The majestic rivers of the world
flow onward, with an irresistible fore,
carving everything with which they
Gene in contract before them. Nothing
ran escape them, nothing can turn
them backward. Onward they go,
sweeping over rocks in their course
and removing every barrier. Human
life and human institutions must ad-
here to the same law of ceaseless
nation. The movement must ever be
forward, not backward. Onward to-
ward a definite goal, upward toward
high Ideals, the current OF life TusheS.
It can no more change and flow back
ward than the river can turn and flow
toward its source.
From the earliest period of the
worlds history, this same law has
been in operation, and by it the world
has been gradually raised from a state
of barbaric savagery to the present
state of civilization. The watchword
OF the twentieth century is Forward,
or. negatively 'NClla vestigia restror-
sum, (Ne Footsteps Backward.
Every nation has, to limited ex-
tent, lived up to this. The United
States, is, perhaps, the best example
Of this. A little more than hundred
years ago, this great country was a
weak union of thirteen discordant
States, with no railroads, no telegraph
lines, no telephones, no iron bridges
or any other modern conveniences that
abound today But by adhering to
this law Of progress, by grasping what
was in her reach, and by developing
her natural resources, she has grown
from an insignificant country, without
knowledge or spirit of union, without
strength or wealth at home, or recog-
milton abroad, to what she now is-the
richest, the freest, the most popular
and prosperous nation on earth.
The life of the individual is like
he life Uf a nation and no person can
hope to succeed, who. with idle hands,
waits for success TO come to him. For
time, with the tide Of human destiny,
sweeps Oh with never pause, never
a halt, hurrying on to the ocean of
eternity.
There is absolutely no substitute
for this irrestistable onward move
menJ. Nothing can take its place.
Scientists tell US that the various
forms of energy manifest in the uni
Z
tSm, electricity-are all convertible
INTO one another. But if a man has not
this persistent forward movement. no
other qualification is convertible into
It. or can be substituted for it. Moth J
ing can take its place. Learning can
not. Wealth cannot. Noble ancestry !
cannot. The worlds greatest men
have ever been her most active and !
energetic workers.
History is full of splendid examples !
OF what may be accomplished by ad- |
herring to this motto. it was this that |
led Columbus across the Atlantic to |
America; it was this that led Knox 20 |
the reformation Of Scotland; it was |
ms IN Wesley that regeneratcd rellg- |
louS life in England; 1t was this that |
brought Napoleon to his marvellous sue !
cess. Under all difficulties and dis |
engagements his motto was Il press |
on When told that the Alps stood |
IN ne way of his army: There shall I,
De no Alps, said he and ne built a
pass across them. Old Commodore
vanderbilt, being asked what he con-
Sidered the secret of business success.
replied, Secret
There is no secret about it. All
you have to do is to attend to your
business and go ahead. Milton wrote
PARADISE Lost in poverty and blind
Tess. His motto was, Il argue not !
against heavens hand or will nor bait !
Ohe Jot Of heart or hope, but still bear
Up and steer right onward
As It has been with men of other
generations, so it is with us today, and
tne motto, not only for this class, but
rOr every class of young people wfo
WISH TO succeed in life, must be 'Nulla
'estlgla reStrorsum.'
another year has passed beyond
Our recall and we are all gathered to-
eether tonight. probably for the last
siine' For many years we have been
associated with each other and have
SSnared each others joys and sorrows.
~ now the time has come when We
o.uSI mlngle with the outer world.
f"ch OF US to choose the course in life
~. winch We are best fitted.
:; Many pleasures have been our dur
,Is our school life and especially has
fInis past year been one of enjoyment.
s 1It now this is all at an end. Our
;ieIool career in the Paris High School