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

stands in all its greatness, as the divine
support of the human being. 1t seems |
that right at this point there is tend |
ency t o make the dollar his Divine |
Master, to make the laws, and to judge |
between right and wrong, as quoted i'll !
the Scripture-12th Chap. st. John; 43rd |
verse: "For they loved the praise of
men more than the praise of Cod"
Here is where we find will power Ma
ture's greatest endowment, tested toits
greatest tensile strength. If he has it,
and is able to resist the temptation, he
is success both from financial and
moral point of view; without it he is a
failure either from b Q financial, or
otherwise from the moral point of view.
You may take any large institution of
learning, or business, that is success
full, and you will find that there is one
whose will power, or mental attitude,
animates the who g institution. There
are great many cases to be cited to
sustain this argument and generally
you will find that they are not be found
among our literary giants, learned
Judges, scientists or professors of some
great institution of learning, but some
one who had risen by his own efforts
one who hadto struggle along to keep
body and soul together and seek his
education from books at night after his
day of toll was over. Among these you
will find the most prominent cases and
the largest percentage o + successful
ones, as their minds have had the ex-
perience of seeing and developing their
thoughts as they matured.
will try and cite you few cases to
sustain my arguments. One of them
is Claus Spreckles, called tn Sugar
King of the Western Hemisphere.
Through his willpower he enabled him.
self to accumulate fortune totaling
in the millions, and was great bene-
factor of the poor of the human race,
using his fortune for their benefit in
many ways. 1t is said that he advanc-
ed the larger proportion of the money
necessary for expenses in prosecuting
the graft cases in San Francisco, so as
to enable business man with small
capital to succeed, and not be drained
of his resources and funds by the graft.
ers of the city who cling to them like
leeches.
Previous to this the people were ben.
Gifted by his fight against the sugar
trust, although he could have Joined
hands with the trust and trebled his
fortunes, though he would have heen a
failure from a moral point of view.
Another case that we have and that
looms up somewhat stronger is that OF
Joseph Pulitzer, man who came te
, this country, unable to read English
yet in ten or twelve years he was able
to master the tongue so well that hi
was recognized as one OF the most bril-
liant newspaper writers in America
, About four years after his arrival il
this country he obtained a position will
German newspaper published in st
Louis, at salary of ten dollars per weel
and with the ambition and the will
) power to succeed he started upon his ca
? reer by making penetrating attacks up
3 on the Old County Court House officials
! and kept up the exposure of their way
r with such insistent courage that tn
court was actually abolished. lie finaI
8 ly managed to work himself up unit
: he became city editor; legislative col
i. respondent, and then part owner of tn
r paper. He was elected to the Missoul
y Legislature in 1869, at the age of twenty
o two years, and within eleven years afte
n his arrival in this country without NOR
o ey, friends, or knowledge of English
It we find that he had elevated himself t
9 the position of writing editorial di.
IS patches from Washington for the Ne
O York Sun. He returned to st. Loui
J. in 1878, and purchased neWspape
@ known as the Evening Dispatch at
It sheriff's sale; and the next day it al
If peared under his management. One {
u its rivals, the Evening Post, printed a
u editorial wondering what he intende
g. to do with his paper. Two days latt
,s the two papers were consolidated as tn
ss Post-Dispatch. A little later on
1t purchased his partners interest, ther
1t by becoming the sole owner and at tt
ss end of one year with his ambition an
er pluck he had converted his paper fro