The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-20
The Kingdom Column
CONDUCTED sy DWIGHT S. sAyLey.
Thy Kingdom Come"

tef3Hct III It's IpuHHdtloH. lie expert
ence Of Disraeli. the great English
statesmen. is in point. Upon the &C.
casion Of his first speech in the house
Of commons. ne was hooted and
laughed at uproariousiy. Writing
under the insult. he flung into the
faces Of the other members Of the
house these words: II have begun
several times many things. and have
succeeded In them at last. / will sit
down now. but the time Will come
when you will hear me- The full
fillment Of that prediction is in the
one word perseverance Most men
whom the world acknowledges as
great have become great because they
We're determined TO be great: and
nothing is more inspiring to ambitious
youth than the stories of persever-
ance which lives of great men at
ford.
Some time ago. speaking of his
method of work. Thomas 4. Edison
said: For q years have averaged
10 hours day Daniel Webster.
when an old man. said Il have
worked more than II hours day for
80 years our honored Garfield re-
lates this incident from his college
experience: when was q freshman
in Williams, / looked out one night.
and saw in the window of my only
competitor for first place i'm mathe-
mates "A light twlnkfing a few min
utes longer than i was wont to keen
mine burning. / then and there de-
termined to invest little more time
in preparation for the next days rec
itation. ! did so. and passed above
my rival | Smile today at the old
rivalry. but l am thankful for the
way my attention was called to the
value Of a little margin OF time well
employed. I have since learned that
IL is just such margin. whether of
time or attention. or earnestness or
power. that wins In every battle, great
or small
Perseverance is sure antidote for
encouragement. II is easy to com
plain. easy to say: whats the use2''
Easy tn quit and try your luck at
something else. Both sides of the
pathway 10 success are lined with
the skeletons OF those who have thus
given up. And many men are today
only moderately successful. If not fail
ures altogether. because instead of
hammering away at one thing until
success was won. they have turned
at the first encouragement To some
thing else. Something else always
looks easy: what one is actually doing
often proves very hard. Morse. the
inventor of the electric telegraph. Ia
bored necessarily for five years be-
fore his patent was secured: and this
was followed by further delays be-
fore the congressional grant of $50, 00C
was secured which enabled him to
build his first commercial line. James
Whitcomb Riley says that he waited
20 years before his first acceptance
OF Il manuscript came.
Giardini. the great violinist, when
asked how long would be required Il
master the instrument. Twelve hours
II day for 20 years together" The
world needs more men of the twelve
hour day for 20 years sort. men
strong and determined. Not only ar.
men needed who will attack the ma
teriai problems and shoulder the bust
ness problems of life In this spirit
but much more men are needed who
Will set themselves to the moral co.i-
quests of modern life with determ-
nation not To be sile-trackeh. Per-
sonal morality IL difficult to achieve:
public morality Is vastly more SO. But
mortality must eventually win out
II is the only conceivable basis of EN-
uorhs human NE Men must attack
TIE uhuer'akiis' theh' win the Ut
''os' VI serioushess anu determine
'i'h' ioiio"his up each ueieat win
n'o'e .a'eiuiiS P'ahheu ana NOR.
earnestly prosecuted engagement II
must De case OF victory or death;
anu si.her Is honorable.
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