The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-06-26


and mold to his purpose will elude
his grasp and flee from him as a bird
on the wing.
There is some useful thing, some
| profession, some avocation in life for
which each of US in congenitally bet
ter suited than for any other. To
find that which is most responsive
| to our nature and our talents, and
then to 'plod' is the secret of sue
cess. Or, as clever writer puts it:
Are you in the big procession, but
away behind hte band.
Plug.
On the cobble, or asphaltum, in the
mud or in the sand,
Plug.
Oh, you'll hear the story frequently
of how some clever man
Cut clean across the country, so that
now he's in the van;
You may think that you will do 1t,
but don't believe you can,
SO plug.
To the conscientious, patient, un-
firing worker intelligently pursurlns
the object of his ambition, rather
than to the brilliant genius whose
course is by each star distracted III
turn life yields the fair but ffall
iawal of success. 1t is not the HASH
ing meteors, dazzling the eye anu
exciting the imagination as thy run
their fiery but brief course 10 oO
ruion but the considerations, con-
stant in their ordained positions ana
diving forth the true light which IL
Iumes that constitute armament ~
Tn order that you may SCI tAa
greatest good out of the years "hlch
lie before the MONDAY, and That the
Drospect of the sunset slope may
have no terrors for you, and in order
that you may be able to spell true
success with a capital s. it is neces-
sarv that you turn toward sell ana
cultivate self-necessary that you
develop. improve and improve that
moral principle which is in every hu-
man being and which we sometimes
call reason and sometimes conscience
whatever it be, it is the parent OF
unselfishness, the vital force when
ouickens our appreciation of the
claims of othersand awakens in US
recognition of the fact that our rights
stop where another's begin rms
moral principle is the deadly foe OF
that other influence which permeateS
orr being and which is the main
spring of the vast hoard of miserable
aims that end with self-the fell IN
fluences of desire-and the man VINO
in his dealings with his felloW-men,
recognizes no higher law than un-
chained desire will go down to the
'tongueless silence of the dreamless
dust unwept. unhonored and unsung,
even though, in the art OF money
gathering, he pile Ossa on Pelon ana
then astound the world by the magm-
tude of his disbursements made IN
the name of philanthropy. Success
so-called, gained at the sacrifice OF
truth annd honor, right and fair deal
ing. when viewed in proper per-
spective. is only dismal failure, and
adversity, if we be true to ourselves,
is but the stepping stone to higher
things. AS has been well said, When
Caesar fell beneath the daggers OF
conspirators, his spirit took it's place
among the stars. The exile Of Ma
poleon was his apotheosis.
81 cannot hope in the short portion
| of your time | should consume, hav-
| ing due regard for your rights, to do
even scant justice to the subject OF
success. but l do hope that some
| word of mine, some expression, some
sentiment uttered, may find lodgment
| in your heart and brain, and like
| SSeu SOWA OH Lei tIlC ooAi, SSA AAAAAi@SNO
and bring forth the fruits of right
living and inspire those thoughts
sublime which pierce the night like
stars
I'm conclusion, I commend to your
serious consideration these verses
from the pen of a modern philosophe
and assure you that there is more
food for thought in them than my
rendition may disclose:
It's little the difference where you
/ arrive;
The serious question is how you ar.
/ rive.
Are you up to your eyes in a wild ro.
/ nance.
Does your lady lead you dallying
dance.
Do you question if love be fate OF
/ chance.
Oh, the world will ask: Did you gel
the girl