Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

own home. In the long run, success or
failure will be conditioned upon the
NvaV In which the average man, the
average woman, does his or her duty,
first In the ordinary, everyday aualts
81 life. and next In those great oc-
castonal crises which call for the heroic
Virtues. The average citizen must De
a good citizen II our republics are 70
succeed. The stream Will not per
manentlv rise higher than the man
source: and the main source OF nauon .
al power ana national greatness Is
found IN the average citizenship OF tne
nation. Therefore II behooves US 10 90
oor hest to see that the standard OF the
average citizen Is kept high; and the
average cannot be kept high unless the
standard Of the leaders Is very much
III il well II a large proportion or the
leaders IN any republic. In any delhoc-
racy, are, as matter OF course uraM
from the classes represented IN tAls
audience today; but only provided that
those classes possess the gifts OF sym
pathv with plain people ana OF De
Votion 20 great ideals. You ana those
me Won have received special adj
yantages; you have all had the oppor-
tunity for mental training; many OF
YOU have had leisure most OF You h1 ,,,o
had "A chance for the enjoyment or ire
far greater than comes to the majority
OF your fellows. To you ana your klhu
much has been given, and from you
much should be expected
THE MAN WHO COUNTS.
"It IS not the critic who counts: not
the man who points out how the strohg
man stumbles or where the doer OF
deeds could have done them better
The credit belongs to the man who Is
N
marred by dust and sweat and blood
who strives valiantly; who errs, ana
comes short again and again, because
there Is no EFFORT without error ana
shortcoming but who does actually
strive 10 do the deeds, who knows the
great enthusiasm. the great devotions;
Vho spends himself in "a worthy cause;
who al the best knows In the end the
triumph OF high achievement and
,rbo al the worst n he falls, at least
fails while daring greatly. so that ms
place shall never be with those cold
and umld souls who know neither VIC
tor,. nor defeat. Shame on the man OF
cultivated taste VINO permits rehne-
noent 10 develop. In tastidlousness
that UNITS him for doing the rough
work ora workaday world. Among the
free peoples who govern themselves
therc il but a small field OF usefulness
omen FOR the men Of clustered life who
shrink from contact with tneH Iel-
lows. SIN less room is there for those
Who dcrlde or slight what is done by
those who actually bear the brunt OF
the day. nor yet for those others who
always profess that they would Ike 10
take action. II only the conditions OF
life were not What they actually are
THE IMPORTANT VIRTUE.
81 nay all homage 10 intellect and 10
elaborate and specialized training Of
the Intellect. and yet ] know | shall
have the assent OF all OF you present
when I add that moro important stu
are the commonplace, every day quail
tiles and virtues,
"Such ordinary, everyday qualities
include the win and power 20 work, 10
nRht ~ need and 20 have plenty OF
healthy children. There are few poo-
Die In every country so born that they
can lead lives OF leisure. These All a
useful function n they make u evil
dent that leisure does not mean Idle
ness. hut the average man must earn
his own livelihood He should be train
ed to do 80. and he should be trained
to feel that he occupies contemplate
position IN he does not do 50; that he
is not an object Of envy II he Is idle,