Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-28

1t. The men who carried the one and
were carried by the other went to 1t.
They got up close and mingled with the
enemy. Thermopylae is only an Incl
dent in the history Of Sparta but 1t Is
a. monument among nations.
II is not necessary 10 read history or
search the biography of great men to
prove the truth OF this philosophy of
success. You can begin right at home,
start casting out the mines up and
down the main street in whatever town
you live There lived in almost every
town few years ago snub nosed
boy who went to it. II he wanted some
thing and wanted it bad he found a
job and earned the money to get it,
Maybe he got job as clerk in a
store. 1t looked like big thing when
he got il. Then he wanted a store Of
his own. He has it now and it's the
biggest one in town and making the
most money. He started with a sword
short enough to predicate failure. His
people We're poor and stayed poor until
heightened his sword with one step
alter another. He went close and made
the blow count. He just Went to il.
And when ne got up close and started
something the other fellow backed up.
In almost every town a few years ago
some little fellow went poorly dressed
70 school. When he looked a a sue
cessful doctor or lawyer on the streets
he longed 10 do that kind OF work, be
that kind Of man. Today he is the
leading lawyer, the most trusted physi-
clan in the town. He is surgeon, head
surgeon mind you in the biggest hos
pitfalls Of the land The hurt and hope
less make long pilgrimages 10 where
ne stands with the red merciful knife
the house, standing for the common
rights and men grant him the need OF
complete faith and admire him and the
grandeur of his mind and soul. He
- OIiiI!ilS ipduS GIt Oss t1ic !iloi asses W
the Philippines. He is stringing the
slender threads of steel which shall
carry the ravished riches Of the arctic
circle from unattainable mountains OF
a generation ago 10 the centers of civil /.
ization. He is sailing along the frozen
banks of the Labrador with boat hos !
pital, bringing hope to the hopeless and
life 10 those who but for him must die .
hopeless. Everywhere where things are
being done, where mans work |
IS in progress the snub nosed boy who |
went TO it is leading and directing |
the work. The point and edge are all !
he mas considered He came in close |
and being close his sword was long
enough. He added innumerable steps
to its length He kept on going. Co
ing to it,
But the man who fills the public eye
IS only an example, an illustration
useful, mainly because he is easily
pointed out The man who makes
success of his life is living down on a
by street in little house just the
same. He owns mis- own home very
often. He keeps his children in school.
decently clad and maintains by the
sweat Of his brow that most splendid of
American institutions, an American
home. He is godfather of opportun-
ity. On the Atlaean shoulders of the
plain fathers and mothers the world
rests safe and secure. The greatest
success is always to be the best you
IAN make of yourself, to do an honest
work honestly. uncomplainingly. and
hold your own in the world wide tug
Of war between good and evil. 1t isn't
what man might do but in what ne
does do that measures true success It
IS all in going to it." In staying by
IL. II isn't in the length of the sword
put in the slaughter Add a step to
yours ca |