The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04
The Man on
the Trapeze
BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

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Watching the wonderful work of a
tight-rope and trapeze performer. the
question arose: What good does it al
do2 Where is the benefit to the human
race in such sacrifice of time as this
athlete has been obliged to make in
order to reach his astonishing prof
cheney in a seemingly useless achieve
ments
Yet this man and all the others who
have attained skill in the same difficult
line of endeavor are benefactors to the
human race, if we will look at the
matter analytically.
They teach US what can be accom-
plished in any direction by answering
purpose, unfagging win and persistent
patience.
To jump through the air, to catch the
hands of another man who is hanging
by his feet from a trapeze and oseillat-
ing to and fro, to drop those hanGs
and turn the body completely e.round
in midair and then catch the perch
from which the original leap is made
and vault as light to seat as bird
settles upon branch, is an achieve
ment which no human being can ac-
complish save by one method.
And this method is direct purpose,
unfaltering effort and daily practise.
And this method will bring success
to any effort, in any line, for any hui
man being who puts it into execution.
Depths of Power in Man.
When / think of the marvellous con-
troll over his body and the laws of
gravitation which this trapeze per-
former exhibited, I wonder that any
nan or woman can fail in anything at.
When I think Of the unfathomed
depths of power lying in every inn
mortal mind I wonder that the world is
act filed with hosts of successful peo
ole.
There is no such thing as a failure for
anyone who sets forth to his goal as |
he trapeze performer sets forth to at
ain his aim, and who keeps at his
work with the same persistency.
If you are seeking health, wealth, |
lsefulness, skill in any direction, there
$ nothing and no one who can hinder
Tonr attainment of the coveted boon if
,ou are willing to work and wait as
he man on the trapeze worked aud I
waited before he reached his present
uperb success, for such excellence in
ny vocation is nothing short of superb, |.
ecause it means concentration and
persistence
Mind Controls Mind.
Il you have habit you want to over
ONE, you can do it. To control the
lind by mind is as easy as to con-
rol the laws OF gravitation and the
Movements of the body, but both re-
uire steady, daily, unremitting prae
ise
If you want to succeed in any bust
ess or profession the man on the
rapeze should. be an inspiration to
Oh.
You may consider yourself a much
nperlor being in the social scale and
n the intellectual plane, and more
ighly developed spiritually, but you
re this mans inferior if you are COM
laining that you have no success, and
nat the world does not use you fairly
nd thac you have no influence, and
hat only the man with the pull wins.
All this talk proves you to be the IN
arior of the man on the trapeze, who
lands at the head of his profession
ecause he kept working, practising
nd trying for the perfection he knew
ould be wononly by his own persist
Mt efforts. II
That is all success means.
Choose your vocation and 60 ahead.
[othing can hinder you but your own
lex of purpose and application.
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