Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
SUCCESS

AS the schoolstare about to close and
+ many students leave the class rooms
1 for the various duties Of life, the ques-
ton naturally presents itself to the
thoughtful among them, how can 4
make sure OF success in the world
1T all depends on what is meant by
success. Is IT tho accumulation OF
wealth? Or the achievement Of In
auence upon public affairsgl is it hon
I Or? Or fame? y
True success does not depend on any
Of these. Neither wealth nor offices
+ are sufficient to go around to all. There
y nre, strictly speaking, only.sso much
1 money to be gathered for personal use; i
( only SO many positions of {eminence,
. only SO many law cases to win fame
2 In, and they are not sufficient for all.
In spite OF tho adage, there IS not
{ plenty of room at the top, in the sense
that there is room for everybody. There
\ Is plenty of room for the few but not
for all. In the great Industrial estab-
i lishnlents there Is room only for few
managers. The great number engaged
must be common workers. In the en-
lire United States there is room but
for one president ut II time. No army
4 las room for more than few generals
So the majority of men and women
must remain in the ranks. But that
does not mean that they cannot achieve
success.
The secret OF success both in teni-
poral and spiritual things is doing all
.that#God would have us do, With the
means and opportunities we have. The
man with one talent might have been
rs much of success as the one with
five, but for the fact that he went and
hid It, neglecting the Gift hehad. That.
Is the trouble with many. That is the
& secret of failure.
When the final account is made up
it will matter but little what anyone
has accumulated, as compared to what
he has done, and what he IS. How
much Of an example OF righteousness,
of truth, of brptherly love, has he been?
How much influence has he put forth
for the amelioration of human condi-
tons in the world2 These arc the all
important questions. And the man
that i'll all his life never makes more
than a livelihood can do just as Well
in these respects as a billionaire, be-
cause the individuals influence, Who
ever he is, never dies. but is absolutely
immortal. 1t goes on for good or bad
after the individual himself is dust and
forgotten. So no young man. or wo-
man, is doomed 10 failure. All OF
them can achieve success by faithfully
doing the duties OF every day and
hour.
The story is told about an Italian
hootblack who happened TO shine. tile
shoes OF learned professor. He
noticed that the boy, While doing his
work, frequently glanced at a book,
Curious to know what book it was,
that it was an algebra. $50 you are
studying algebra, are you2" said the
professor. Eyes, sir, and am stuck.
Do you know anything about algebra q
responded the youth. This professor
was one of the mathematician of Yale
and it sounded queer in his ears to BIZ
asked If he knew anything about al
zebra "Nell. / know a little ahou
1T. What's the matter? Perhaps car
help You BY this time the shoes were
shined. and the boy placed his book II
the hands of the man to whom intricat:
mathematics We're not difficult at all
Was but the work Of a minute Il
clear the mind of the aspiring youth
and he fairly danced with delight