The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-29

4 Ei HlillON8, ana 10 we thought OF the
immensely Of snace, and while we
lcoull cay that the worlds were mum.
Serless and space was limitloss. We
could not conceive OF It. and we
realized chat TO attenpi 10 conceive
of a. would result Ia insanity Thea
we spoke OF the age Of this eartA as
evidenced by its formation its
| stratas, Us beds Of coal wherein has
laln stored for ages, The accumulated
| heai OF the sun We spoke also OF
the animals that had existed and ina
cnaless variety Of them that still ox.
list upon TIE globe, But through a
lJll We talked most Of man Of men,
and of decoittul. delightful
woman And after all man III the
most interesting OF all the created
things Of God And / belioYa that
the average man Is the most inter.
cating among them. He must not fbe
too bad, and he must not be too good.
do not mean'ihat a man can be too
kind or too brave, or TOO honest. OH
too unselfish, but b can be SO good
las to be a merely negative quantbsI
lie may do no harm, but he may do
nothing, If he Is of a positive char.
actcr he will sometimes grow angry
and he VIII have his say and take
sides and thereby sometimes give OIL
Tense II he ia brave and fearless,
ne win eight, and II le Is generous
and unselhsb he viii scorn 10 assume
me attitude Of being holler than thou.
This IS eXemplihed II story which
Senator Hoar, Of Massachusetts, one
al the best and abiest OF American
statesmen, tells In his autobiography
seventy years He and Senator
Dawes OF the same state. were col
leagues and friends. A certain bllI
was pending before congress -theI
llrst rivers and barhors bin / believe
land there was great public out.
cry against H. Senator Hoaf belie4-
ing Il was right, had determined fll
vote for it, although his reelection
was then pending and It was not an.
likely that Ills support Of the bill
would result in his defeat. senntor
Dawes who was then N the heydas
OF his power and Influence in hisI
slate. had concluded 10 vote agalnstl
the bill bui when the day to vote
came, rather than to cast tho crest
weight Of his Influence against his
colleague whom he knew was acting
conseieutionslS be also voted for ih
Tie moralist would say that bHwes
did wrong 10 vote against his own
sea Of what wa right IN order to
Help his friend and poyhaps he ala
nut Senator toar after telling tho
story, adds that there are occasions
soneimes when nothing is more eon-l
teflpuble than 10 30 exactly righf
Ilere was something awlully mmaul
about it anyway
AN average man is more comfort.
aD'e 10 I'VE with than prodigy or AL
genius Napoleon WAS z proalgy. butt
ma ais selfish cold ambition he found
an empire and % rule The world. hel
cast aside Josephine and shut 1ut OF.
bis heart The thlag which most Of alll
makes life worth lhine. Hytoa waa
"a Genlps brt the stormy voyage OF
4is domestic career laste scarcely
"a single year. Tho average man is
more companIonable than The bril-l
ilant fellow who monopoizas tie cOa.l
fefsalipn and cares Tor n1thine but
tte sound of bis own gaiee Won
caut converse viii muah mah vnui
can't even gossip with him. know
a great story teller onre far above
ne average. be charmed nc ar firsfl
while his stories were nee. hut he
wouldn't listen 10 ans of mine and
ne soon ceased to interest mo.
Now, do not desire 10 be con
stined as advising you 10 only strive
70 te average men. stiil think that
Wha' Emerson or samebodY nlse said.
10 aim at star though yon stuck IN
the rnd was good ADVICE Aim hish
ana tit as high BIS yon can, and 5on
win raise the average, and still
stand for The average man. 10 aim
iigl however, does not mean to fry
% 90 way on somewhere aud do
something great aii at once Bn III
means 20 have d high purpose aud ~
strive % fulaH ~ by bearing II evei
~ mind, and ~ making every step
count IN the right direction. Use
your own talent so veil fsat xie
Master Will say. Thou hast h,s,li
faithful over q few things / will make
thee rnler over many Abraham Lin.
coin had a ne'er do veil brother who
was always hard up and always ask
ing aid from his brother. btu wdo al
ways had his sead full OF great things
be could accomplish some where else
IN response TO ne Of bis requests for
assisianee, Lincoln wrofe him say.
ing Go 70 work and do something
right here In Coles reuntf Success
depends iiDon yonrsels and not upon
your location
Y IS the little things that count. the
faithful performance OF each day
duty that brings success IN the Iorg
run
Heaven IS not reacted by single
bound 4 III
Hot ss ssudN v ss1Ssis wsiq v
From the iowIy earth to the vault
et skies.
And we mount 10 It's summit round
by roun9
True succass however. does moi
consist N doing some gdeat thing 10
MAKE one fsmous or much talked
about bur rather the rounding ont oi
strong symmetrical character -.
sll4ll sas .s.s.iked ~ sssss llle ele-
menis Of good and evil. Indeed many
cE cur faults are but orr virtues
naeniecd The generous. kind
hearted, cheerful soul Is the one most
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