Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-21
Continued from Page Eight.)

Whicl the Maine Boys Conference
stands three things are necessary.
give YOU three words which stand for
tfem. L like words. If the time ever
comes when you can have but two
books, hold onto the Bible and the
unabridged dictionary. The first of the
WORDS stands for quality: the second
lor state; the third for a privilege.
|. There is little word that is wrong
~ used; it is; the word luck. It means
fortune or success; to many separate if
from effort. An American who is re-
sarded by some of you as one of tho
luciiest of all men says that luck i,
hard work. There is another word
mat IS worth vastly more. l studied
the dictionary, hoping that for once if
hllSht be that Latin proposition
Ffc winch means before. and an An
sla-SaXon word "luck' which means
fortune might have been combined So
mat we nave 'Pre-luck' and ihen
Shghtlng the tie" we would have
Pluck but there is no basis for suc-
Il statement; it wouldn't be true RI
it IS true that pluck is that oualit
~ ''ii,ii illuSL come DEtOl
Iuci' or what we oftener call s11coes.
Fluck' II you study your mabridge
'''. WIZ ma that the lungs. the hea,
'if Tue liVer OF an animal are Gale,
'Hc puck; pluck is the vitalitv-tb
''t"I organs; and gradually the wor
came 10 mean not only the vital a.,
sans OF an animal, but the 'hcarta ge'
or the courage of a man Pluck. yo
nave read of plucky Lord Roberts r
Eh&iahd--that doughty youngstcr VIII
wanted 10 he mustered into the Oueen'
service put was not quito tall enollg
% pass, and Whe-I do not vouch for /
-brulS"d tho top of his head till
"We'ied and ne could iust pass the tics
81 height. All through his career +
showed the same quality. When tri
hmphant Lord Roberts was welcome
back TO London, at a great receptio,
u IS said that a very tall and pompou
'hrJtlShrr met him and Ieveiing h:
classes looked down upon the brave an
%ald; Lord Roberts. ] have orte
'e''" OF You. but never before have
seer you 70 which Lord Roberts re-
piicd; Sir. I have often seen YOU. In,
never N"t have | heard OF ynu." Thel
ere boys at this conference of whom
nave Ncai but whom | have not We
"".i 10 KNOW. / have heard of you
IL. IcFtahlhgS, OF your pluchy effort
ana OF things you have brought
''tsS. We VIII hear more from YOU
una huhdreds like YOU in the future
The immediate future, 1 believe.
ii. l said the first word stands for :
''u*itN the second word stands for =;
state TWO words We're taken from tn
i-atln lahSuage-"per' which mean
through, ana "sisto" which means Il
stand. 10 persist is to stand tIr0ug,
to stand to the end Persistence
the state of standing through to IT,
end. TWO weeks ago | was IN Nel
Hampshire. In my first interview
with the boy who | knew was to b,
elected President of the conference
Neene~-and I sought him out as soor
as I arrived said: GEORGE. how Ion.
did you keep the class of boys you
promised at the conference a year ago
you would teach?" ITO the end re
piled the boy by which he meant t.
the end of the season of Bible study
last year. There is the idea-''to the
end
Oh. Paul, thou greatest of all apos-
ties, thous mightiest of ali heroes of
the cross, how long did you stand? ITO
the crd." How long did you fight the
good fight?" ITO the end" How long
did you run in the race" ITO the
end" How long did you keep the
faith. To The enc; until the
1t is said that Herbert Spen-
Ger and HuXlcy--the two great nhilos-
orners scicntists-were walking to-
ge:her one day. realizing that they
were on the shady side of life, and
their worl: was about done Il sup
post" said Herbert Spencer TO Huxley
that it is only necessary for man 10
make his mark in the world and then
pass on Il am not sure" said Hux
ley to Herbert Spencer. that it is
necessary FOR a man to make mis- mark.
but l am sure that it is necessary for
him to give q push" 1t was at Sun
Ian morning service that / heard one
IF Americas foremost. preachers re-
late the incident to an immense audi
,nre; in The afternoon of the same day,
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