The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-16
GREAT AWlTORS
PAID AOlORS BY
QUAKER COLLEGE
(coatinued From Pan oas.l

guiding star. and by what hulw1rks
viii YOU strengthen yourself In times
OF trial. temptation and defeat and
the far more dangerous times ot sue
cess. and Joy and triumph:
The struggle for the ideal life Is
almost as old rs the authentic history
ct the human race. Philooophers.
priests and poets Of every age have
thought and taught and sung OF II.
BENJAMIN. perhaps the wisest man
America has prouced. tells In his auto
biography Of the time whom he con-
ceived the bold and arduous project 1t
arriving at moral perfection. Il
wished to live" he said. without COM
hitting any fault at any time A
knew. or thought I knew what vas
right or wrong. did not see Why
might not always do the one and
avoid the other" He explains the in
teresting method he adopted to pro-
mote his progress toward perfection.
and he attributes to II much Of the
success OF his life. The pasaiou for
perfection has indeed always stirred
the noblest minds and spurred them to
higher endeavoe. But. however areat
the help Of rules and methods In it,
attainment. the real school Of parfec-
sion 10 ones calling daily work
Men and women who really anoant
to something are men and women who
have high standards Of work and con.
duct. and are lifted BY them In pur
pose. character and achievement above
h.
plan or high endeAyor. You should
shape your conduct through life &C
cordtng to . definite and high ideal.
You will not realize your ideal No
one ever fully doea. but you should b
striving towards ito realisatioa. n
world Is a. bad n It II because % lev
men and women have high Standard,
and 80 few OF those who have have
that tnnexibility OF purpose which n
% necessary II any real progress - %
be made In their realisation.
And % I hear you as1x. What stanh-
ards Of life shall we choose and holAi
Or II you have chosen In thee yeasU q
college life. still you are eager 10 knov
from all who can help o. tsacA. the
way to attain your ideal. the mothoGs
Of true success. Perhaps yoa Aavs
chosen success In business, vAAdA
wealth. power and influences. - ~
end for which you win serivo: o. he
pursuit OF learning with its hl0A ~
wards. and unfailing Joys. or The DO
fsssionA or travel or diocovery; bat
these. and many others liko tham are
but the means to the end. the laAdae
nv which ~ climb
That for which you are 10 strive. the
end you hold In view. - an end In u,
self and the Opal Of endeavoe. - por-
lection. the perfection possible 10 IN.
man nature. the perfection q chsrae.
ter for which all the ret e8istA. We
say serve our apprenticeship to PEI.
lection through art or science or liter.
AZURE. or music, through business or
trade or farming. or manual labor. It
matters chiefly that we choose the
work congenial to our nature. and then
seek for perfection In and through It.
The true purpose and aim Of life II
not to get the thing We want, but to Be
tho men and women We may and
should be. Other purposes ought to
b incidental to this great one steps
toward it, achievement
II biography teaches ~ one thing,
more plainly than another II u that
moral progress and beauty follow the
laws Of intellectual and material
unosasing work are the price OF each.