The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-04
COMMENCEMENT or
GLASS or 'O9

~ the most careful to see that his
s,,il are not deprived Of It.
I'VE Wa do not want to confuse mere
concentrating with success. Money
r,aking Is well enough as means to
Is s, end. 1 confess that i have often
sonnd money to be q very useful art
II, IL, But we should shun the spirit
!, the surgeon, who when asked
swhat did you operate on that man
tor,p replied Il operated on him for
NO hundred dollars. Yes, ! know.
ss,d tho inquirer, "but what did he
bave?. "Why." said the surgeon,
she had two hundred dollars
There is vast difference between
,,ue success and the accumulation Of
vealth. can no better illustrate It
than by asking you which IS the
moro successful, James A. Patten or
theodore Roosevelt. Or whether,
when you die, you would prefer to
leave to your children name like
hat Of Russell Sage or that Of Will
liam E. Gladstone. Success Will never
he measured by the size Of our bank
.ccoint nor by the number Of coupons
! "a can clip. nor our ability to correct
Is interpret the message OF the
stock.tickcr, but rather b.. the service
re have rendered to our fellowman.
II the true success awaits SO surely
mon education, what then does ed'i-
cation mean? It means training, It
means development; 1t means broad
oning; it means preparation. All, that
q It. For he who is prepared has
mower. He who is prepared has
growth and achievement. Half OF the
philosophy Of success lies in being
ready.
Several years ago visi one OF
The great sea ports OF II country.
4 had never seen the ocean, and nat
urally seized the opportunity to go
and gaze upon the roll and swell of
its mighty waters. AS Iwent along
the beach, presently came uSon a
great fort. Massive walls of lnry
and elaborate entertainments OF earth
mad been reared at the waters edge.
was not permitted to enter the
works. but standing at distance, |
could see. crouched behind the ram
PARTS. monstrous black shapes that |
kew were the coast defense guns,
the disappearing guns, which rise
from behind their protection and hurl
projectiles far out to sea and then sink
Back beneath the shelter OF the
Wills. looked across the harbor en-
trance and there saw another fort
similar to the one beside which I
stood. About these forts there was
little sign OF life. A sentinel Laced
! here and there. but a quietness brood
ed over them. Then looked out over
the waters. steamers going and com
ing from far count lazily made
their way across the bay. but no
where was there the least suggestion
OF danger. The whole scene was one
Of singular peace and tranquility
And thought, what Is the use of al
this? We have no war. We are al
peace with all the world. The ships
Of every nation come and ride in thit
harbor and are welcome. And there
came the answering thought--this !:
preparation. These forts; these gun.
these defenses are here prepared
against the day when out of the mist'
that roll up from the deep there shall
come the black warship of the enen;y
and we are here ready to send then
back shot for shot, death for deith
and please God, to drive them Of
from the shores we love. 1t is prep
aration for the trial that some da.
may como.
happened to be In st. Louis, a
the worlds fair, on the Fourth 0
July. went and stood in that mag
nificent plaza around which wer
reared those stately and imposing
temples OF the Industrial arts, thos
4 splendid piles of architecture which
temporary though they were. served t
illustrate so well the creative geniu
Of man. At one end the waters fash
ed down over the beautiful cascades
aid beyond the chaste palace of tn