Graham guardian., 1910-04-29
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makes life worth living, that makes
us WANT to live it.
The Spirit of the Twentieth Cen
tury is the spirit of youth. 1t is
the young mans age. We may
grow old in years, but only as our
hearts grow old do we begin to lose
out in the race. 1t is to the young
man and to the young woman that
the positions of advantage are given.
1t is their exhaustless supply of en-
ergy that the world is after, and if
added to this be judgment and con-
stancy, then the way is sure and
clear.
More than in any other age in the
history of mankind does this excel
in the triumph of individuality. We
are required to prove our worth by
such searching tests that we cannot
hope to succeed in more than one
line of action. He who does not
recognize this great principal of our
times, unless he be one among mill
ions, must share the common lot of
jack of all trades
Very early we must determine
for which line we are best fitted
and then throw your whole heart
and soul into it. We must make it
the background of our thoughts
when we eat, when we go to our
recreation, when we read, and we
must make every occurrence, every
observation, have some bearing upon
it. We gain other knowledge, we
look into other lines of work only
because sometime and in some way
it will have a bearing upon the line
that we have chosen; it is only part
of the thoroughness and fullness
with which we live.
The Twentieth Century is an age
of high ideals, ideals as noble and
and beautiful as those of any other
age in the history of man. They
are such that we may make them
materialize, they are not idle
dreams, air castles that exist only
in the world of imagination. At
the beginning of life we conceive
the highest, grandest and noblest
ideal that we are capable of. Then
we make it the ambition, the re-
ligion of our lives to realize it. We
devote our attention and energies
toward living this life well, believ-
ing that the precedent and prestige
of having done we'll here are the
best credentials that one can have
for the world to come.
AS in all ages, the victories, the
successes, the triumphs of life are
given to the strong. We know that
if we live each day as full and hard
as our strength will stand, on the
morrow we will be stronger and
able to live that day fuller and
harder. We know that it is to the
strong man and strong woman,
strong body, strong in knowledge,
strong in character and strong in
individuality that the cream of life,
so to speak is given. 1t is just that
strength should be the price of VIC
tory for nature has given every
normal man fair chance to make
himself strong, each in his own way.
Of course, he may not have the ad-
vantage Of education, or this chance,
or that advantage, but there will be
some line for which he is especially
fitted and if he throws all his ener-
gies, all his thoughts into it, he will
grow strong in that respect.
Most of us believe that the under
lying principals of the age are right
and Just. Most of us believe that
success and failure are gagged in ac-
cordance with a universal law of
compensation. We believe that even
though we reach the highest pinnacle
in this life, to the extent that we
have not earned it by steady adj
herence to the laws of humanity,
to honesty and to the square deal,
will our victories be embittered by
sense of unworthiness, will our
triumphs lack that higher sweetness