The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-13

not a genius. But he was born with
the genius of industry. Dean Swift
is likewise such an example, he was
born with the genius of inspiration.
Il remember schoolmate who al
ways stood at the head of his class,
and was held up as an example to the
rest Of us. But two years ago !
found him an absolute failure in the
business of life. That man had gen
Jus. but not that Of industry. Ulysses
S. Grant stood 143 in a class OF LAT,
yet who would have said he would
achieve the reputation of the greatest
volunteer general of the world Let
me pay my tribute to the blockhead
They will carry the burden often be-
cause they possess the genius of in.
dustry.
Success Due to Woman.
Now let me speak OF the long
head. It is usually attributed to
woman. Behind every successful man
is woman. We do not pay our just
homage to the woman standing be.
hind the successful man. Behind John
Knox, Garibaldi, Cardinal Newman
behind every successful man stands
a woman, either wife or mother
Il stood in the Catacombes one day
The priest guide with me had just
put his hand In mine and said 'Bene
dicto,' and l in turn had said God
bless you.' There we stood. he OF
the old church and the old country
and | of the new religion and new
world. dreamed Of the day when
we would gather from all parts of the
world to worship together the one
God Of ALL When think of the suf
fering and poverty in London l can
little understand how a monarchy OF
the greatest kingdom of the world
could spend fifty thousands for corona
ton ceremonies when poverty and
squalor in their very midst. The
little Jewish boy singing gentile's
hymn taught at mission saw the
great mansion of God with all of us
there. His was vision of the long
head
The Soft Head.
Then there is another class, the
soft head. Listen my boy, be like the
postage stamp, stick to thing. You
girls don't you marry until you find
man worthy of you. This thing Of
the fifty dollar girl marrying the TWEEN
ty-five dollar man is awful. What Is
the matter with the soft heads? He
tries to keep step with all the music
consequently he is led to the finish
of failure
Egotism and the Swell Head.
Then there is the swell head. Sup
pose our bumps of egotism shoul6
come out On us. I'm afraid too many
of us would be all bumped and dwarf
ed. The trouble with egotism and big
otry isl 1t sounds like Eastwood Why
do we continue to live lives Other
than what We are? Because the
world knows what you are. The rea
thing in this world is real man an6
the real man is, what the world needs
] had a dog when + was boy. He
had no pedigree. have one now, he
has a pedigree and three years age
he took the prize at bench show
A dog won't splash mud on YOU
character. though he may on your
clothes. But tell you like dog
l like his fidelity, and the more I Sec
OF the heads of some people the more
like sBuster'''
Irreverence, Our National Curse.
Then there is another head, the
bald head. What is the most weak
ness of American life? It is irrever
ence, this Is the weakness of our gen
Grafton. We cry about our boosted
civilization but l say the curse an6
damnation of our life is irreverence
No republic will stand which has moi
a reverence for those in position. This
lack of reverence has it's Foundation
In the loose training of family. II
Will be on this tree if we ever pick the
forbidden fruit, if this country falls
that our republic will fall.
The problem of old age is to grow
old sweetly. Let us let little sun
shine out. We are too frequently tax
ing sunshine in, let us let little out
My ideal head is the level head
Be four square to every wind tina,
blows. The courage of repression
when aggravation is great is the great
est courage. We have mastered the
elements but we have failed in mas
tering ourselves. Equipoise, the lev
ell head, is what we want. It's frs
characteristic is discernment. We
can see the beautiful in the spectacu
lar but it takes a Burns to see thu
beauty in half crushed flower. YOU
women shun the angle worm but Oar
win wrote book of one hundred for
weight pages on the worm. The
level head sees the worth of his feI
lows. The second characteristic is te
think. Thought is the master factor
OF the world. The third characteristic,
of the level head ia tn ba Tho oYroo+