The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-24

alone this object could be accomplished;
the sorrow the mention of his name
would bring forward in many home
circle. Thus it is surely to his credit
that he would rather have his memory
linked with words so full of noble in-
spiration aid cheer.
The late Gov. johnson during his
Presidential campaign said ne would
rather be tie author of book that
would be read hundred years from
now than he President of the United
States. AS his object in life was to
cheer, comfort and assist it is little
wonder that lie found the few short
years allotted to man here below all too
short to accomplish such noble life
object. And any words enlightened by
so noble spirit would not only inspire
and comfort many who might come af-
ter and preserve his memory after he
was gone, but also be the means of OBJ
tanning fuller realization of his object
in life.
How pleasanC and encouraging to
mt ct one whose object in life is to cheer,
comfort and assistp How we desire to
make such persons our friends and feel
che cred and comforted in their pres
ence? And what the friendship of such
persons means to ole who feels unequal
to the cares and burdens of life? Such
a friendship is never bought or sold.
There is no load SO heavy such friends
are not willing to share. Such persons
we learn to love though in reality it is
the spirit We love. A spirit made beau
tiful by kindly thoughts and noble
| deeds; spirit that animates their every
effort in the pursuit of 50 noble on OBJ
ject in life and brightens the lives ard
rekindles hope and ambition j n the
hearts of all who come within the sphere
of its iC fluence.
Then there are those whose object in
| life is the care and comfort of those
made dear by ties of blood and kinship.
They heed not the rabble of the busy
world. Their every thought centers
around the wife, mother or sister to
whom they are bound by the immutable
bonds of love. No load is too heavy
for them to bear and no burden SO great
they would not gladly undertake. it if by
so doing they could promote the inter-
ests and insure the happiness Of the
objects Of their love. This, think, is
the nOblest object to which man could
devote his lIfe-an object that is inspir-
ed by love and charity and seldom will
a man who harbors in his heart such
sentiments of selfsacrifice and unselt-
ish devotion turn hunger from the door,
or dt az ear to the cry of distress.
We are all too apt to lose sight of our
object in life-especially is this so when
contrary winds impede our progress and
Vt ars of honest effort APPEAR to have
brought only failure and disappOint-
ment, At such tines we are ;pt to
conclude that we have hoped in vain.
Thus do we see that courage and deter
minatiUn are essential factors If we
would successfully pursue some worthy
object in life. A stout heart and firm
belief that all honest efforts bring us
nearer to the object of our ambition,
: even though t may be temporarily
hidden by shadows of sorrow or affiic-
ton. What is worth having is worth
striving for. We often read of men and
women becoming famous in day by
perfo ming some act that wins the ad-
miration and applause of mankind.
But behind it all there lie ever story
of long years of honest effort, discOur-
agement and disappOintmenter ere the sun
of success crossed the horizon of their
! efforts and brought them to the goal of
their ambitions.
Today every known country IN the
: world sings the praises of the Wright
e brothers and the newspapers OF the
] land proclaim their victory over the air.
f And still their actual struggle dates
back to days when their names were
2 unknown to fame and the scene of the
D real battle for success was not amid the
:. tickle applause of an admiring world,
8 hut in an obscure workshop at Dayton,
lOhio. There, even under the most hum
BILE circumstances and with no other
: aid than their own genius and determi-
9 nation could supply, they successfully
q pursued the object of their ambitions
= and won a victory well worthy of the
, applause of mankind.
There are none of us who can effOrd
+ to live our lives in. vain and be washed
o out with. the tide of life without strik-
q | ing blow for success or making an eff
: fort to utilize the talents with which
we are endowed. it is duty we owe
: not only to ourselves hut onr fellowman
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